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You can also connect the TV via HDMI ARC (or actually HDMI CEC). For example, a Sonos Sub for the bass or two Sonos One or Play: 1 speakers for surround. This allows you to add several Sonos speakers directly to the set-up, or add them to the house. All necessary steps are taken during the installation, or you can go through them one by one via the settings. It is simple, user-friendly and fast.ĭuring the installation (or afterwards, if you skip it initially) you can configure the Sonos Beam completely. If necessary, the latest updates are immediately downloaded and you can start immediately.

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Next, let the app search for the soundbar and follow the steps that appear on the screen to install the soundbar.

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Actually, you hardly need to put energy in it you connect the soundbar, download the app and create an account.

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Installation and configurationĪs far as the installation is concerned, Sonos also knows exactly how to do it. You can also operate them with Siri, which is further down in the review. This standard is very interesting for Apple users because you can easily group AirPlay 2 speakers and use them as a multiroom system. AirPlay 2 is now also officially available. Of course there is also wireless streaming of audio possible via Apple’s AirPlay, in-house media servers, your mobile devices and the large number of streaming services that you can connect to the Sonos app. This is an HDMI-to-optical cable unique and only for the Beam, allowing you to connect the TV to the soundbar via the optical audio output. If you have a somewhat older TV without HDMI ARC then you can use the supplied optical adapter. You can also control the volume of the soundbar via the remote control of the TV.

This means that the soundbar can display the sound of the TV (everything connected to it and the apps of the smart TV platform) and that you can switch the soundbar on automatically as soon as you turn on the TV. In contrast to the Playbar and Playbase, Sonos now chooses an HDMI port, and even one with ARC (Audio Return Channel) and CEC. In terms of connections we see one very special back the HDMI port. Incidentally, you can place the soundbar for the TV but with an optional wall bracket also hang on the wall, if desired. The size of 68.5 cm x 651 mm x 100 mm makes this an ideal soundbar for almost any medium or small space the small speaker fits exactly and perfectly below the average TV and fits many modern interiors. The soundbar comes with a fabric covering all around, with the Sonos logo in front. With these keys you can adjust the volume, turn the microphone off or on (for voice operation), swipe to the previous or next song and pause (power off) playback. No screws, no weird covers just a sleek and premium soundbar with a notch on the back for the necessary connections and on top, subtly a number of touch keys for operation. This compact soundbar looks – like more products of the company – very tight and neatly finished. Design and connectionsįirst of all, we look at the design of the Sonos Beam, and to start with the to fall into the house Sonos hits the nail on its head. The compact soundbar is available from July 17 for a price of 449 euros and comes in both white and black. In terms of connections we see the ethernet port, HDMI (ARC) and the power input back.

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The Sonos Beam has about four custom elliptical full range woofers and three passive radiators, plus a single tweeter that has to provide intelligible dialogues. You can do this as follows: with the Sonos app, with apps from third parties such as Spotify, Audible, Pandora and Tidal, with smarthomadadgets such as wall switches, with existing remote controls and – in the near future – with your voice. We have already been able to fully test the Alexa integration through a detour, even if it is in English. The Beam supports more than fifty music services, Apple AirPlay 2 and multiple voice assistants in the future, including Google Assistant, Alexa and Siri (thanks to AirPlay 2 support). So you can play almost any streaming service via the Beam, you can easily pair other Sonos speakers for a surround setup (with two extra Sonos One speakers for example) and / or a multiroom setup (with extra One speakers and the Sonos Sub) and you can control everything through various apps and accessories.

The Sonos Beam is a very compact soundbar (68.5 cm x 651 mm x 100 mm, and 2.8 kilograms) which is a small to medium-sized room can provide everything that we are already used to from Sonos. In this review we look at the Sonos Beam. This model has a price tag of 449 euros and offers everything that you are used to from Sonos, plus the integration of voice control. Sonos has added a compact and relatively affordable soundbar to its range in the form of the Sonos Beam.

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