Ikea and Sonos are again at it with one other speaker that doubles as furnishings. This time round, the businesses are refreshing their Symfonisk desk lamp speaker, and thank god it doesn’t look as hideous because the final one. In addition to raised aesthetics, the desk lamp additionally has upgraded its {hardware} for higher sound.

If you don’t recall what the unique Symfonisk lamp regarded like… that’s for one of the best. The gist is that it had a goofy design, a reasonably giant base, and got here in restricted shade choices. Unlike the Symfonisk bookshelf audio system, it was a problem getting the lamp to mix in with your house as an alternative of protruding like a sore thumb. With the brand new lamp, evidently Ikea and Sonos knew they screwed up the primary time round.

“Since launching the first Symfonisk table lamp speaker, we learned a lot about how and where they are being used. For example, a lot of people use the lamp speaker on a nightstand, which led us to create a new, slightly smaller lamp base,” stated Stjepan Begic, product developer at Ikea, in an announcement. “We’re now also offering customers more design choices, making the lamp speaker a better fit for their individual homes.”

This time it’s nonetheless form of goofy, however at the very least it has a barely smaller base and a few fascinating lampshade choices. They’re nonetheless a really particular Scandinavian aesthetic, however this is Ikea. The draw back is that as an alternative of a single product, the Symfonisk desk lamp is now being offered as two separate merchandise: the speaker base, and the lampshade. The speaker base is available in black. The lampshades are available in textile and glass supplies, in both black or white. The new lamp may also help E26/E27 bulbs.

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More importantly, what’s the speaker’s audio quality like? Sonos says it should be capable of a “more room-filling sound” thanks to a revamped acoustic architecture that uses “custom waveguides.” Like other Symfonisk speakers, the new lamp speaker can be grouped with other Sonos and Symfonisk speakers.

The new Symfonisk desk lamp will probably be accessible beginning Oct. 12. The base will retail for $140. The textile shade prices $29, and the glass shade is barely costlier at $39.