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Sonos Ace review: stunning looks and audio from Sonos’ first wireless headphones

Past the hype, how do Sonos’ first-ever wireless headphones hold up?

I could hear all the tiny nuances in Fiona Apple’s Glory Box Now from the breathy lyrics, elegant strings, cacophonous guitar strums, and even the faint record scratches and pops. All it takes is a little setup in the Sonos app on an iPhone or iPad (Android support is coming later on) and then you can toggle it on whenever you’re watching TV by long pressing the Content Key button. Sonos Arc and Ace establish a point-to-point Wi-Fi connection (48kHz sample rate and 345kbps bitrate) to power the TV Audio Swap feature, but it doesn’t seem very strong.

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