I recently purchased an 82" Samsung Q8 TV and researched the heck out of soundbars to use with it. For reference I have Martin Logan speakers with Parasound and Adcom electronics because I used to be heavily into audio, but I really wanted to simplify my life and clean up the clutter in the family...

Awesome!!!! I paired the Beam with a pair Sonos Ones... for incredible surround sound, in a 15X30 Family Room... I plan to add the sub woofer later... possibly another Set of Ones... for Up Front Surround... these replace an Onkyo 135W / Channel with Polk Audio speakers...

User Friendly; Easy Set-Up; Alexa Controlled

I have an older TV and does not have the ARC -HDMI output; thus I have to use the fiber optic out out; thus I can't use the Alexa Voice Feature

Too long, can't be bothered to read The Sonos Beam is a home cinema cousin to the mega successful Sonos One, adding the Amazon Alexa AI (and now Apple AirPlay 2) to Sonos' usual cunning blend of proprietary, multi-room streaming and support for about 9 billion streaming services from third parties.

For the size and price; is a great-sounding soundbar; Easy setup; Can be expanded to support Sonos multi-room and/or 5.1 surround sound; And there's AirPlay 2; AND bloody Alexa's onboard too

Sonos doesn't do Dolby Atmos; Alexa still has numerous ‘quirks; You will spin rapidly down the expensiveness rabbit hole if you want to move up to the full 5.1/multi-room Sonos works

One of the best performance-per-pound products Sonos has produced, the Beam is a blinding little soundbar Alexa and HDMI ARC are the Beam's obvious talking points, but to focus on those features entirely would be to miss out on the fact that the Beam sounds rather exceptional for its price and size.

Impressively open; spacious; three-dimensional sound; Surprising bass weight and depth; Simple setup; Compact and stylish; Usual Sonos music streaming and multi-room capabilities

A little bright and sibilant at high volumes and with poor audio; More HDMI inputs would be nice

The best compact soundbar you can buy.

Excellent sound; Integrated Alexa works like a charm; Controls TV; Lovely design

Not the last word in bass output

We recently bought a Sonos Beam to add to the two Sonos speakers we already had. As with all Sonos products it was easy to connect and set up to give us surround sound in our living room. My hearing is not as good as it used to be and my wife often complained I had the TV volume turned up too loud.

Sound is good don't get me wrong but not worth ￡400 over TV speakers - I've got an LG 47" Smart TV that's about 5 years old - the only difference is the bass. I'm a bit obsessed with my TV sound quality - if you want good surround sound then buy surround sound speakers simple as that.

I have several sonos products . This has been the hardest to install , firstly I tired with a Samsung tv and had major problems, I couldn't get it connected . I got a newer tv with a different connection , a Philips but again have had several connection problems, which have been higetl frustrated .

I bought the Beam for a dual purpose: to boost tv sound and provide extra surround for an existing Sonos 5. The sound is great and the device has been easy to setup via hdmi arc. My only complaint is the volume remote has some lag which is to do with the television set, making it easier to control...

To be honest i wasn't expecting much but was blown away with this little speaker. The Dialogue is so clear and transparent with toneallity like they are sat in the very same room.My room is bigger than the average but is very room filling for its modest size.