Sonos Beam optimum room size

jwmcb,
The playbar had a slightly wider soundstage and both the Playbar and the Playbase had a little more bass response and range. Now if you are planning on pairing a sub with the system the Playbar and Playbase advantage almost evaporates. In my opinion the soundstage difference is minimal and not worth the difference in price.


Thanks for this. I was also planning on getting the sub & a couple of One's. So it's nice to hear that the differences evaporate once you add those in. This lines up with some other reviews that I heard as well, and saves me 300 bucks!

I was planning on using the beam with 2 play 1's for rears. I know it won't really increase the bass response (it seems like the beam does a great job of that anyway) but interested on how that setup sounds overall. I will have the play 1's setup as a stereo pair prior, hoping it will be fairly easy to switch over to the 5.0 setup once the beam arrives?

Since the BEAM isn't due until next week, it would be hard for anyone to tell you how well that sounds overall. But speaking from prior experience with a pair of PLAY:1s and a PLAYBAR, it should take about 3 minutes to get it set up to 5.0. OK, maybe slightly longer, but not much.

I have the beam in a pretty big 6.5m x 5m (21ft x 16ft) room and it is awesome. I have paired with two Play:1 as rear satellites for surround sound but even without, the Beam is seriously impressive and a huge improvement over the TV audio. For music it’s similar to my Play:5 and again, the rear Play:1s add a lot of depth. I will not bother with the SONOS sub as it is more expensive than the beam and I read that it’s “all or nothing” power is probably overkill in this room.

Hi User, thanks for that. Am planning on putting a Beam into an area slightly smaller than yours. If it's "awesome" in yours it should be fine in mine.
Brannaman.

I added the beam to my bedroom which had two play 1's already installed. Our bedroom is about 20 x 16 and it sounds great. Also connected it to my bedroom lights which are Philips Hue's. Really impressed with the beam.

I called Sonos and they had exact dimensions for what classified as small/medium/large room. I didn't write them down so don't know exactly what they were, but remember thinking that what they called medium I would consider to be very large for the average living room. If still curious, just give them a call.

I have a Beam and 2 Play:1s in a large (for New York City!) living room (well, really living room/dining room combo): about 20 x 25 feet. I would love a SW, but don't think it would be fair to the neighbors in my building. I have been impressed with the sound so far. This setup replaces two AudioEngine 5+. For music, the AudioEngines might have a slight edge, but for TV/movies they were terrible. I had to have the remote in my hand at all times to turn it up and down AND, I often had to turn on subtitles because I couldn't hear dialogue. It's nice not to have to do that anymore. AND, music sounds great. I'm new to Sonos so it took me awhile to get the settings right. I am not on my home network now, but in advanced audio settings you want to set music to "full" not "ambient." And for TV sound I moved the slider from Middle to about 75%. With the default settings for both TV and music I could barely hear anything from the satellite speakers.

I have apartment living room 12 X 20 Feet . will Sonos Beam will sound good with TV connect.DO I need to buy any other thing along with beam
This is room setting with TV
https://www.99acres.com/magarpatta-city-sylvania-magarpatta-pune-npxid-r499#UnitDetails