Sonos Beam Gen 2

I'M very happy with the upgrades made to the gen 2 beam and i totally agree with the 50 increase in price from the previous generation. I will continu...

However, all things considered it's an excellent compact, soundbar, [, Music ].

I just got the Beam Gen 2 and I really can hear

the improvements over the Gen 1. I really want

to test out Atmos on this. What's the best

streaming Atmos content to listen too?

Very disappointed with this. It does not work correctly with our LG TV. Lip sync is impossible in surround sound modes. Only syncs correctly in stereo mode so it sounds terrible. Had to return it for a refund.

I never watch off axis, never in complete darkness, and it's pretty difficult to detect outside of credits, loading screen logos, and subtitles I'm letterbox area. It's pretty minor. - Speakers aren't amazing outside of dialogue (which sounds good). I planned on buying a Sonos Beam 2 anyway.

The sound is great for a small speaker without a subwoofer. This was important b/c I have relatively small space/didnt want the subwoofer taking up floor space. It was easy to set up/get connected. Connected to my appleTV as well, so can control the speaker volume with appleTV remote. Only issue, wh...

So my thinking is, sell the old gear and get a Sonos Beam Gen 2 & and two Sonos SLs for the rears [This says this is the best bang for your buck \*smart\* surround system around (better than the new Sonos Arc on its own apparently). This would remove the big ugly AV amp from the room, give us a wide stereo image (and in fact, surround image with the One SLs as rears), give us smart speakers in the lounge, and hopefully give us very capable surround sound for movies.

I have a number of beams along with a wide array of the other Sonos products. Sonos is a way of life in our household. Beams work best when paired with two Sonos 1s for the rear surround experience, but as a standalone for TV viewing the Beam is a tremendous upgrade from standard TV speakers

I have a similar set up with a wired Beam gen 2 and two symfonisk bookshelf speakers. If WiFi is turned off on your Beam, the frames will connect to your own WiFi network (shows WM:1), this can be problematic if your WiFi 2.4Ghz network is not good, or has a lot of traffic on it. If you turn WiFi ON on your Beam (recommended), then the frames will disconnect from your WiFi, and connect directly to the Beam (SonosNet shows WM:0). You can now select the channel to use for SonosNet, you should only use channel 1, 6 or 11 (you get bad interference on any other channels).

Sonos doesnt come with its own remote and doesnt work with LG TV REMOTE. The sound integation with LG TV is flaky sometimes the sound stop coming out and needs reboot of tv and sonos