Sonos Ace Teardown
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- The audiophiles at Sonos are constantly looking for new ways to tickle our eardrums with the sweet sound of music, and this year Sonos enters a new product category with the $450 Sonos Ace over-the-ear headphones.
At that price point, it does make me wonder how repairable these headphones are. Let’s take a closer look at the hardware and find out.
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction to the Sonos Ace!
00:19 Teardown begins - starting with ear cushions
00:33 Hidden screws hide the point of entry
01:02 The Sonos Ace packs a very AirPods-esque battery
01:31 Headband repair on the Sonos Ace is not for the faint of heart
02:40 Removing the driver - four screws and glue
02:58 Sonos Ace mainboard removal
04:05 Sons Ace headphones repairability and score
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Honestly you guys should stop deducting points for the use of torx over philips. Philips screws tend to strip easier and while they are generally more common they are mechanically inferior. I understand cutting points off for things like pentalobe or tri-wing but torx is common enough that everyone should just have a set lying around.
Absolutely. Steam Deck used philips and they stripped easily, they upgraded to Torx for the OLED and it's much better.
However, I don't see any point in the video where they say Torx is bad, if anything it's the opposite.
When did he say Torx is bad? I think he meant its good to only have T5 torx screws, so just one screw driver is enough, and its not the anti-repair Torx type
Philips strip easily only if you don't use the right screwdriver.
Even the Framework laptop uses Torx. It's just better than Philips.
We don't deduct points for Torx screws. As you say, there are advantages to Torx and it's a relatively common screw now. It would have been a different story if they used Security Torx.
I'm happy enough with my B&W PX8. But a new contender is always more than welcome.
1:12 narrator said "PCB board"
"removing the printed circuitboard board"
Another one for the dungeon, iFixit!
Typical RAS syndrome. Not too unusual to say it that way :^)
@@dontmindme8709 oh god i think this may be my new pet peeve...
@@dontmindme8709 I googled it and I'm incredible angry about everything now 😡😡😡
like the ATM machine lols
General questions, would having foam or some sort of soft material inside the headphones around the driver, improve bass or sound audio? Or even decrease music bleed?
Oh perfect
Looks like an old school electronic device... yet still works.
Just the teardown I’ve been looking for!
Better luck next time Sonos!
explain...
Oooohhhh nice
Can you eventually teardown a Unifi Access Point ?
There's nothing in there. Just a tiny couch with a hamster sitting in it, scrolling through TikTok on a tiny smartphone.
why headphones need to be connected to the internet again?
Update
The whole sonos line (speakers) connect to the wifi at setup. I, for example, have 4 sonos speakers (not of the same type) and using them is as simple as never before, i mean the setup was easy and the usage is easier, i connect my phone or pc to the same wifi and start playing whatever i want on whatever speaker with whatever loudness, WITHOUT needing to login into an account. So they made their headphones have the same function and just as easy to use, adding them to an already established app that someone like me already uses for the speakers. I mean if they sound just as good as the sony xm5's, i would rather purchase these than the sonys.
@@itsameah7917 Why would you need to log in to **headphones** though?? Presumably, your phone is already logged in and you connect to the phone, so... I mean, yes, it uses Wi-Fi instead of Bluetooth, but if you really cared about fidelity that much, you would use wired headphones anyway.
So they can disable them when they release a new one
@@CammyFi Ah, yes, silly me for forgetting who made them.
Is there enough space in the other ear cup to place a second set of batteries to increase the capacity?
Do the Sennheiser Momentum 4 wireless(overear) please :)
Can these handle condensation from gym workout?
Maybe use in-ear-buds for that, those cushions certainly will disintegrate from sweat.
And most of the buds i know, you can go into shower too.
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Applying stickers over the screws might be necessary to maintain an acoustic seal with the cushion. Removing or damaging it could cause a loss of bass frequencies
The batteries for headphones are that small? If not for the added weight they could easily have 100 hour battery 😂
Too bad Sonos screwed the pooch on their recent app update. They are going to have to give current Sonos speaker owners a great deal on any new products.
Disappointed to see plastic foil drivers. At that price you should do better tbh (and that includes Apple)
$450 for a set of headphones???? I have enough trouble spending $45. I mean, it's a product that is very likely to break from everyday usage, so spending large chunks on money on something likely to be broken in 6 months is a waste.
Drivers look cheaper than AirPods Max
biggest fail headphone 2024 😂😂😂
Can’t wait for Sonos to stop supporting these in three years… 😂
they still support 10+ year old speakers, why would they drop this in 3?
Nice Work ... But the speaker Looks a Bit in the cheap site
There are a lot of things I don't like about these headphones, and that includes the company they come from, but I feel like giving them a score of 5 is a little low.
At 0:45 it looks like a crack across the inner cover.
just a mark from the tool he used
I think that is just from the mold
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The inability to listen to music in LossLess quality on wireless headphones makes it useless to purchase anything more expensive than the JBL LVE 770NC. Including AirPods MAX, SONOS and SONY. A useless waste of money.
I am shocked and surprised at how cheap these things look. The inside is just as important as the outside.
These headphones are not really worth the price tag at all
Disagree. Worth every penny!
Same with every one of Sonos products. lol
Lol $400 and it looks like they used some cheap off the shelf Chinese drivers.
I'm no fan of these, but I think you'd be surprised how cheap many drivers look
@@nimoy007 I've seen many headphone drivers lol most are cheap crap.
@@dotJata Fair point
@@nimoy007 Most big brands like Sonos, Apple, etc are just charging $400+ because they can, not because it's actually a high end product.
Just surprised they did not go with either a composit or coated driver.
That's a lot of cheap plastic for this price point, not a fan
Be quiet 😊
This is what i wanted to write also. Amazing how plastic all is for so much money!!!!!
It helps with weight. Even the XM5s are plastic
You either have a plastic lightweight headphone.. or the AirPods Max (metal build, but very heavy and a lot of preasure)
And exactly what other material would you suggest it be made from? There is nothing else that’s lightweight and can be molded into complex shapes
looks extremely overpriced
First !
Nope second