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In addition, the box was set to offer new home theater configuration options with Sonos speakers.

A simpler box, that’s more price competitive?

close-up of soundbar mesh with Sonos branding

The lack of passthrough ports on Sonos' soundbars has been a bugbear for me – but this wireless connectivity box could solve that.

What if Sonos could still release a connection box?

It just wouldn’t include the smart TV part, meaning it needs far less powerful processing.

That’s not cheap, but as part of the right speaker system, it could easily be worthwhile.

Sonos Arc ports

The lack of passthrough ports on Sonos' soundbars has been a bugbear for me – but this wireless connectivity box could solve that.

Let’s compare this to theSony Bravia Theater Quad, which costs $2,500.

That’s a one-box system that includes four surround speakers and a wireless connector for your TV.

Each speaker has forward and upward firing drivers.

Sony Bravia Theater Quad speaker system with Bravia 8 OLED TV

The Bravia Quad’s four wireless speakers. This could be Sonos, but it’s playin'.

The Sonos equivalent to this would be my hypothetical wireless TV connection box, plus fourSonos Era 300speakers.

Era 300

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