By Keith Nelson, Jr.

Innovation often boils down to a modernization of tradition. Once people began increasingly traveling outside of the home, music became portable. Once people began increasingly staring at computer screens, books became tablets. With MP3 players in sunglasses and beat machines in cell phones, Time4Sleep innovates the sleeping experience with their latest bedding product: A bed that plays music.

The Sound Bed consists of two speakers and a control panel built into the sides of its cubed bedframe. With a 3mm audio input auxiliary jack and volume nobs as the control panel you literally lay down, reach over, plug in and play to create what Time4Sleep owner Jonathan Warren calls a “private music station.” Powered by a charging adapter, (also in the control panel and included in the package), the Sound Bed ensures continuous usage. Add in the subwoofer, conveniently placed under the headboard, and you may have less reasons to leave your bed for the club on late nights. Time4Sleep even includes a separate headphone jack in the already impressive bedframe which silences out the speakers and subwoofer for a private listening experience.

The Sound Bed’s design screams “unobtrusive” with its stone white bonded leather finish for color neutrality and control panel location for no wire tangling. The bed is supported by sprung wooden slats which are placed above a center rail and support leg for added sturdiness. While a mattress is not included, Time4Sleep promises that the support slat is “suitable for any type of mattress.”

The Sound Bed comes in three standard UK sizes: single bed, double bed, and king size. The prices are set at £299 ($387 in U.S. currency) and up. With high quality bedframes ranging anywhere between £230 ($300) to upwards of £620 ($800), the Sound Bed is priced appropriately, and unlike any of the other bedframes, gives an immersive audio experience at your rested fingertips.

Sleeping on a Sound Bed means those calming cricket noises can sound like they are surrounding you, the Miles Davis Quintet will sound like they are playing for you and your favorite singer will sound like they are serenading you to sleep in your bed. The world is in constant change so the possibilities are endless and Time4Sleep is fully aware of this immutable truth:

“As our bedrooms become smaller, TV beds and indeed the Sound Bed, are a great way to save on precious space and yet add that little bit of luxury to the home.”- Jonathan Warren

Stay progressive, people.

For more information, visit time4sleep.com

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