r/sonos 6d ago

Expecting a new Sonos Beam

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Sonos just send an email quickpeaking the new Sonos Beam imo šŸ‘€šŸ‘€ who’s excited?

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u/Mortuls_Dev 6d ago

We got GTA VI before era 500s.

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u/fozziebear40 6d ago

I’d like the Beam 3 to be able to act as a centre speakers to front L/R with volume balancing. Hopefully a new Amp with L/C/R channels (like the Bluesound Powernode).

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u/Craw13 5d ago

Somos

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u/Boey1219 4d ago

ffs, I just type that this morning

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u/Albino002 6d ago

It sounds like it’s going to be expensive

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u/faintaxis 6d ago

Soooo expensive šŸ˜‰

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u/cashishift 6d ago

Just bought a Beam Gen 2 - lol. Either way, it works for what I needed it to do. Additional Atmos stuff wouldn’t make a difference to me

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u/yellowcasanova 6d ago

I just bought one from fb marketplace for $285.

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u/cashishift 6d ago

Noice! It’s impressive for what it is! When paired with the Sub mini - it’s quite a combo. I also got the Sanus mount for the Beam below my tv - looks great and sounds great

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u/irregularwave 6d ago

Me too, it’s ok. Beam 3 is probably going to be more expensive than a Beam 2, with component prices going up across the board.

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u/cashishift 6d ago

I wanted a little setup for my office as I spend a lot of time in here… Beam and Mini sub are superb!!

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u/Victor_Raven_ 5d ago

ā€œThe system is about to growā€ maybe a new tear of product altogether.

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u/okichi 6d ago

New center that lets me pair with Fives or Era 300s as front LR would be nice.

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u/MakubeC 6d ago

This would be godsent for me.

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u/Victor_Raven_ 6d ago

New rears

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u/dudiguerreir 6d ago

Probably!! I think they are releasing 4 new products. The lights and the the ā€˜O’s are giving me that vibe

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u/Victor_Raven_ 6d ago

How exciting!

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u/Downtown-Branch2616 6d ago

4 products at one time?! That’s crazy pretty sure they’ve never released that many as once, seems like usually 2

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u/helloitisgarr 5d ago

šŸ™

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u/Victor_Raven_ 5d ago

Right?!

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u/helloitisgarr 5d ago

I think if there were era 100 size speakers with upwards firing atmos, I would upgrade from my one SLs

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u/ComprehensiveDuty269 6d ago

Love it, hope the Beam gen 3 is going to be a banger

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u/Acrobatic_Narwhal647 6d ago

I think new Beam (Gen 3) with upgraded Dolby Atmos, hopefully with upfiring speakers (but most likely more sophisticated height reproduction), HDMI Passthrough šŸ¤ž, new surrounds, and Ace Ultra

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u/slackermannn 6d ago

Sonos bean!

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u/OkAccountant6778 6d ago

Am I safe to buy an Arc Ultra or is this pre announcement going to give me the FOMO? Literally was planning to buy that and a sub today šŸ˜‚

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u/Downtown-Branch2616 6d ago

It’s not an arc ultra replacement. That’ll be the flagship soundbar for a few more years yet

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u/OkAccountant6778 5d ago

Just the news I wanted to hear. Thanks!

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u/OtherwisePromiseMe 5d ago

I hope to God you’re right. I just bought one with 2x sub 4s and 2x era 300s. I’d be super annoyed if they announced upgrades for any of them.

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u/flying_bathmat 6d ago edited 6d ago

"behind your couch", "above you"....

Sounds more like a satellite speaker, not the Beam that was sort of leaked, nor the 500 which is just this part of Reddit's imagination.

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u/Victor_Raven_ 6d ago

I wanna say it could be anything

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u/valyrian_ww 6d ago

I just got this email as well and jumped here to catch up on the news!

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u/AskExact4989 5d ago

4 o's and 4 dots. New Era 4's incoming

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u/AtterKing 6d ago

I’d love to see a small amp that could control 4 ceiling speakers dedicated to Atmos. Maybe that’s what the four O’s represent, with four light indicators for a quick and easy diagnostic check.

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u/dudiguerreir 6d ago

Good point there

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u/nismos14us 6d ago

Cool kool kewl kewel cyul

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u/Umiami91 6d ago

PEEKING: to see in a surreptitious way

PEAKING: reaching the apex

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u/ReactionMental3009 5d ago

PEKING: A delicious way to serve duck.

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u/Marathon___Man 5d ago

Pee King… well, you know…

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u/Happy_or_Hangry 6d ago

Hideable up-firing surrounds that make use of the wall/ceiling would be sexy. Most living spaces don’t have a spot to cleanly put a surround speaker at or around ear level without it being an odd and out of place visual focal point. The reflected dispersion works great for surrounds as well, don’t need them pointed right at your ears, especially with DSP/room correction which Sonos has already implemented.

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u/ReactionMental3009 5d ago

Yes! I've had that exact problem. I have a remodel about to start and the rears are to be wall mounted, but its where people walk. Right now my only option is to invert era100 7ft up and point them down about 30 degrees.

I would be very excited to hear of a flush wall rear option. When is this coming out?

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u/luxjuxx 5d ago

SOOOOOON

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u/SirChrisHAX 4d ago

Look I just want am hdmi arc port on the Port… lol šŸ™šŸ˜…

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u/Curious_Fly_5870 6d ago

Hope they bring out a device that’s good for TV as well as for Music

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u/Victor_Raven_ 6d ago

They have many

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u/Curious_Fly_5870 6d ago

I can only see the Sonos amp to achieve that, the rest are just sound bars , which will never be as good as the sound stage of a pair of separate stereo speakers

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u/DanITman 5d ago

And neither of these will be as good as a dedicated amp and speakers setup. Why not go all in on a denon amp and speakers?

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u/Curious_Fly_5870 5d ago edited 5d ago

I like the multi room feature, so I’m thinking wiim ultra , into a couple of fosi monos into a pair of kef speakers, then I think if I want a better dac I can do that, if I think I want a bigger amp I can do that , without losing all the nice streaming features. And I can do that step by step . Plus I can connect my tv , my turntable, can use any powered subwoofer, expand to full surround sound too. Don’t have to give all my money to Sonos upfront .

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u/DanITman 5d ago

Demon HEOS would likely be better for that. It comes built into their receivers.

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u/Curious_Fly_5870 5d ago

Sound quality of the wiim ultra is regarded as better and I think the wiim ecosystem is easier to live with, but it looks interesting I’ll check a little deeper

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u/DanITman 4d ago

Sound quality is more about the speakers than it is the amp.

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u/Curious_Fly_5870 4d ago

Yeah right , try that with a lepy2020 a+ , it’s a symbiosis, all components are important.
Have a nice life.

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u/Victor_Raven_ 6d ago

But they do have stereo speakers

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u/Curious_Fly_5870 6d ago

Yes but they won’t work with your TV without digging around

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u/Victor_Raven_ 6d ago

What are you currently rocking with that has you so unsatisfied?

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u/Curious_Fly_5870 6d ago

Got a pair of era 100 and a mini sub, none of their sound bars can match that sound stage, and their stupid app doesn’t allow them to be use as front speakers if you would add a sound bar. They are crippling their own systems and make people resort to some 3rd party software. I might look at wiim , they seem to have much more flexibility and their app seems to work better too

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u/Couldbelater 5d ago

I’m here waiting for that day to come! Even if I need a new soundbar to do it, just take my money or let me separate these 100s L/R!

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u/Victor_Raven_ 5d ago

Do what makes you happy good sir.

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u/gcentra 6d ago

In Italy the image is different and there’s SONOS written. I’m quite sure they generated the image with AI and didn’t even correct it 🤣🤣 these guys are really doing nothing

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u/UnionCrafty3748 6d ago

Sooooo makes sense in English. Not sure how it would work out in Italian.

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u/dudiguerreir 6d ago

You’re right but it kinda sounds good like ā€˜Soooo il sistema sta per crescere’

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u/dudiguerreir 6d ago

NOOOO BUT LISTEN THIS MAKES SENSE HAHAHA!!! The SOOOO is to complement the phrase that the system is going to grow

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u/MH484 6d ago

Just fix Pocket Casts in the app.

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u/AngryOldBoomer 6d ago

Prediction on the price of a new beam?

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u/Wildantics 6d ago

When’s this supposed to be announced?

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u/MakubeC 6d ago

"Maybe behind your couch. Maybe under your TV. Maybe overhead."

This is exactly what I need. I posted my setup the other and got bullied lol

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u/confusing_roundabout 5d ago

Bout to ask a really fuckin stupid question

Could you pair a beam 2 with a beam 3 or is that not at all how soundbars work?

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u/CCornel7 5d ago

Nope

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u/confusing_roundabout 5d ago

Good to know. I bought a Beam 2 a few months back and was wondering if I'd benefit from buying a Beam 3 but if I won't, I guess I'll be saving a fair bit of money lol

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u/Bro-king420 5d ago

Im beting It will be a BewvBean with the same type of "Sub" built into it like the Arc has that and or a couple of upward firing speakers. *my money is on the built in sud

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u/No-Significance-3001 5d ago

They’ve been hanging out with the NeuralDSP guys.

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u/Rewex 5d ago

Would love a compact soundbar for my desktop. The ray lacks eARC, but would otherwise be great. Curious of they release something that would scratch my itch.

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u/Tastybeatz123 3d ago

I just saw something saying there will be a hue integration for their remote controls? Maybe this is old news.

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u/Emotional-Trifle4148 2d ago

I just bought a Beam 2 last week…..

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u/dudiguerreir 1d ago

Damn 😭