Sonos Ace Ultra headphones: TechRadar praises musical upgrade at $599 in Canada

Sonos’s second-generation Ace Ultra over-ears are shipping in Canada, and a full TechRadar lab review finds the company finally fixed the musicality gap that held back the original Ace. TechRadar’s Sept. 22 review rates features 5/5 and sound, design and value 4.5/5, calling the Ace Ultra among the reviewer’s favourite headphones of the year. Testers highlight next-gen 40mm custom drivers, adaptive ANC with 10 microphones, up to 35 hours of battery with ANC on, three-minute rapid charging for about three hours of playback, eight-band EQ, Dolby Atmos with head tracking, Bluetooth 6.0, USB-C lossless and TV Audio Swap plus Early Access Headphone Linking into a Sonos home system. Trade-offs noted include rivals that still supply slightly more midrange detail, a case that feels less premium than the headphones, and ear cups that fold flat but not fully compact for travel.

Canadian shoppers can buy from the Sonos Canada Ace Ultra product page at $599 CAD — matching iPhone in Canada reporting when pre-orders opened Sept. 1 ahead of a Sept. 29 general availability date. Sonos’s Sept. 1 newsroom release framed Ace Ultra as the first headphone on Headphone Engine 2, with Adaptive ANC and system linking as the headline differentiators versus stand-alone flagship cans.

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Sources: TechRadar — Sonos Ace Ultra review; Sonos Canada — Ace Ultra; iPhone in Canada; Sonos Newsroom.