Ace | Noise Cancelling Wireless Over-Ear Headphones with Bluetooth, 30-Hour Battery Life, Spatial Audio, Dolby Atmos, Dynamic Head Tracking - Black

Before I purchased these headphones I owned a pair of Bose Quiet Comfort, and I used them pretty much every day for 4 years before they broke on me. I was really happy with the Bose but I wanted to try something new and I wasn't disappointed with these. The Sonos Ace are just as comfortable as the Bose, if not slightly more so. They fit snug on my head without being too tight. I can wear them at the gym and they stay right where I put them, regardless of the workout I'm doing. I can even lay down to do bench presses without them shifting on my head. I haven't gone running with these yet, but I am confident you shouldn't have any issues. The noise cancellation is also really good. I haven't owned these long enough to say they are better than the Bose (had them for about a week) but so far I'm not feeling like I've downgraded at all. I didn't notice a single sound in the gym, which can be a noisy place. Sound quality is definitely better than Bose, the sound stage feels fuller/wider, so I get more immersed in the music. When I listen to podcasts the voices feel richer and clearer. As far as battery and charging goes, they are a serious upgrade. These things have 30 hours of battery life, and if you forget to charge them, they can get up to 3 hours of battery after just 3 minutes of charging, so if you're in a hurry to get to the gym, they will have enough battery life for a workout by the time you get dressed to leave. (This is probably one of my favorite features of the headphones because I'm terrible about charging my devices) They are really sleek looking, these are definitely the most attractive pair of headphones I've ever seen in my personal opinion. Lastly, the build quality feels top notch. My Bose headphones broke on the left side where the ear piece connected to the headband, it had a plastic joint that wore out over time because I would remove my headphones with one hand. The Sonos Ace are made of metal where the ear piece meets the headband so I'm very confident that these won't break the same way the Bose did, which is really reassuring. My hope is that these will last as long, if not longer than the Bose did. If these don't have any internal issues, such as speakers/software/microchips, I feel pretty confident that the overall build of the Sonos is pretty sturdy and will hold up against daily wear and tear. I wear headphones at work all day, sometimes 10-12 hour shifts, and when I get home they get used for housework, video games, etc. These things are the kind of headphones you can wear forever and not get any discomfort, and they feel like they're built tough enough to withstand the kind of abuse that eventually broke my Bose. They are hands down my favorite pair of headphones so far and I highly recommend them. If i discover any issues worth mentioning after owning them longer, I will be sure to come back and update this review - otherwise, assume I'm still a happy customer!

Wide sound stage for a closed back ANC headphone. Clarity and definition are superior to the other headphones I tested which are the Momentum 4s and the Cambridge Melomanias. The base is dynamic and full like mini thunder in your ears without sounding too warm, outstanding. The Sonos headphones are far superior to the other two headphones I tested, in fact I would add that I would not recommend the others over the Sonos at all. I know that's harsh since I'm not even going to list what makes the others inferior, but the difference will sound so clear, there's hardly much to say. I'll put it this way, I had to compare the Sonos with real audiophile headphones that have no features except quality drivers. Yes, the Sonos weren't better but I really spent the time to compare. For Gaming go with the Sonos over the other headphones because of it's wide sound stage it's much better at handling 7.1 virtual surround sound. The Sonos are way more comfortable than the other headphones because of how the earpads are designed to curve over your ear, not just sit flat on your ear like the others, while still covering all of your ear. It's an impressive design and just makes them feel great to wear. Also, these have magnetic earpads for easy removal unlike the others. The Senheisers do use touch controls if you like that. I found them useful but once you learn the controls of the Sonos it won't matter. There's a strange behavior with the ANC options with the Sonos when you disable ANC, the base drops below 50% of its power. However, I believe this is a feature when you don't want it to go on and off in certain areas where you need to external hearing. In addition, you can keep the setting at Adaptive which restores the base with a small open back effect. The third option for full ANC removes the open back effect. I also found the Sonos more stylish to the other two since hard edges is just how 99% of other headphones look. The headband also sits snug around your head without any weird parts that sticking out like you're in a studio when they simply don't perform that way. I know this part is subjective but I think some people would appreciate these design points. Overall, while probably more expensive than other wireless ANC headphones, these are just all around great and worth it over the others. Reviews have raved about the Sennheiser over these, I resoundingly disagree. Other observations are situational. For example, I found that these type of headphones did not need to replace my Airpod Pros when I would go for a walk or a quick hop to the corner store. The sounds of the airpods directly in your ear are just high quality sounding as regular headphones. However, if I had to go somewhere to work all day like at the office, the Sonos were hands down more comfortable in that situation. If you like to sleep with music headphones, these will be far more comfortable than the Airpods sitting in your ear. Last point is for gaming again. While the Sonos are far better for gaming than the other ones mentioned, they are still wireless ANC headphones meant for all kinds of scenarios. Dedicated headphones that will tether you to your gaming PC or if you want just audiophile headphones, those will probably offer more immersive experience in those situations.

Everyone is going to have a different experience when it comes to comfort. For me these are BY FAR the most comfortable over-ear, wireless noise-cancelling headphones I have tried. Usually 2 to 3 hours into a flight I can start to have some significant discomfort. With these I don't have any issue. They are fairly lightweight but well made. The noise cancellation is very good although not the best I have tried. Sound quality is fine for my use case (mostly traveling) and battery life is excellent.

Since I have some Sonos stuff in my home,I figured I should try these Sonos Ace headphones. I recently decided to look for a good pair of Bluetooth ANC headphones. I started with a pair of Bowers and Wilkins PX8. While those had a build quality that was beyond impeccable, the sound quality was mediocre. Then I went to a pair of Focal Bathys. The build quality was good, but not in the same level as the B&W’s. However, the sound quality was exceptional with airy detailed highs, clear strong bass, and crystal clear vocals. The Sonos wasn’t quite as expensive as either of the others, so I wrote them off originally. But I’ve heard a number of good things from actual people praising the Aces, so I decided to buy a pair. The sound quality is the most important aspect of the headphones for me, so that’s where I’ll start. These are good, considerably better than the Bowers and Wilkins PX8, and very close to the Focal Bathys. The highs are not quite as detailed, and the vocals are not quite at the same level of clarity, but close enough that at a little more than half price, I’d consider living with it. The one negative thing I noticed occasionally was a slight very high frequency digital noise. These build quality is close to the the Focals. Definitely not of the same quality as the B&W’s, but I haven’t found another that is, so can’t knock the Sonos too much on that. Removable and replaceable ear pads (magnetically mounted) are a nice touch. There are a lot of “features” that you don’t find on other headphones. The Dolby Atmos is ok, but I watched several movies and could take it or leave it. If you have a Sonos Arc Ultra, switching from soundbar to headphones is easy. I greatly disliked the head tracking, as it seemed to just annoyingly cut out a side when I didn’t want it to. But there is an option in the app to turn it off, so that’s good. There is a bug that once in a while might cause one side to not work, but turning it off then on is supposed to fix it. I did an update, and it was working when it came back up. Battery life seems to be pretty good. I listened for a whole work day and used about 25%.

I did loads of research before buying a set of premium headphones and landed on these. Absolutely incredible sound quality, build quality and comfort levels. Nothing feels cheap here. I've used them in tons of different situations including airplanes with noise cancelling and office locations where I need more awareness, gets an A+ on all counts. But, for me, the real kicker here is the TV Audio Swap. If you’re already in the Sonos ecosystem, this feature is game changing. With the hold of a button you can switch the audio from your soundbar to your headphones. Perfect for late night watches, if you have young kids at home, or if you just don’t have the greatest hearing and want to watch something without subtitles. Overall incredible headphones with extra perks if your already a Sonos owner.

After using these for about a week, my overall impressions. Sound quality is good. But the key reasons I wanted these headphones don't even work as defined on the product page. 1. The headphones look ok, nothing amazing, but solid look, the sound is good, the ANC is OK, better than Anker, Not as good as Sony/Bose. The feel is NOT cheap; however, the fit is a little weird. FIT: The headphones work ok as long as I keep my head completely flat and don't look up or down. I looked up to the ceiling and the headphones DO NOT STAY IN PLACE. I tried lying down to test that out. The headphones don't stay in place while lying down, but instead slide down toward the back of the head and the earcups fall off the ears (within about 5 s.) 3. The expected functions don't work as expected. a. Lossless bluetooth is essentially a lie (and it was unclear before ordering that there were, probably more specifically what those limitations are.) But ONE chipset that is on only a couple of phones doesn't make lossless bluetooth a real thing. Minimum it should be clear whether that capability would be available BEFORE I PURCHASE !!! b. The ability to toggle my sonos ARC sound to my headphones ALSO DOES NOT WORK. It might work; however, since I do NOT have an apple phone and an APPLE phone is REQUIRED to setup this capability, it doesn't work on my headphones. c. And of course Trueplay is a promised Android capability (*promised for years and NEVER implemented that capability.) So I am now supposed to believe that they will eventually add the ACE toggle to headphones option for Android later??? NO way, I have been down that road before.

Connect to blutooth well and fast. I am coming from a qc45 Bose. These Sonos are way better those Bose ever were. Much fuller sound. The special audio is wild ! Much better than e Bose. I had my doubts at first. I’ve never been disappointed with Sonos. Noise cancel Bose has a little more figured out. But if you are using these for audio your after the music. These are superb. Materials are top quality. I’ve never owned AirPod max but I have heard them. These Sonos are like those. Sonos doesn’t dissPOINT. EVER.

To start with the sound, it sounds pretty good. It is not a top of the line set of headphones, but combined with all the features, it was certainly to consider. Noise reduction, and awareness feature seem to work pretty good. If you use the ace with the Sonos app, there should never be an issue. Pairing to the TV and other devices works fine, and I like that you can switch from one to another by the push of a button. I purchased this device, because I have a Sonos arc sound bar and the set of headphones was specifically designed to work with the Sonos arc. Here I want to mention, they’re just by judging the sound, the item would’ve been a four star. Period. But all the issues that I had using it with the Sonos sound bar, made me decide to lower to three stars. I’m quite aware, if Sonos had made a little bit more an effort, these issues wouldn’t exist, because when it worked, it worked fine But my judgment is on the other times when it didn’t work fine and often times disconnect for no reason and adjusting the sound with a remote control to the TV is a pain, because it’s just not smooth. Other features, like if you take the headphones off, it would automatically pause a movie and restart when putting it back on, our fun to explore in the beginning, but really is that worth the extra money? Or a feature if you spin your head, that the headphone speakers adjust sound towards the direction of the TV, could be called more annoying than useful, but that’s up to the user to decide. After having had this headset for a year, it is doing funny things with the LED, that’s supposed to indicate it being on and off. Also many times the internal battery has discharged and I have no clue why. In a nutshell, this is one of the newer Sonos inventions, it seemed to have a little bit of different principal away from the old and reliable Sonos that we had become to love so much. Since this is a Sonos product I must also voice my disapproval of their total revamp of the app. I never had an issue understanding how to do all the things with the old app, but now I’m struggling to find how to switch from one device to another and recently I was not able to upgrade the Sonos app on my laptop for no particular reason. So do not expect the Old Ways Sonos, that was once the most reliable brand on the multi room media market!