Sonos and Ikea have created a flooring lamp speaker that may very well be good for encompass sound

Sonos and Ikea as we speak introduced the most recent addition to their Symfonisk collaboration product line: it is a new flooring lamp speaker. The $260 Symfonisk flooring lamp speaker will probably be available in shops and on Ikea’s web site from January.

When it comes to design, only a image the second generation Symfonisk tube speaker with lengthy legs protruding from the underside and increasing to a round base. There actually is not a lot. If you happen to discovered the type of the most recent lamp tasteful, you may like this one. If you happen to thought it was ugly as a sin, the ground lamp model most likely will not change your thoughts. At current, the standard Symfonisk lamp sells for $179.99so the road lamp choice has a premium.

“Many individuals need to have a number of gentle sources at totally different ranges and in numerous components of the room to create the fitting temper. The problem of not having sufficient room for a desk to place the lamp on led us to create the ground lamp,” stated Ikea’s Stjepan Begic in a press launch.

The Symfonisk bookcase, lamp and lamp speakers wall art can every be doubled up and used as encompass again audio system for any Sonos soundbar. Because the picture above illustrates, this might turn out to be a main use case for the ground lamp: the toes place the audio system at a superb peak for encompass functions, and you do not have to offer your individual stands. That stated, you may pay greater than one thing just like the One SL speaker would price – a well-liked choice for Sonos satellites.

The brand new speaker comes with a bamboo shade, however you should purchase alternative fashions that use totally different textures and supplies. I really feel like this factor actually may have used a shelf midway up the legs; that is quite a lot of empty area. However it’s what it’s.

The press launch asserting the brand new flooring lamp speaker notes that “Ikea and Sonos will proceed to problem one another to seek out new options to enhance residence life by nice sound constructed into furnishings merchandise.”