What Hi-Fi article on Beam tips, questionable statement

Can say adding a SUB to the Beam is awesome. The Beam sounds a lot better with it. (but its not like its bad without it.....)

Can say adding a SUB to the Beam is awesome. The Beam sounds a lot better with it. (but its not like its bad without it.....)

It's like What Hi-Fi dismiss psychoacoustic principles. For example, the Play 1 speakers actually roll off treble at the higher frequencies without a SUB. It's not common knowledge that speakers with less bass can subconsciously sound fuller with the treble rolled off a bit. The SUB also allows the Sonos speakers to focus on the mids and highs, increasing clarity and it also makes the sound more dynamic as it can go deeper letting you feel the bass. I also find with the smaller Sonos speakers that when they play low tones, they have this "artificial" sounding bass that just doesn't sound... right. It's like the speaker trying so hard to go as deep as possible but it can't quite match the sound coming from the SUB at the same dB level.

EDIT: The SUB also prevents bass roll-off at high volumes. When putting even a Play 5 to 100% volume the mids are wayyyy off. Every Sonos speaker does this to prevent distortion. The SUB allows any Sonos speaker to practically go to 100% volume without compromise. Also making the SUB a no-brainer addition to large rooms, as small speakers struggle to fill them (like the beam) and sound is greatly compromised.

There's no reason - except for price - as to why you shouldn't add a SUB to the Beam!

Agree, the sub is an awesome addition to home cinema (beam, 2 x play:1s + sub) or music set up (2 x Play:5s + sub). The difference to either set up without sub is huge, a different world. Not that is was bad before, but now it's really like being at a concert or cinema.

And these guy's

are WHAT :? The experts 😛