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~$700 > Playbar OR Beam plus two Play Ones
Like many other post I was planning in getting a Playbar but now the Beam complicates my decision.
My situation -
- planning to spend about $700
- room size medium (to small) 13’x19’
- tv does not have ARC
- i’d like to mount on the wall under tv
- Alexa already present in the room with Harmony
Option 1 - Playbar
Option 2 - Beam with two Play Ones
I’m just curious on others thoughts. The bells and whistles with the Beam I really can’t use until I get a new tv. But with the room not huge am I better going after the number of speakers vs the fullness of one.
My situation -
- planning to spend about $700
- room size medium (to small) 13’x19’
- tv does not have ARC
- i’d like to mount on the wall under tv
- Alexa already present in the room with Harmony
Option 1 - Playbar
Option 2 - Beam with two Play Ones
I’m just curious on others thoughts. The bells and whistles with the Beam I really can’t use until I get a new tv. But with the room not huge am I better going after the number of speakers vs the fullness of one.
Best answer by Ken_Griffiths
The Beam and two Sonos ones will give you access to AirPlay-2. Plus you can move the Beam later on, to say a bedroom or small dining room etc. and replace it perhaps with the next generation PlayBar, whenever that comes along. Similarly you can use the Sonos Ones in other rooms if something better comes along from Sonos.
You can use the Beam with optical (toslink) output from the TV as it comes with its own converter cable to do that.
The Sonos PlayBar is really technology that’s now a few years old and is probably in need of replacement/update in the not too distant future.
I personally would opt for the Beam and two Sonos Ones.
You can always try both though, as there is a 100 day 'no quibble' return policy, if you buy direct from Sonos.
View originalYou can use the Beam with optical (toslink) output from the TV as it comes with its own converter cable to do that.
The Sonos PlayBar is really technology that’s now a few years old and is probably in need of replacement/update in the not too distant future.
I personally would opt for the Beam and two Sonos Ones.
You can always try both though, as there is a 100 day 'no quibble' return policy, if you buy direct from Sonos.
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