The Beam is great because it sounds good for movies, music, gaming, and sports. Most soundbars sound good for movies but no soundbar this size or in this price range sounds better for music. To hook it there are 2 wires...one for power and an HDMI to the TV. You can adjust all the settings through the Sonos app. Here are the pros and cons: Pros: 1. Great sound quality. The sound is full and distortion free. 2. Easy to setup. It took less than 10 minutes to get it working with my TV after taking it out of the box. 3. Compact size but powerful. It takes up very little room on my TV stand and it gets loud. I stream video from my Apple TV 4K and Roku Ultra and the sound is clean, vocals are clear, and the bass is full on both streaming boxes. 4. Expensive but worth it. The fact that I can use this soundbar as a speaker to play music when the TV is off adds value over the long term. Software updates also keep the soundbar at peak performance...most other brands can't make that claim. Cons: 1. No Dolby Atmos sound. I do like up firing speakers on Atmos soundbars but in a bedroom without high ceilings you can hear directional sound from left to right. 2. I highly recommend adding a subwoofer. You do get some bass but once you add the subwoofer the overall sound is like night and day. The only problem is a Sonos gen 3 subwoofer is expensive. You can add it later though and it's worth every penny. Soundbars that come with a subwoofer have a subwoofer that sounds like trash and are generally bad for playing music. 3. I wouldn't recommend this soundbar for a living room, den, or any room with high ceilings. The compact size works against it in bigger rooms. Bottomline...this is the best compact soundbar you can buy. You can add more speakers over time to build an even better sound system. I'd easily recommend to family and friends.

Great soundbar, good for small screens and rooms. Use it as a speaker for a small room to listen to music. Fills it easily. Just lacks bass, so you either take it as it is or add a (small) woofer (has to be from Sonos!). Two positive & bad things to watch out: + the white light on top can be turned off in the app, nice feature when used in a bedroom. + you can deactivate the touch surface, great if you have people constantly playing with it ;-) - My Beam is white and came with a black power cable. For that price I expect a white cable. - The mesh gets quickly dirty. When you set it up: unpack, but leave it in the cover, then wash your hands and then hook it up. I have a dirt spot, hard to see in picture. But it annoys me every time I look at it… Love the Sonos system. Easy & fast setup. Sometimes (two times in two years) it does not play, check for system updates in the app or unplug all Sonos, restart router, when wifi is back online, plug in Sonos system. Worked for me. Even happened to a network cabled speaker…?!

I really wanted to buy into the Sonos ecosystem but the Arc was out of my budget. I was nervous that the Beam wouldn't be loud enough for our very big open concept living room. Our Sectional is about 11 feet away from the TV. But man does this thing get loud! In the app you can use your iPhone to tune the bar to the acoustics of your room which is VERY nice! You can also adjust the volume in app as well as some minor EQing and much more! It is very compact which is nice and sits low enough not to get in the way of your tv remote LOS when using it. The feature I really love is the center channel that gives great voice clarity and really helps the voices breakthrough and make them easy to hear! You can adjust the bass to make it like a theater with really boomy lows or subtly adjust it all for a clearing all around sound. It also has Voice Control and can be hooked to your Google Home! You can add the sub/ mini sub to this if you want an independent sub as well!

Growing up in an audiophile home I was very quick to scoff at the Sonos products. But like most young men, I had a young lady start hanging around and my large Klipsch speakers with a “confusing” receiver had to leave the living room. Little did I know that Sonos products were an easy, user friendly, and surprising high quality sounding solution. I bought this Beam first to help keep my setup clean and was so impressed I added two Play1s as my surrounds! Setup was a breeze (no running speaker wires a breath of fresh air) and once I tuned the system I was very impressed with the sound.

I chose the Beam over the larger Sonos Playbar for two reasons, I wanted white and I wanted Alexa. The lesser price was an added bonus however. This soundbar hits way above its price class. It’s smaller and much more attractive then most of its rivals. I also enjoy the convince of whole house sound control through the Sonos App. It’s a very clean sounding product that I would suggest for those looking for the best of the big three: Cost, Looks, Sound.