Sonos Beam - Smart Sound Bar Black

Antes que nada a mi la calidad de sonido me ha fascinado no esperaba tanto poder de una barra de sonido que se ve un poco simple, además de que no es "estorbosa" y no tiene ese acabado plástico glossy que es un imán de huellas. Hice varias investigaciones sobre que sería en general lo mejor para una barra de sonido de este rango de precio con lo que se encuentra en el mercado y al final me decidí por Sonos, he tenido un par de dispositivos Bose pero siempre hay como una falta de bajos increíble donde todo al parecer suena en la misma frecuencia, cuando lo comparas con esta barra hay una diferencia muy marcada en la que Sonos si tiene bajos tal vez no los de un home theater surround pero no estás pagando por eso a este precio.Ahora los "peros" al parecer Sonos en la mayoría de sus dispositivos no tiene soporte bluetooth todo se hace a través de wifi si quieres reproducir musica desde tu celular puedes hacerlo usando Airplay que es bastante fácil cuando usas iOS o a través de la conexión wifi eso es algo frustrante pero no algo que me haga devolverla ya que casi todo mi ecosistema está basado en iOS.No incluye control remoto, todo lo haces desde la aplicación o en caso de que esté conectada a la TV con el control de la tele, el set up no es complicado una vez que ya has podido emparejar la barra de sonido con tu celular pero es un poco tedioso no es lo mismo que solo conectarse vía bluetooth en dos toques de la pantalla y listo.Hasta ahora son las únicas cosas que he encontrado que aunque no me hacen devolverla porque la calidad de sonido le ha ganado a cualquier pero que le he hallado, aunque sí me gustaría que otras personas supieran antes de adquirir un equipo de estos, ya que esperan que hagan de todo por el precio. No es una mala compra pero hay que saber que estás comprando.

beagn bought this to go with my 35 inch iltrawide monitor. I know some people find it too big for a computer setup but I find it looks fine. I was not super impressed with the sound out of the box. Probably because I expected something close to the sonos playbar. After a while though I start appreciating the sound coming out of the sonos. I also have a homepod in that room and I can say without a doubt that homepod doesn't sound as good. Mostly the base. The homepod base Max out at around 40 percent. Higher volume it feels like only the mid and high frequency goes up. The beam definitely has a better base response. Being so close to the speaker I can't hear a really wide sound stage. It does sound good but it's not impressive compare to the playbar.As per my hookup. I originally wanted to hook the beam to my Mac mini via the digital optical output using a mini toslink to toslink and then use the toslink to hdmi that is included but I couldn't make it work. Not sure what kind of signal osx can output but the bean never recognize it. I had to purchase an USB sound card to make it work. I purchase a creative omni. I used the optical out of that sound card and the bean works flawlessly. Didn't had any problem for almost a month now. I didn't test for latency but for watching movies it was fine.

I recently purchased an 82" Samsung Q8 TV and researched the heck out of soundbars to use with it. For reference I have Martin Logan speakers with Parasound and Adcom electronics because I used to be heavily into audio, but I really wanted to simplify my life and clean up the clutter in the family room. Enter the soundbar search! I still had a little bit of the audio snob in me because at first I decided that I really needed Dolby Atmos, so I was close to pulling the trigger on a 1.5k Samsung or Sony system. But then enter a whole bunch of technical gobbledegook about needing eARC and current HDMI ARC outputs not being upgradeable and lack of streaming Atmos content and yadda yadda yadda - ok forget Atmos.So I decided to heck with Atmos, just give me a basic soundbar. Then I was about to pull the trigger on a $100 Yamaha when I realized it didn't have HDMI ARC. That was the one thing I wasn't going to compromise on - I wanted the soundbar to act like the tv's built-in speaker, and HDMI ARC allows the tv remote to control the volume of the soundbar vs optical requiring you to use the soundbar's remote. I wanted to simplify my life and getting rid of remotes was part of that!I had just gotten my first Sonos speaker for Christmas, a Play:1. So I started looking at Sonos soundbars. Sadly neither the Playbar nor the Playbase has ARC. But surprisingly their cheapest, smallest speaker - the Beam - does have ARC! Finally I pulled the trigger and got the Beam and another Play:1 so I could have a pair for surround.Ok finally the actual review - everything works flawlessly. Really, that's all you need to know right there. Setup was a breeze, my tv works fine with the Cox cable box connected via HDMI and the Beam connected via HDMI ARC. Alexa works fine for playing music and radio. Spotify and Pandora stream perfectly. The sound is good but obviously doesn't compare to my previous setup, but it's less than 1/10th the price so I can't complain. After the Sonos auto-tuning I did adjust bass down one notch and treble up one notch. The system sounded a bit closed-in at first, like it was buried under a few towels, but after a day or two either I've gotten used to it or the speakers have broken-in and now sound much lighter. The Sonos app confirms that they are receiving the Dolby Digital signal, so yay.For people that are true movie lovers that like to play at Dolby reference levels (i.e. really loud), this speaker will probably not do it for you in the bass department. For normal people, I think it's perfectly fine. The bass is not really deep, but is certainly adequate and definitely much better than the tv's built-in speakers. If Sonos offered a $200 sub, I'd be all over it. But I'll pass on their $700 sub. The little Beam does look puny sitting under my 82" tv, so if the larger Playbar had ARC I probably would've bought that instead both for looks and a wider soundstage. Yes, another small nit is that the soundstage of the Beam is not huge at lower volumes, so if that's important then maybe keep looking. For my purposes, it's just fine. The soundstage does seem to get larger at higher volumes which is nice when you're ready to sit and watch a loud movie, but it's not going to make you think you have a left-center-right setup.Note that since the Beam and Play:1 surrounds are all linked together into a single room/system, you can't stream to them individually. I'm not sure why you'd want to, but if you wanted to maybe pick up a surround speaker and take it outside and play it by itself without playing the rest of the speakers, you'd probably have to undo the surround configuration. Also fyi, the Sonos TruePlay speaker auto-tune software is not available for Android (iOS only). It's not a huge requirement but worth knowing.Bottom line - it has HDMI ARC, it sounds great, everything works as advertised. Highly recommended unless you're the type that needs a subwoofer and plays movies really loud.

SONOS es una marca que vengo siguiendo desde hace unos meses desde que escuche la IMPACTANTE nitidez y claridad de la SONOS 5, la cual escuché en un restaurante donde sólo una bocina llenaba un lugar tan amplio con semejante volumen y sonido cristalino. La SONOS BEAM me llamó la atención para probar esta marca que pese a su precio alto, vale cada centavo que pagas por la calidad de sonido que esta a la par si no es que mejor que BOSE. Fácil de configurar la app de SONOS, eso sí tienen que estar en la misma señal WIFI tu teléfono o tablet para poder configurar la bocina, la conecte al puerto ARC que trae mi TV LG 65" y vaya que cambió la calidad del sonido, me impresionó mucho la nitidez, no hay distorsión y puedes incluso configurar graves y agudos con facilidad, además de poder usar asistentes como ALEXA y GOOGLE, agregar tus apps favoritas como SPOTIFY, DEEZER, etc. Ampliamente la recomiendo si lo que quieres es escuchar la música, disfrutar el sonido de películas o videojuegos, esta barra de sonido es para ti.

I am a stereo HiFi enthusiast who got tired of looking at the wires and components cluttering up my small living room. I had been considering going wireless with Sonos for living room listening for a long time, but hesitated because I thought the sound would not be as good as having good, separate components, and I was wary of "listener fatigue" if the Sonos speakers sounded too harsh or digital. But the Beam with two Sonos One speakers as surround set up are just great. I started out with only the Beam as my first Sonos product, hooked up to TV and streaming Netflix, Hulu, HBO Now, Showtime, etc., via Fire TV and Apple TV, and listening to music via Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Prime Music. I use the Sonos app as well as the independent apps for each streaming service on my iPad. I just wanted to see if there was a big difference in sound, so I added Apple Music for a month to compare with Spotify, which is my primary streaming service. (I'm sticking with Spotify for various reasons.) I took a chance buying the Beam without having tested one out at a retail store. It turns out I was so happy with the Beam that I figured building a system to have a surround experience would be even better, and after buying two Sonos Ones a few weeks later, I can say that it it truly is. I would recommend this system to anyone who wants to de-clutter without compromising sound. Super easy to set up and use. Makes me want to listen to music even more than before. Beautiful speaker design as well. Top quality in every way. I have to say that those who have commented that the volume is not loud enough must not know that you can raise the volume, one lever for TV, one for Music, which applies to your TV sound, in the Advanced Audio setting, which is different from the general volume control on the app. Then there is another setting for Music listening only, with a choice of either Ambient or Full. The default setting is Ambient, which is softer and not as full as Full! Big difference in sound. Full will give you a richer more well rounded sound. Once you set those volumes and exit Advanced Audio, you are good to go, and the general volume control of the app is the only one you have to use from then on. I rarely have to go as high as even half way because the volume is very loud and clear. Another thing is that TruePlay is essential and makes a significant difference, so if you don't take that step to customize the sound to your surroundings (takes 5 minutes or less), you are missing out. The sound is full, detailed, and warm, emits what you get with stereo hifi listening. I hear details in music that have not heard when listening to music in my former streaming set up, which was an Echo Dot connected to an integrated amp, listening through speakers hooked up to the amp. I also had a cd player and turntable connected to the amp. Those are now all packed away. Now I have only the Beam connected to my TV and the Sonos Ones in two different spots away from the TV. I still love albums, so next I might have to get the Play 5 and input the turntable to it, but for now I am very satisfied solely with streaming. The overall excellence of the Beam was a great surprise to this music listener!