These limited-edition Sonos speaker stands cost more than the actual speakers

By Simon Cohen October 13, 2021

Sonos speakers have been designed to look and perform well when sitting on a table or countertop, but there will be times when a room simply lacks the right furniture, or you just want your speakers at a different height or angle.

To solve this problem, Sonos has partnered with American designer Floyd to create bespoke speaker stands for two of Sonos’ most popular speakers, the Sonos One (and One SL) and the Sonos Five. Made from heavy-duty steel, these accessories don’t come cheap; the One Stand starts at $249, which is more expensive than the $219 Sonos One it’s designed to support.

The One Stand, which is available in powder-coated black or blue color options — or stainless steel for an additional $100 — stands 52 inches tall once assembled. Its base is a tripod, which Sonos says provides maximum stability. To suspend a Sonos One from its vertical tube, you use the included speaker clamps. These are actually the same holders that Sonos uses for its own Sonos One wall mount, but without the portion that attaches to the wall.

1 of 6

Sonos x Floyd One Stand next to a desk. — Sonos, Floyd

Sonos x Floyd One Stand seen from the front. — Sonos, Floyd

Sonos x Floyd One Stand seen from the back. — Sonos, Floyd

Sonos x Floyd Five Stand (horizontal). — Sonos, Floyd

Sonos x Floyd Five Stand (vertical). — Sonos, Floyd

Sonos x Floyd Five Stand in multiple colors. — Sonos, Floyd

Your Sonos One can be positioned anywhere along the upright rod, but it’s not meant to be frequently adjusted — the clamp that holds the speaker to the stand must be tightened with a hex set screw. You’ll also need to keep the stand positioned fairly close to a power outlet. A Sonos One comes with a power cord that is about 76 inches long, so if you position the speaker at the stand’s maximum height, you’ll only be left with about two feet of cable.

Speaking of the power cable, Floyd’s minimalist design doesn’t include any kind of internal routing for the power cord or accessory clips to keep the cord cleanly aligned with the vertical rod, which probably explains why the provided product photos show the cords wrapped in a spiral.

The Five Stand is slightly more affordable. It comes in black or blue for $199, while the stainless steel version is $299. You can use it to keep your Sonos Five low to the ground and angled slightly upward, and it works for both vertical and horizontal orientations.

Both Floyd-designed speaker stands are available in limited quantities from FloydHome.com starting October 14.

Editors' Recommendations

Topics

Contributing Editor, A/V

Simon Cohen covers a variety of consumer technologies, but has a special interest in audio and video products, like spatial…

Audio / Video

New Sonos speakers apparently confirmed by accessory company

Rendering of a reportedly unreleased Sonos speaker created by The Verge.

If a document published by accessory maker Sanus is accurate, Sonos' next speakers will be called the Era 100 and Era 300, according to a report from Chris Welch at The Verge. Welch claims that The Verge had already learned from its sources that "Era" will be the public-facing name of the as-yet-unreleased smart speaker that he had previously reported on under the code name "Optimo," and that the Sanus document offers further evidence of this claim.

Sanus is a company that makes a variety of mounting solutions for AV products, including many Sonos models such as the Sonos Beam, Arc, and Sonos One. The discovered document, which was posted to the site device.report, is entitled "Sanus Elite - Adjustable Speaker Wall Mount for Sonos Era 100 and Era 300 Speakers."

Audio / Video

Ikea and Sonos collaborate on new Symfonisk floor lamp speaker

Ikea Sonos Symfonisk floor lamp speakers beside a couch.

Ikea and Sonos are continuing their collaboration with a new floor lamp speaker available in January 2023. It will be added to their popular, and affordable, Symfonisk lineup of Sonos-powered Wi-Fi speakers.

The Swedish furniture icon and American wireless home speaker maker began their partnership in 2019 with the original Symfonisk table lamp speaker, and have since added to the range with a bookshelf speaker, a picture frame speaker, and even a second generation of the table lamp last year, all aimed towards the budget-conscious audio fan looking to get in on Sonos' ecosystem of network speakers.

Audio / Video

New leak hints at Sonos’ future: Bluetooth, spatial audio, and lots more home theater

Rendering of a reportedly unreleased Sonos speaker created by The Verge.

You have to imagine that Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is getting a little tired of leaks originating from within the company's walls. For the second time in 2022, The Verge's Chris Welch has published details of an unreleased and unconfirmed Sonos product that Welch claims is code-named Optimo 2. According to this information, which he claims was gleaned from work-in-progress images of the Optimo 2, it's a speaker that will likely take over from the current Sonos Five, a product that hasn't been meaningfully updated since it debuted as the Play:5 in 2009.

If the report is accurate -- and it's worth noting that Welch's prior reporting on the Sonos Ray ahead of that product's debut was very close to what was eventually announced -- the Optimo 2 could represent the beginning of a new era for Sonos. It reportedly contains the mics needed for Sonos Voice Control, as well as plenty of RAM for future updates. A wireframe render of the speaker created by The Verge (which is what you do when you need to protect the source material) illustrates an unusual mirror-image shape -- it looks vaguely like a VR headset -- which appears to be designed to direct sound outward in at least two directions -- forward and backward -- though Welch says that some of the Optimo 2's drivers will aim sound upward, too.