Ikea Symfonisk review: a good Sonos wifi speaker hiding in a lamp

Second-gen speaker lamp pairs improved sound with larger choice of colours, shades and designs

The second generation of Ikea’s novel Sonos-powered wifi speaker lamp looks a little sleeker than the first, sounds a bit better and comes in new shapes, materials and colour combinations.

The idea is the same as for the rest of the Symfonisk range: hide a speaker in a piece of stylish furniture. In true Ikea fashion, the £179 ($169) lamp comes flat-packed, although thankfully only in three parts: the base, the plug and the shade.