Sonos Beam Gen 2 – Black – Soundbar with Dolby Atmos

Outstanding
This system sounds great and was easy to set up. It should really come with the wall mounting brace, but other than that, no complaints. I added the subwoofer and now it’s unreal for such a tiny footprint. I wish I could play other bluetooth ready devices through it – like a turntable.

I’m very happy!!
I had my heart set on the Arc Ultra, but didn’t want to shell out nearly twice as much. I was worried I would be disappointed after going to numerous stores and listening to the both side by side. The Arc is definitely a superior product but that doesn’t not take away from how great the beam is!! It was going to be between getting the arc on its own or getting the Beam, Sub Mini and 2 Era 100’s. I am so glad I went with the later!! The era 100’s added so much to the whole thing. I think the beam is great, but I do think that it is much better when paired with a whole system. Also, set up was super easy! Literally just plugged it in and connected via the app and boom!

Easy to setup, good sound, high quality
I held off on becoming a Sonos house for years. They are costly, proprietary, a walled garden. But, I’ve been searching for whole house systems for 20 years. WISA was promising but never went beyond 5.1 speaker configurations. I had wired my house with speaker cable all back to an Onkyo receiver but that only had two zones. I figured after 20 years, things would not get better anytime soon. I splurged on Sonos Arc Ultra, ERA 100 and 300 pairs, Sub and Mini Sub, Move 2, and Beam Gen 2. Now I can play throughout the house including outside.Sonos is not going to rock your house. It’s not that loud. The bass is not room shaking. Everything is just nice. I replaced Kef, Polk, and JBL speaker with these. I do miss the very loud volume for some music but overall, Sonos works for gatherings and movie watching.The Beam Gen 2 does not support Trueplay with Android phone apps. This is a Sonos feature available on the Arc Ultra, Move and other speakers with microphones. To set up the speakers for optimal playback in a room, you need to use an iPhone as that will simulate Trueplay. After all these years, Sonos still doesn’t support Android sound management.The Android app is still difficult to use as of June 2025 after last year’s update. It’s still missing features like list scrolling in music library. There are so many issues with the new app but I’m hopeful these will be corrected in 2025.I compared many, many other soundbar systems both in store and on the web and was almost set for a Sony or Samsung soundbar. A couple of things stopped me. Most major electronic companies have confusing lines of soundbars and this makes it difficult to compare features and value. I was also confused about whether the soundbar would even work with my TV ARC connected as specs showed ARC, eARC, optical, and were basically not specific about TV brand and compatibility. I purchased the Beam Gen 2 just as Sonos announced a 25% price cut. For a bit more money, my initial $300 soundbar purchase turned into the Sonos Beam.The Beam does produce low frequencies without a sub and that was a nice surprise. Dolby Atmos support is OK but there are no upward firing speakers so I don’t really notice Atmos on a Beam, unlike the Arc Ultra and ERA 300 system downstairs. There is voice enhancement for streaming video and it’s very good when viewing news and movies. This is the second Beam for a spare room. The other Beam includes the Mini Sub and a pair of ERA 100’s but I don’t notice much of a difference in the sound field for most television programs.

La Sonos Beam de segunda generación es un producto de muy buena calidad, tiene la capacidad añadida de simular Dolby Atmos (especialmente aprovechada con películas compatibles y con Xbox).Los materiales de construcción, como es de esperar de la marca, son de excelente calidad, además de que su configuración es sumamente fácil de realizar. Para poder aprovechar al máximo sus cualidades, es necesario que tu televisor tenga eARC, de lo contrario, con ARC no podrás aprovechar todo (pero es suficiente en algunas ocasiones).En cuanto al sonido, dependerá completamente de tu entorno. Por ejemplo, si estás en una recámara pequeña y utilizas el TruePlay (tristemente solo se puede hacer con dispositivos iOS) seguramente será suficiente para llenar tu cuarto con el sonido de las películas o videojuegos; peeeeeeero, si estás en una sala o una recámara más grande, es probable que sientas que hace falta un poco de fuerza en las frecuencias graves, por lo que sí vería necesario comprarse el Subwoofer.En cuanto a la calidad de sonido en general es buena: diálogos bastante bien logrados, efecto de altura lo suficientemente bueno para ser una simulación y no tener parlantes apuntando hacia arriba y rebote el sonido. Cuando escuchas música se siente muy bien.¿Qué aconsejaría yo, personalmente?1.- Si estás en una recámara pequeña, llenará totalmente tu cuarto y podrás disfrutar muchísimo de tus películas y videojuegos, sin lugar a dudas y probablemente sin necesidad de añadir un subwoofer (quizá, si existiera uno más pequeño, sería un gran añadido).2.- Si quieres tener Alexa, y aparte tener una gran barra de sonido por un precio no tan exagerado (como su hermana mayor, la Sonos Arc).3.- Si es de tus primeros o tu primer producto de Sonos y piensas ampliarlo con el tiempo.- Aquí hago paréntesis: a mi consideración (y remarco, es solo una opinión), valdría muchísimo la pena comprar la Sonos Beam más dos Sonos One SL para tener un efecto surround y sigue siendo más barato que la Sonos Arc y tendrás un sistema completamente envolvente y ahorras un poco más.- Segundo paréntesis: después de hacer ese sistema, agrégale el subwoofer y es de las mejores opciones que puedas conseguir en el mercado.En fin, ¿la recomiendo?Sí, definitivamente.¿Me compro esta barra más dos Sonos One en lugar de la Sonos Arc?Sí.¿Necesito subwoofer?Hay un dicho que dice que sí, que siempre será mejor tener un subwoofer a no tenerlo, pero con calma, esfuerzo y ahorro se puede lograr un gran sistema de sonido.Excelente producto.Gracias por leer la reseña.

Best soundbar i purchased by far

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