Sonos Beam review

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Discuss everything about Sonos here! With one tweeter, four mid-woofers, and an amplifier for each, the Sonos Beam delivers respectable sound.

The Beam is much more suitable for the job of sitting on a shelf, because its audio drivers face forward for a more direct sound. The Beam can talk to any other Sonos products you have in your home, playing the same music as the One in your kitchen or the Play:5 in your dining room. Just the one extra driver might not seem much more for all that extra bulk.

Sonos Beam vs Playbar vs Playbase: which is best?

Whether you're an existing Sonos owner or just someone looking to make your lovely 4K telly sound as good as it looks, a Beam, Playbase or Playbar from Sonos makes a huge amount of sense. But which of the three devices should you buy. But now Beam has entered the fray, it's made things a little more complicated. Additional words by Guy Cocker Let's deal with the placement consideration first. The Playbar is your worst option in this scenario. For a start, it's pretty chunky, meaning you're probably going to need a spare - not to mention sizeable - shelf on your stand to accomodate it. Second of all, the 'feet' of the thing are on the side of the Playbar which sits against the wall if you were wall-mounting. What that means is that while the speakers fire forward if you wall-mount, they fire slightly upwards if standing on a piece of furniture. The Beam is much more suitable for the job of sitting on a shelf, because its audio drivers face forward for a more direct sound. Also, it fits much more flush against the wall than the Playbar if you do decide to difference between sonos beam and playbar in future. The three speakers are pretty different in terms of build and styling, too. The Playbar has aged the least gracefully, with its mostly metal chassis and fabric speaker cover that looks a little unsubtle. The Playbase, on the other hand, has a matte plastic shell and pattern of precision-drilled holes for a grille, which looks a bit more contemporary and minimalist. Ultimately these three devices are all good looking and well built, but Beam is the most elegant. Winner: Beam The Playbase and Playbar are practically inseparable when it comes to features, leaving the newer Beam to dominate when it comes to smarts. Playbase and Playbar connections are both equally simple and sparse: you get power, optical and ethernet. The Playbar actually gets two of the latter so you can daisy-chain a couple of devices, but it's not something that many people will take advantage of. Both handle Dolby Digital 5. Beam, however, does things a little differently. What's more, Amazon Alexa integration means you can do everything using your voice, and control other devices around the home. Oh, and AirPlay 2 integration means you can send audio straight from your Apple device rather than using the app. AirPlay is also on Playbase, but not the older Playbar. Whatever product you choose, you can use Sonos' clever Trueplay feature as long as you're an iPhone user to tailor the sound of any of the speakers to your room, and they all get the full suite of Sonos music streaming features, so perfectly synchronised multi-room and access to practically every streaming service under the sun. Built-in Alexa smarts makes it easy to pick a clear winner over the other products here though - if you want the best features, it has difference between sonos beam and playbar be Beam. With fewer sound-generating components, Beam can't compete with the Playbar or the Playbase when it comes to pure audio quality. Between the Playbar and the Playbase, Sonos says you should choose based purely on placement and that the sound is largely the same. But with the greatest respect, that's not really the case. Sure, there are lots of similarities: both do a brilliant job of creating a wide, spacious sound stage that will easily fill most rooms and transform the audio experience for anyone who's used to their flatscreen's own speakers. Both also exemplify Sonos' dedication to natural, neutral sound so that you feel that what you're hearing is more or less what was recorded. But there are also quite big differences. The Playbase's larger cabinet and clever woofer design make it more naturally bassy, and the delivery is chunkier, weightier and more nuanced at the bottom-end as a result. It's also crisper, punchier and a little more detailed than the Playbar. But the Playbase also has an overly zingy and sibilant treble that makes cymbals, snares and the esses in vocals too pronounced and sharp to the extent that they draw the ear away from the other good stuff in the soundtrack or song. The Playbar is a little softer by comparison, but while that makes its audio a bit less punchy and exciting overall, it also means it's not got the same harshness in the treble and, ultimately, that's the preferable choice. Essentially, the Playbar has a few minor sonic flaws, but the Playbase's one flaw is a bigger one, which is why in the sound from the Playbar just edges it. Winner: PlayBar So, the Beam is the soundbar to get from Sonos for most people. Oh, and did we mention it costs only £399, compared to the other two products' £699 price tag. But don't discount the other two soundbars. The Playbase and Playbar both sound even better than Beam, and are just as easy to integrate into your home cinema system. But in 2018 you may well already have an Alexa device in your living room that you can tell to play Leon Bridges on your Sonos.

The Playbar, due to being 5 years old, contains physical buttons on the edge of the unit but has still aged very well with its competitors and can be forgiven for this. Unlike its predecessors, the is smaller and more affordable speaker. In the grand scheme of things, £200 extra for the Playbar isn't that big of a problem - I'll be hoping to keep the Playbar for some time anyway so the price per day of use is actually pretty cheap. The Sonos Beam is a smart speaker well, smart soundbar to be perfectly accurate above all else. The PlayBar will be around for a long time yet. Just like every other Sonos speaker, the Beam pulls off the magic act of being able to produce way more room-filling sound than its tiny dimensions would normally suggest. Maybe I should just bite the bullet and get both! So you can control not just the soundbar volume, but any devices connected to your network—adjust your Nest thermostat or dim your smart lights from the comfort of your couch.