Sonos Ray: Compact & affordable soundbar is official

The Sonos Ray is a compact soundbar for small rooms. The cheap sound bar promises a balanced sound, clear dialogues and powerful bass. It is the provider’s cheapest soundbar to date.

The manufacturer intended the Sonos Ray primarily for streaming films and music in small rooms. For this purpose, the soundbar is connected to the WLAN network, there is no Bluetooth. Specially developed sound waveguides and Sonos sound processing should fill the entire room with sound. Physically, two tweeters and two mid-range drivers are installed. With Trueplay, iPhone owners can measure the Ray so the sound matches the living room. Thanks to language improvements, voices should always be easy to understand and a night mode is ideal for late movie nights.

Control with touch buttons and TV remote control

Buttons for touch operation are attached to the top of the soundbar, here you regulate the volume and control the music. If you want, you can integrate additional speakers into the Sonos network and tinker with a surround system or a multi-room system. Practical: The soundbar can also be used with the existing TV remote control.

A LAN connection and an optical input can be found on the back of the Sonos Ray. The Ray can handle stereo as well as Dolby Digital and DTS, and Apple users are happy about AirPlay 2.

Released on June 7th

The Sonos Ray will be released on June 7th for 299 euros. That makes it the cheapest Sonos soundbar. For comparison: The manufacturer offers the Beam (Gen 2.) for an RRP of 499 euros and the flagship Sonos Arc (see our test) for 999 euros.