Alongside the discharge of its new Period 300 and Period 100 audio system, Sonos mentioned Tuesday it should “add help for spatial audio on Apple Music in what can be a major enlargement of its next-gen sound expertise choices.”
The corporate mentioned clients can entry spatial audio on Apple Music through the Period 300 and two older Sonos speaker techniques beginning in three weeks — Tuesday, March 28 (the brand new audio system’ transport date).
Sonos audio system add Apple Music’s spatial audio
Right here’s how Sonos described the enlargement, which is able to convey Apple Music’s spatial audio to the brand new Period 300, plus the favored Arc and Beam (Gen 2) soundbars typically utilized in home-theater setups:
Spatial audio delivers a multi-dimensional immersive sound expertise that’s quick turning into a main recording format amongst main artists, producers and engineers. Accessible on Sonos Period 300, Arc, and Beam (Gen 2), Apple Music with spatial audio will place listeners on the middle of their music with an ever rising catalog of tracks and expertly curated playlists that includes famend artists throughout all genres.
Leaked information of the brand new Sonos Period 300 and Period 100 audio system — the more-affordable Period 100 is a giant improve on the favored however getting older Sonos One — got here within the wake of the discharge of Apple’s upgraded full-sized HomePod.
‘Transformative experiences’
“It’s an exciting time in music as spatial audio — and the artist creativity that comes with it — continues to develop,” mentioned Giles Martin, Grammy Award-winning producer, songwriter, and composer and Sonos’ VP of Sound Expertise.
“Sonos continues to place its listeners on the forefront of sound innovation, guaranteeing they’ve entry by way of Apple Music to transformative experiences like spatial audio with Dolby Atmos, to allow them to really feel extra from the content material they love,” he added.
HomePod is cheaper than Period 300 however does much less
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Whereas the brand new $450 Period 300 prices significantly greater than the brand new $299 HomePod, it additionally does extra. Each audio system supply spatial audio through Apple Music, however the Period 300 (and the $249 Period 100 with out spatial audio) help Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, AirPlay 2 and USB-C line-in for versatile connectivity.
Sonos audio system work effectively collectively, too, for makes use of like a house theater the place you combine and match audio system and soundbars.
HomePod will solely play wirelessly, and solely off Apple units. So you possibly can overlook about merely jacking in a turntable, for instance.
Sonos Period 300 specs:
- Six class-D amplifiers push sound left, proper, ahead and upward.
- Help for stereo playback and spatial audio
- 4 tweeters, two woofers
- Suitable as rear surround-sound audio system for Sonos Arc (7.1.4) or Beam gen 2 (5.1.4) soundbars
- Capacitive contact controls
- Wi-fi connectivity: AirPlay 2, WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0
- Wired connectivity: USB-C line in (3.5mm adapter and three.5mm + Ethernet adapter offered individually)
- Far-field microphone for built-in Sonos Voice Management and Alexa/Amazon Music help
- Siri help through AirPlay 2/HomeKit
- Trueplay tuning through auto EQ for iOS and Android
Each new Sonos audio system are available black or white colours.
The place to purchase: Sonos
Sonos Period 100 specs:
- Three tuned class-D amplifiers
- Two tweeters and and one midwoofer
- Pair two Period 100 audio system for wider stereo soundstage.
- Capacitive contact controls
- Wi-fi connectivity: AirPlay 2, WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0
- Wired connectivity: USB-C line in (3.5mm and three.5mm + Ethernet adapters offered individually)
- Far-field microphone for built-in Sonos Voice Management and Alexa/Amazon Music help
- Siri help through AirPlay 2/HomeKit
- Trueplay tuning through auto EQ for iOS and Android
The place to purchase: Sonos
