I got the Beam 2 a while back. I went for Sonos since my father has the Sonos Ray and I thought it sounded great. Reading that the Beam 2 would be much better I figured it would be a perfect setup.
After using it for 6 months now I have to say that I am a bit dissapointed. First of all it doesn’t sound as rich as the Ray. I don’t know why but everytime I visit my father I notice that the sound from his Ray is richer, deeper bass and clearer. We have more or less the same TV (old Samsungs from 2013-ish - optical out) and same settings. I have tried every setting in the app and all EQ settings. And we have the same TV audio output (PCM). The sound just isn’t there. My beam sounds more hollow and “metallic”. If I raise the bass and treble it sounds more “stressed” in the highs and closed in the mids and bass. If I lower the bass and try different combinations with or without loudness and speech enhancement it sounds hollow (like a laptop speaker).
I only have the Beam unit, not any extra speakers or sub. Are those required to get the same rich sound? Is the Beam configured differently in the hardware vs the Ray because of this?
I’m not a big fan of subwoofers. They use space in the apartment and make my neighbours crazy. Let alone being expensive so I would like to avoid that.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
