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Check out our best soundbars guide for our pick of the top TV-enhancing devices you can buy today.Review our Help topics or chat with one of our Customer Care advocates. Or our best surround sound system guide if you want an even more immersive listening experience. Sonos Beam review: availability and price NEW YORK TIMES WIRECUTTER PRODUCTREVIEW BEHIND FULLīut if you want to find out more about the original Beam, read on for our full Sonos Beam review below. When it first launched in 2018, the Sonos Beam was cost $399 / £399 / AU$599. The Sonos Beam was considered the entry-level soundbar of the product line-up and came after five Sonos speakers and four home theater audio setups from the company.Īlthough it might be available for a little cheaper today from some third-party retailers. Now there are plenty more Sonos soundbar devices on the market, including the Sonos Beam (Gen 2), which launched at a higher price than the original Beam at $399 / £339 / AU$599. Or for a smaller and cheaper alternative from Sonos, check out our Sonos Ray review, which costs $279 / £279 / AU$399. The Sonos Beam was competitively priced at the time it launched, a little more expensive than similar entry-level soundbars from Sony. Take a look at our Sony HT-MT300 Soundbar review to see how it compares, which retailed for $300 / £250 / AU$434. The Sonos Beam soundbar will happily sit in front of a 32-inch set up or a 40-inch plus TV-we should know, as we tested it on both variants. Measuring 650 x 100 x 68.5mm, it’s much smaller than its super-sized sibling, the PlayBar, which you can find out more about in our Sonos PlayBar review. In fact, it’s 60% smaller (and that can be said of the price, too) but has the addition of HDMI connectivity-something the Sonos PlayBar sorely lacked.

It’s a slick-looking device, taking its design cues from both the Sonos One and the Sonos Play:5.

The controls on the top are touch sensitive and look identical to the Sonos One. The setup is simple: a four dot square on the left for volume down, the same on the right for up and a play/pause button in the middle.

NEW YORK TIMES WIRECUTTER PRODUCTREVIEW BEHIND FULLĪbove this is the ability to turn the speaker mic on and off.

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