Sonos’s first wireless headphones are getting a meaningful price cut, according to pricing reported by The Verge’s Brad Bourque. The black Sonos Ace is listed at $279, down from its usual $399 price, at Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart and Sonos.
That is a $120 reduction on a product that landed as Sonos’s attempt to move beyond speakers and soundbars into premium noise-canceling headphones. The deal is for the black model, based on Bourque’s report. Retailer pricing can change with little ceremony, because commerce pages are run by machines and marketing calendars, a charming combination if you enjoy refreshing tabs.
What buyers get with the Sonos Ace
The Sonos Ace includes active noise cancellation, a transparency mode and up to 30 hours of battery life on one charge, according to The Verge. Bourque described the headphones as comfortable, with a sound profile that is more balanced and less bass-heavy than some rivals from the same period, including Sony’s WH-1000XM5.
The Verge also reported that its testing found the Ace’s noise cancellation among the strongest it had evaluated, with a transparency mode to match. That is the useful part of a headphone discount: the price is lower, but the hardware has not quietly become a different product.
The Sonos tie-in matters if a buyer already owns one of the company’s soundbars. According to Sonos’s support information cited by The Verge, soundbar audio can be moved to the Ace with one button press. Once connected that way, the headphones support spatial audio with head tracking for films, TV and games.
The headphones also support multipoint Bluetooth pairing, meaning they can stay connected to more than one device. Codec support includes aptX Lossless and AAC depending on the phone or tablet in use, and The Verge reported that the Ace can handle lossless audio over a USB-C connection.
Other discounts in the same batch
Bourque also flagged a short-term Best Buy promotion for DoorDash DashPass members. According to The Verge, DashPass subscribers can get $30 off a Best Buy purchase of at least $100 through the DoorDash app, with the offer running through July 15. The discount is supposed to apply automatically at checkout on eligible purchases.
Green Man Gaming is selling a seven-game Lego bundle for $9, according to the same report. The bundle provides Steam keys for Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Galactic Edition, Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Deluxe Edition, The Lego Movie Videogame, The Lego Movie 2 Videogame, The Lego Ninjago Movie Videogame, Lego The Incredibles and Lego Jurassic World, plus three DLC packs.
The Verge noted that The Skywalker Saga Galactic Edition alone has previously been seen as low as $13.99 on Steam, which makes the $9 bundle price the more interesting number here.
Apple’s Watch Ultra 3 is also marked down at Amazon to $699.99 from $799.99, according to Bourque. The Verge reported that Apple’s high-end watch includes GPS, 5G cellular connectivity, emergency services via satellite and the company’s health and fitness tracking features. The price is not as low as the Prime Day level cited by The Verge, but it cuts $100 from the list price.
This story draws on original reporting from The Verge.
