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Best sub for Beam Gen 2, 600 SQ FT apartment

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I live in a 2nd floor wood frame apartment. I’ve a Beam 2 and 2x Sono ONE Gen2. I like to replace the two ONE’s with a SUB. Can anybody recommend one? Doesn’t have to be brand new.

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Stanley_4Answer

Grand Maestro

For news neither will really make a difference, surround audio will be minimal at best, same for the frequencies the sub responds to.

Movies, I'd want the surrounds first, then the sub but both if at all possible as they offer different enhancements to the Beam's sound that compliment each other.

Music, probably the sub first but I also really like the surround ambient mode for sitting and listening or full mode for parties or even just moving around the room or apartment, nice volume boost without pushing the drivers in the Beam.

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Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

Sadly the mini wasn't being made when I bought my Sub, trading now would be expensive for what seems to me to be a minor difference.

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Alec 33

Contributor I

Which of these two models is the better choice for watching movies and listening to music, offering the best surround sound quality when paired with the Bear 2 soundbar + Apple TV 4K?

SONOS SUB Mini or SONOS ERA 100 x2?

Which do you recommend?

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

The sub-mini does not provide surround sound, only low frequency reinforcement.

You have to decide which is more important to you. Or, both is a good choice.

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Alec 33

Contributor I

Which do you think is better: Sonos One SL or Sonos 100?

Airgetlam

The Era 100

Bruce

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Alec 33

Contributor I

After purchasing the Era 100, should I configure it in the SONOS app with the beam 2 soundbar as stereo or surround sound?

Airgetlam

Depends on your intended use of the pair. My recommendation tends to be as surround speakers, but it still boils down to you, and how you intend to use them.

Bruce

AjTrek1

After purchasing the Era 100, should I configure it in the SONOS app with the beam 2 soundbar as stereo or surround sound?

@Alec 33

It appears you joined this thread as an interested party. I just want to make sure you fully understand the ramifications of your question.

I’m going to proceed on the assumption that you have (or will have) purchased two (2) Era 100’s speakers. You cannot configure one (1) Era 100 as a surround.

When setting up two Era 100’s with the Beam 2 all three are Bonded as a unit:

The default configuration is Surround Mode
The Era 100’s cease to be independent and will not show as a stereo pair in the app.
They cannot be used as Bluetooth speakers
The line-in function to accomadte a CD player or Turntable is not available.

However, within the app you can designate that when sending Music to the Beam 2 that the Era 100’s play in Ambient Mode or Full Stereo Mode along with the Beam 2. After the Music stops the Era 100’s will default back to Surround Mode.

To further explain:

Ambient Mode is still stereo but at much reduced volume level. The Beam 2 will be the louder of the three speakers.
Full Stereo Mode is also stereo (as the name suggests) but at a higher volume level mimicking two stand-alone stereo speakers. In essence all three (3) speakers (Beam 2 and Era 100’s) play at the same level.

I hope this helps.

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Alec 33

Contributor I

I have the following setup: Bear 2 soundbar + Apple TV 4K
Today I purchased and set up two SONOS ERA 100s.
During the initial setup, the two SONOS ERA 100s were configured for surround sound.
How can I change it to stereo in the Sonos app?

Airgetlam

You’d need to either remove them from the ‘room’ as surrounds, or, in order to support the Beam, set them to ‘Full’ rather than ‘Ambient’ in the surround settings for the ‘room’.

Bruce

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