Sonos is not precisely identified for affordability, however the firm has launched just a few extra cheap merchandise lately just like the transportable Roam speaker. Now, according to The Verge, Sonos goes to launch its first funds soundbar within the first week of June. Apparently codenamed “Fury,” this product is predicted to value round $250, which makes it considerably cheaper than the $449 second-generation Beam (pictured above) and the $899 Arc.

As for what Sonos will omit to hit this lower cost level, the Fury will not be capable to output Dolby Atmos content material just like the Beam and Arc, and it could not even have an HDMI port; you’d hook it as much as your TV with an optical audio cable. As such, it has fewer speaker drivers in it than different Sonos soundbars. It will be capable to be a part of a 5.1 encompass sound setup utilizing different suitable Sonos audio system — we presume that you need to use audio system just like the Sonos One as rear surrounds like you’ll be able to with different Sonos soundbars. 

It seems like Sonos can even skip together with microphones for a voice assistant on this mannequin to chop prices, like they did with the $159 Sonos Roam SL that was lately launched.

One doubtlessly intriguing characteristic is that Sonos will let the Fury work as rear encompass audio system for an even bigger soundbar just like the Arc. As such, Sonos is seemingly making vertical mounting stands for the Fury in order that it may be used for Dolby Atmos content material. 

There are loads of funds soundbar choices in the marketplace from the likes of Vizio and Roku, whereas Sonos lately raised the costs on practically all of its merchandise. The unique Beam bought for $399, however the brand new one prices $50 extra, making for an excellent larger hole between Sonos house theater choices and people from extra reasonably priced opponents. As such, it is a fairly logical a part of the marketplace for Sonos to get into, and it isn’t laborious to think about a $250 soundbar being a great product to get folks into the corporate’s ecosystem. 

We’ve reached out to Sonos and can replace this story if the corporate has any touch upon the leak.