The Sonos Ace is Sonos’s first pair of wireless headphones, released as the company’s answer to the flagship over-ear category. Custom-designed 40mm dynamic drivers deliver the sound, tuned by the same team behind Sonos’s home speakers and soundbars. Battery life reaches 30 hours with ANC on, and a 3-minute quick charge delivers 3 hours of playback. Bluetooth 5.4 supports lossless audio and multipoint pairing for two devices, and TV Audio Swap connects the Ace directly to a Sonos soundbar for private late-night viewing.
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Active Noise Cancellation is the main reason to buy over-ear headphones in this price class, and Sonos developed the Ace’s ANC system using eight microphones that continuously monitor ambient noise around you. Aware Mode lets ambient sound through while you’re wearing the headphones, or you can disable ANC processing entirely to extend battery life.
Sound quality on the Ace comes from a pair of custom-designed 40mm dynamic drivers tuned by Sonos to match the balanced signature the company puts on its home speakers. Dolby Atmos spatial audio with Dynamic Head Tracking is also built in, virtualizing surround sound content so a helicopter overhead sounds like it’s overhead.
The headset’s Battery life reaches 30 hours per charge with ANC active. A 3-minute quick charge via the USB-C port on the right earcup also delivers about 3 hours of playback when you need to leave the house with a low battery. Full charging from empty takes about 3 hours. Wear detection also pauses music automatically when you take the headphones off and resumes when you put them back on.
The Content Key on the right earcup manages playback, volume, and call answer through a combination of sliding and pressing. Sliding up or down adjusts volume, pressing once plays or pauses, and pressing twice skips a track. TV Audio Swap connects the Ace directly to a compatible Sonos soundbar, such as the Arc, Arc Ultra, Beam, or Ray, for private listening from the TV without disturbing anyone else in the room. The Sonos app on your phone unlocks EQ and other settings.
For those using a Sonos soundbar, the greatest benefit is TV Audio Swap, allowing for audio streaming from the soundbar to be routed to the headphones with one tap. This makes it possible to easily watch TV without having to pair every time. For anyone outside the Sonos ecosystem, the Ace still delivers 30 hours of battery life, active noise cancellation, and Dolby Atmos spatial audio on par with the top-of-the-line over-ear category. At $279, down from $399, the current sale takes $120 off the retail price.