Customer Ratings & Reviews

Sonos builds an ecosystem of soundbars, speakers & audio equipment that expertly distributes multi-room audio. They have established a large following of enthusiastic users who support the Sonos system design & use the Sonos phone app. "Ray", this new soundbar designed by Sonos, will be a big hit to those customers who have already invested in the Sonos infrastructure. Measuring only 22 inches wide, Ray is designed to enhance the sound of televisions & gaming consoles in small listening rooms. The audio is crisp & clear. There is no wireless or internal sub, so Ray will not dazzle you with rocking bass performance. It does, however, produce a punchy mid bass & a clear voice for its modest size. Surprisingly, RAY does not sport an onboard HDMI jack that is commonplace on Soundbars costing much less. Audio from your TV is connected via an IR Optical input jack. This old method of conveying audio limits the clear sound to 2 channels: no Atmos, Dolby Digital plus, nor DTS-HD, is possible. No remote control is included & RAY does not display an array of LED's through the grill cloth, the most common means of seeing what volume level to which your soundbar is set. My TV remote was incompatible with RAY, so I had to install the Sonos iPhone App to control volume, equalization, etc. in addition to the TV remote, which did not control the optical signal to RAY. CONCLUSION: RAY is the lowest cost, entry level Sonos soundbar. It looks great, is well built & is a welcome addition to existing Sonos users. However, without HDMI, a remote, volume indicator or subwoofer, Ray may not offer the best value for those not using the Sonos infrastructure.

I’m little bit surprised about the performance of my product. I thought the quality was beyond expectations unfortunately it was not the case. I’m very disappointed. A year later when I play my music, it’s often disconnected to WiFi.

Alright, I am going to start by mentioning that I literally said WHOA when sound started coming out of this little sound bar. I started with a song by the rock band Tool. They're my favorite. Im very picky about sound quality of speakers and headphones. Right off the bat, I will say that I am very pleased with the sound quality of this soundbar for my music listening. The bass is perfect even though it doesn't come with a subwoofer. I wasn't expecting much bass because I can't see any holes for air to come out of for bass. I believe its called a bass reflex system. Anyway.. it still packs a punch. It thumps just enough to make music sound great. And for movies? The bass is there for all the explosions and sounds that require it without drowning out the actors voices. I only have two minor complaints about this soundbar. 1. I don't feel like it provides a proper surround sound effect. You'll need to add another speaker or subwoofer to the bar to get true surround sound. 2. The only way to "hard wire" this sound bar is with the included optical audio cable. It does not have a 3.5mm audio input. So be sure that your tv, projector or game console has an optical audio output because you will have no other way to connect it with a wire. Also, its worth noting that it does not come with a remote, and the touch controls on the top only have volume control and mute / pause function. They work, but I probably will never use them. You'll be using your smartphone to control the volume and everything else. You can tune the bass and treble with the smartphone app also. It is honestly a breeze to use, and I have no complaints about it. The app guides you every step of the way and you don't have to be a techy to figure it out. I do like the features in the app. It has a voice enhancer option which works really well for movies, it makes voices come through nice and clear without sacrificing volume on your movies and shows. It also has a "night mode" which will lower the volume of loud scenes and music in while your watching TV. Perfect for those late night movies just before bed. I would say this soundbar is perfect for anyone living in a small space, or even an apartment. You won't have your neighbors complaining about loud bass or noise while you watch your movies. The sound out of this speaker is so good, you won't have to put it very loud to get an amazing sound experience while watching your movies and listening to music. It sounds excellent and pretty loud even at 25-40% of the volume. I plan on hooking mine up to my projector in my entertainment room and setting it behind the couch for movies and gaming. ^_^ It will fit perfectly underneath my projector on its shelf. Would I recommend this soundbar? Most definitely! Especially if you are limited on space. It is small enough to place under even a gaming monitor on your desktop and packs a serious punch! The price is right for all the features and the sound quality is very impressive. I especially recommend this to gamers for their bedroom or game room. People who live in an apartment, and anyone who wants a great sounding compact soundbar without having to spend an arm and a leg. Pros: Excellent Sound Quality Easy to set up and control with Sonos App Very Compact, will fit just about anywhere you want to place it. Airplay support for music Cons: Only wired connection is Optical. (No 3.5mm aux input)

Perfect fit for a small speaker in our Sunroom. It fits the shelf well and provides excellent sound

Sonos quality at a lower price point! Fantastic for use with PC!

Buyer beware! Not only is the shipping crappy. It took an extra week to arrive when it was suppose to arrive in 2 days. We ordered a open box excellent condition sonos sound bar. It cane with bubble wrap. No box of its own. No optical cable. No user information booklet. No receipts. We are assuming since it got jumbled in this big box it didnt even turn on. Excellent condition my butt. We got sent an over $200 brick.

Works great! Does exactly what I wanted it to do. I might buy another one for outside.

This Sonos Ray soundbar was the update I was looking for in my bedroom — and honestly, it exceeded my expectations. After years of relying on tiny TV speakers that sounded hollow and flat, the Ray brought a whole new dimension of clear, rich audio right into my space. I use it for both TV and music, and it does both really well. Dialogue on shows and movies suddenly makes sense without straining to hear, and the sound is much more full and balanced compared to the TV alone. Music sounds great for a bedroom setup — full enough to enjoy without needing a huge speaker system. Setup was straightforward: a couple of cables, the Sonos app, and I was good to go — even linked it with my TV remote pretty quickly. And I love streaming music right from my phone with no extra devices or fuss. If you want a clean, powerful audio upgrade — especially in smaller rooms — this soundbar really delivers. It’s compact but sounds way bigger than it looks, and it’s just now become a permanent part of my bedroom tech. Definitely worth it.

Love the Sonos system in general and this is my second Ray. I mounted these under the furniture in my formal living and dining room for a full house of music. I know it’s not the ideal mounting position, but I was going for background music you can hear but can’t quite put your finger on where it’s coming from. My wife loves hearing the music as she walks throughout the house. And don’t let the size fool you. These Rays sound great, setup is a breeze, you can set independent volume levels, and even tune each Ray to its specific room. They really upgrade the feel of your home so you can enjoy your favorite tunes all over. BTW… I our hard the “open box” option to save a couple I bucks. They look and operate good as new, so don’t be afraid of that option.

Great simple sound bar, packs a punch for the price and size. Easy to set up. The only annoying thing is that the volume can't be adjusted by your Apple TV, so you are back to using remotes. Quite a small issue, but worth noting.

Sonos has a reputation for some of the best audio products available. They usually come at a high price point, but the Ray is reasonably priced for the audio quality that you get. Pros: - Excellent high-end packaging. The Ray is stored safely and securely and comes wrapped in a felt pouch. A digital optical cable is included. - Top-notch audio quality for ANY purpose (music, movies, TV). You get good bass even without the need for a separate sub-woofer. - Built-in WiFi. I appreciated this feature when streaming music through various apps. Not having to connect over Bluetooth was nice as you don't have to worry about wandering out of range of the speaker. - Having audio of such a high quality in a small sized speaker is fantastic for those with limited space in their entertainment center. Cons: - No remote. I'm old school and would love to have even a simple basic remote included, but thankfully I was able to program our cable remote to control the Ray. - I often pause programming on my television and leave the room. When I come back and un-pause, the speaker sometimes has put itself to sleep and needs a bit to wake-up. When this happens, volume needs to be raised back to prior levels. I'm still looking through settings in the app to see if there is something I can toggle for this. Overall, this speaker is a terrific option for those wanting to upgrade their home audio. It's not often you can get such high end audio at a reasonable price point like this.

Giving a boost to a TV with a soundbar seems to me to be a bit of a complex decision if we consider that there are many options on the market, Sonos has done a good job with this wifi soundbar as the sound quality is great despite being a relatively small device, however there are a couple of things that can be improved. I will start with the unboxing which is very simple, you have to cut the side seals, lift the lid, in view is the soundbar covered with a protection and along with a box with the power cable and an optical cable plus quick start guide and documentation. The connection to TV is super easy with the optical cable, an app is needed but it is not only installing an app but also creating an account, which for a sound bar seems a little unnecessary and it seems to me that this is where the experience changes a bit because the app has many options but few of them are directly related to the performance and use of the sound bar, which again sounds pretty good but the app does not provide much. Another feature that I find a little frustrating, that seems to be no way to disable, is that when used via Ariplay with a mobile device, when I skip to the next song and the volume is at 100% is automatically lowered to 60% and you have to up the volume again (I did not find a way to disable this). I get the impression that the app is focused more on multimedia consumption than on improving the performance of the soundbar, some improvements are needed in the app. The soundbar has a good performance regarding the sound either playing music or multimedia content from different platforms, the clarity in the voice is something that I liked a lot, there are soundbars that make the voice is lost between effects or highs and lows but with this soundbar is not so, even at maximum volume the voices are very clear, I cant say the same about the bass, it is good but not outstanding however considering that it is a soundbar and that it is not a big size, it does a good job. As a consumer we will tend to compare the price of the product against its performance, i.e. is it really worth the price? I will answer with a simple Yes because soundbars of this price with the same features are not easy to find, so despite being a very popular product and with many alternatives, I can say that this Sonos sound bar is a very good option, it is clear that there are things that can be improved, mainly the app, but I consider this product worth what it costs ... recommended!

What I hear doesn’t match what I see. We expect Soundbars to create a movie theater experience and we imagine larger cabinets are required, Or maybe a subwoofer. This SONOS Soundbar breaks a lot of expectations. And I’m won over. The sound is gorgeous. I’m still a fairly novice user in the world of SONOS, so, it’s not just the sound quality that still surprises me. As I dived into the features, and the sound quality and watched the interplay of this new SONOS device with my music sources I was reminded why SONOS appeals to even non-techies. Everything is slickly accomplished and I won’t need to break a sweat to get great results. SETUP: New to SONOS? Download the App for your phone. Set up an account. Link to your Internet, either ethernet wired or Wi-Fi. and go back into the App. The App usually finds the nearby SONOS device without prompting, but if it’s not there you can select ADD DEVICE, and you’re on the way to adding your online music streaming services, naming the room this unit is in, attaching the TV via OPTICAL DIGITAL, only, and that’s pretty much it. Current user? I only had to open the SONOS App after plugging in the SONOS Ray, and the prompt was there in my existing App, asking if I wanted to add the Ray.. I was playing music within a few minutes. Absurdly easy. PERFORMANCE: It’s easy to forget that functional controls are also on top of the SONOS Ray device. Most of the time, if you’re using your TV - to - Soundbar connection, everything happens automatically using the TV controls. There is some effort required here. Be sure pull out your TV instructions or look them up online. You’ll want to turn off your TV speakers in favor of this SONOS. If your TV allows it, you may be able to use the TV remote to control the volume. If not, there is the SONOS App or those controls on top of the Ray. For music from your streaming devices (phone, Tablet, computer), you’ll be using the SONOS App. It all becomes second nature. The sound? Shockingly good. It pretty easy these days to get good bass from a speaker. Or maybe you can get that voice range well enough to hear voices clearly. Or perhaps you just want volume to fill your space. It is very rare to have such a reasonably priced speaker of this size get it ALL so right. I started with music and was impressed by how the speaker could rock out anything in my Apple Music library. With the SONOS App connected to Pandora, or Spotify or my computer’s music collection, it was easy to call up anything, and everything sounded great. Moving on to movies, I played some Netflix and HBOMAX series, and voices were perfect. Sound effects were realistic. What couldn’t the SONOS do? Surround effects flattened out to the front soundstage, but SONOS has a solution with they surround speakers which can be added to expand on this setup. They even have a subwoofer that can be attached. The SONOS Port allows you to add your own equipment to the SONOS sound ecosystem, but it’s not inexpensive. SUMMARY: SONOS is one of those fun companies that defies expectations and breaks rules. Ignore the size of the SONOS Ray. Its size will confuse you. It plays so much bigger. It sounds so much more natural and unstrained than you’d expect. I’m not suggesting this is appropriate for a large open space with high ceilings to provide party music or theater-level sound reproduction. But any reasonable living room, family, bedroom or home office is a perfect match. When you consider the comprehensive controls and connectivity features in the App, this is such an easy recommendation.

Don’t buy this it sounds terrible. It has no power. Doesn’t get loud at all. Coming from a klipsch sound bar that rocks the house. Sonos sounds like a tiny speaker.

Was pretty easy to setup. My living room isn’t too big so this size is great and the audio quality is quite the upgrade compared to the TV speakers

I love all things Sonos. Was an early adopter way back when they first came on the market. The Ray is a great little soundbar, good volume, reasonable bass and a small footprint. As with all Sonos stuff, it was easy to setup and connect to my existing system. I would seriously recommend the Ray for a bedroom or secondary family room or den. The bonus, of course, is its music capabilities as well. Again, I highly recommend the Ray.

Love Sonos! Great design, even better sound. Using in the bedroom, perfect size! Go bigger for the living room or basement theater! I also own other Sonos products! Had trouble syncing the remote with my tv, not all compatable, had no trouble with my other device, all tv's must not be compatable

Easy to set up and great sound for a lower end Sonos. Enough bass for a bedroom.

Like other reviewers, I purchased the Ray for a secondary room and wanted it part of the Sonos ecosystem. I caught it on sale and used points I had been saving to help make it a very easy and cost effective decision. The only constructive criticism that I agree with published reviews and YouTube reviewers is the lack of HDMI, otherwise, I find the Ray a solid product. I plan to use it primarily to listen to music and would like to add the mini sub and/or surrounds if my budget allows, but as a standalone unit I’m very pleased. I just adjusted/added to the bass a little in the EQ and its sounds great. The lack of Bluetooth is no big deal to me personally because I never access it with my other Sonos products except for the Roam. The WiFi functionality is just fine. Super easy to set up within an existing ecosystem, it practically does it for you. The app and the ability to build the system in pieces makes it a smart buy especially if you catch it on sale. I would recommend Sonos to all.

The Sonos Ray soundbar is a compact and efficient solution for those looking to improve their TV audio without the hassle. With a sleek, minimalist design, it fits perfectly into any environment, whether on a shelf or mounted on the wall. Sound Quality The audio quality is outstanding for its size. The Ray delivers clear, balanced sound, with crisp dialogue and satisfying bass. Thanks to its sound processing technology, it achieves an immersive experience, ideal for movies, series and music. In addition, its ability to optimize the audio according to the acoustics of the room is a plus that further improves the listening experience. Connectivity Setup is simple, and the soundbar connects easily via HDMI ARC, optical or Wi-Fi, allowing it to be seamlessly integrated into an existing entertainment system. The Sonos app makes initial setup and adjustment of audio parameters easy, allowing the experience to be customized to the user's preferences. Features The Ray is not just a sound bar, it is also compatible with other Sonos devices, allowing you to create a multi-room sound system. Its integration with voice assistants and streaming services gives it convenience and versatility, making it a very complete option for entertainment lovers. Conclusion In short, the Sonos Ray sound bar is an excellent option for those looking to improve the sound of their television without complications. Its attractive design, audio quality and ease of use make it a standout option in the sound bar market. Ideal for any space, Ray promises to significantly elevate the audiovisual experience.