Sonos and Ikea`s new Symfonisk speaker dresses up as a $140 table lamp
(Android Central)

It will be available from October 12 in the U.S. and Europe. What you need to know Sonos and Ikea have announced the follow-up to their first smart lamp speaker from 2019. The Symfonisk speaker ships with multiple base and shade options. Its lamp base alone will retail for $140 starting on October 12 in the United States and select European markets. In 2019, Sonos and Ikea released their first Wi-Fi speaker that also functioned as a table lamp. Two years later, and perhaps with some lessons learned, the companies are back with the second-generation Symfonisk table lamp speaker. The refreshed Symfonisk lamp speaker has an improved design and hardware for better aesthetics and sound quality. The Wi-Fi speaker has been updated with a new acoustic architecture that employs a `custom waveguide` to produce high-quality audio. Ikea and Sonos have also come up with a variety of lampshade options with the new Symfonisk, taking into account some lessons from the previous generation. Stj...