We're thoroughly enjoying our Sonos (Gen2) Beam in our family room with no need for a subwoofer or surround sound. Its added a wonderful dimension to our TV viewing regardless of what we're watching. In addition, we're now listening to great sounding music from my iPhone Spotify account. You can buy a soundbar for less money, but you'll not have the excellent Sonos build and sound quality, both backed by excellent / responsive customer service. Sonos is well worth a little extra!!
Pros: Dolby Digital 5.1, Easy To Setup, Easy to use, Night Mode, Speech enhancement, Superior Sound, Versatile
This is my second beam gen 2 the first one I regrettably sold when I was given a Bose 600 which was ok. But it was always missing something. So I bit the bullet and purchased the beam gen 2 once again. And I'm am thrilled I did besides it sounding better as a whole especially in the bass and midrange it integrated With my Sony Bravia 100 percent better. And what I mean is the volume is now displayed on the tv screen using both the Sony remote and my Apple 4k tv remote. Where, as before it would lose that ability with the Bose every few days. In conclusion I could not be happier with my SONOS BEAM gen 2
Pros: Dolby Digital 5.1, Easy To Setup, Easy to use, Night Mode, Speech enhancement, Superior Sound, Versatile
The beam works as expected from the specs But it took some doing since not all the information on connecting was available when purchased. Not sure the average person could connect without help. It also seems that not every TV would support the USB power connection required by the Beam My LG disconnects every so often, it does reconnect on its own just annoying. I use the BEam in conjunction with ERA 100 surround and works well but I think it separates too much of the surround. I was used to the Bose system I had which gave a different surround sound. Also not sure why you went with the amp in the Beam it caused me to lose the connection of my receiver and would now need to purchase additional speakers to drive my DVD/CD, Phono ETC. If I had known I may not have purchased these items. Be more informative to the Public of how your systems work. Thanks for listening