Sonos & Ikea Symfonisk

Like a large soda wearing a sweater

The bottom section functions as the speaker, and with a mesh fabric cover, it looks like a large soda can wearing a sweater. The base contains three physical buttons to control the device’s volume and to play, pause and skip through music. On the side of the speaker is a knob that turns the light on and off. 

Speaker that sounds great

The Ikea Symfonisk Table Lamp combines an attractive and functional lamp with Wi-Fi speaker that sounds great. It's compatible with Sonos multiroom speakers, Apple AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect and third-party music apps as well as Sonos' music app. The Ikea Symfonisk is an excellent-sounding Sonos-compatible Wi-Fi speaker dressed up as a beautiful lamp.

Symfonisk speaker

Sonos also offers a feature called Trueplay. In theory, this feature uses your phone’s microphone to measure the ambience around your speaker, and fine-tunes your music accordingly. Setting this feature up entailed about three minutes of walking around the room and waving my phone in various directions. Symfonisk speaker delivere some of the best audio ever heard from a smart speaker.

Multiroom audio

Sonos was one of the first audio companies to pursue a closed multi-room audio system, and its performance remains unparalleled. Like other Sonos speakers, you can pair the Ikea Symfonisk with other Sonos speakers in your home. Pairing takes just a few seconds.

Setup and smart-home compatibility

The Symfonisk Table Lamp is easy to set up. You’ll need Sonos’ app for iOS and Android, or its free software for Mac or Windows. While it has an Ethernet port, you can connect it via Wi-Fi to your home network.