Sonarworks Black Friday: Deals, Predictions, Historic Discounts

Black Friday 2025: up to 50% off SoundID Reference

From 21 November to 1 December 2025, Sonarworks cut its SoundID range by up to 50%:

SoundID Reference for Headphones: $49 (50% off $99)

SoundID Reference for Speakers and Headphones with Measurement Microphone: $179 (40% off $299)

Virtual Monitoring: $79 (40% off)

Universal Audio Apollo Monitor Correction Add-on: $50

Upgrades from Reference 3 and 4: from $19 (50% off)

Plugin Boutique then ran an exclusive Cyber Week offer with up to 51% off until 7 December 2025.

What changed in 2026

Sonarworks has added Virtual Monitoring PRO, which recreates your own room and speakers on headphones, and in March 2026 it released the free SoundID Tools app for personalised Dolby Atmos headphone monitoring. It ran two sales with up to 40% off this year, in March and in September 2026. In the spring sale the speaker edition with microphone cost $199.

Prediction for Black Friday 2026

Sonarworks' sale started between 21 and 25 November in each of the last three years and ended between 27 November and 2 December. Black Friday falls on 27 November in 2026, so we expect the sale to run from about 20 November to 1 December.

The headline discount fell from 60% in 2022 and 2023 to 50% in 2024 and 2025, but the headphone edition got cheaper: $59 in 2023 and 2024, then $49 in 2025. We expect up to 50% off again, with SoundID Reference for Headphones at $49 and the speaker editions at about 40% off. The spring and autumn 2026 sales stopped at 40%, so Black Friday should still be the lowest price of the year.

Black Friday 2022 to 2025

Black Friday 2025 (21 November to 1 December): up to 50% off; SoundID Reference for Headphones $49; Speakers and Headphones with microphone $179; upgrades from $19.

Black Friday 2024 (25 November to 2 December): up to 50% off; Headphones $59; Speakers and Headphones $149; with microphone $179; Multichannel $349.

Black Friday 2023 (23 to 27 November): up to 60% off; Headphones $59; Speakers and Headphones $149; with microphone $179; Multichannel $449.

Black Friday 2022 (to 28 November): up to 60% off software and calibrated headphone bundles, but SoundID Reference for Headphones only 30% off. Start date: not recorded.

Other ways to buy SoundID Reference cheaper

Missed the Black Friday sale? Here are other ways to save before the next one:

Education discount: students and teachers save up to 50% all year with a SoundID Reference education licence*. The headphone edition costs €49, close to the Black Friday price, but an education licence runs on one computer instead of three. See our student discounts guide.

Spring and autumn sales: Sonarworks took up to 40% off from 16 to 29 March 2026 and again in September 2026.

Free trial: SoundID Reference has a fully functional 21-day trial, so you can test it with your own headphones or speakers before the sale starts.

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