Ace in the hole

The long-awaited first headphones from Sonos look stylish and feel good. But sonically they play it very safe compared with the talented competition.

Sonos Ace Wireless NC headphones SUMMARY Sonos Ace Price: $699 + Style and Sonos links + USB-C playback – Price – Safe sound – Features held at launch Sonos created and perfected the technology of multiroom audio, before expanding into wireless speakers, soundbars, and by extension, home cinema. It's done very well, of course. But what next? Headphones are a pretty brave choice. It's a wildly busy sector, packed with competition, some of them headphone or speaker specialists, and many with long track records in headgear large and small. But everyone wants to keep customers within their own eco-system, so headphones it is — the Sonos Ace wireless headphones. And they're $699. Looking at them, it seems likely that Sonos have taken note of the Apple AirPods Max at $899,…

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