Beam vs Two OneSL and Sub Mini

  • 9 June 2023
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G

Thinking of replacing my old stereo setup that sits next to my tv. The TV is a Vizio that does not have a soundbar. Don’t really need surround sound because we really don’t watch those type of shows. It would be nice to have a better speaker setup for the tv to help clarify sound (announcers during football for example). I would also like to replace the stereo because I am digitizing my vinyl to load onto iTunes.

I have a One SL that I’m using in the kitchen and am setting up our various music services and my own iTunes library. Now, I want to set up the living room.

So, would it be better to have a Beam with maybe a sub mini or go with two One SL’s (or Era 100’s, although I don’t need the voice control) and a sub mini. I realize that I give up connecting the tv if I don’t do the soundbar. However, am I giving up the music sound quality if I do go with Beam over two speakers and a sub.

Finally, the Five is a wonderful sounding speaker, but I think it is overkill in my 13x19 living room. I also don’t listen to things very loudly, so volume would normally be set pretty low.

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Gary

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buzz

FIVE offers a “Line-In” that could accept an analog audio feed from the TV. Most modern TV’s provide a digital audio output that can be converted to analog using a little ‘box’.

S
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Would depend on how much time you spend doing either TV or music. A beam and mini sub would give decent music playback but not the stereo seperation of two ones. I had two play 1s for a time playing a fair bit of music, they give very good music playback.

2 x Play 1, Playbase, Panasonic EX 600, Panasonic UB420. One, One Sl + submini
106rallye
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Any analogue to Sonos connection does have a 75ms delay that would make TV sound out of sync.

G

Thanks for advice. I think I’m going to try the Beam first. It covers both tv and music. If I’m not satisfied with the compromise in music listening, I could either exchange it or add additional speakers. I’m not likely to be sitting still in the room to fully listen to stereo sound, so I may not need the level of soundstaging as I might have in my younger days.

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