Couldn’t be happier.Here are my highlights:• Easy setup with my existing pair of Era 100s.• Sound quality is excellent — not just for movies and TV shows, but also optimised for music. This is a big improvement over my previous leading-brand system, which was good for movies but terrible for music.• Digital signal processing (DSP) is probably my favourite feature. If you’re playing music, podcasts, Twitch streams, or any other stereo media, the Sonos system applies a pseudo-surround effect. The DSP is genuinely high quality — it reminds me of the psychoacoustic effects you get with good car stereos, where the system can position the sound (e.g. lifting floor-mounted speakers to ear level).• The result is an incredibly immersive experience. The sound truly envelops you. For example, while listening to my ripped vinyl collection, the system cleverly displaces sound — perhaps by manipulating phase? You’ll hear a sound with a delay effect on it emerge first from the Beam, then a fraction of a second later from the Era 100s as the delays fade out. It’s an amazing effect that stays very faithful to the original intent of the artist — very tastefully done.• When watching Twitch, for example, the streamer’s voice is perfectly centred, while background stereo information is distributed through the surrounds. It’s natural and non-fatiguing, unlike some systems where surround processing can sound confusing or artificial.• I really cannot overstate how well Sonos has executed this. As someone experienced with VST plugins and DSP, I can say they’ve absolutely nailed immersive playback — whether the source is surround-encoded or simple stereo.• Music playback has a reel-to-reel-like quality — subtly enhancing harmonics and softening the sound, making it much less fatiguing. I find I can listen for much longer without becoming restless.A couple of setup notes:• The process was mostly easy, but the instructions could have been clearer about certain things — for example, not turning WiFi off. I initially connected via Ethernet and assumed I could disable WiFi, but the Beam uses its own WiFi to connect to the Era 100s. If you turn off WiFi, you’ll get choppy audio.• During room optimisation, the system asks you to sit in your main listening position and mark speaker positions when prompted. On a couple of calibration attempts, the chime bounced between speakers unexpectedly — possibly a bug or a “skill issue” on my part. It worked fine on the third try.Overall, I really love this system. It works brilliantly for both TV/movies and for music — especially if, like me, you enjoy an enhanced, musical sound.As someone who listens to flat studio monitors all day, it’s refreshing to have a more musical, engaging listening experience at home.Perhaps the biggest surprise is how incredible non-surround sources sound — 5.1 material sounds fantastic, but even plain stereo (2.0) sources are deeply immersive.If I had to sum it up in one word: immersive.Setup for review:Sonos Beam connected by hdmi (arc) worked as should on my Samsung UE43AU9000 TV.Connected to 2 s Era 100.App via Apple tablet and phone.

This has enhanced the sound in our family room. Fantastic room filling sound from a small unit which produces great bass and voice levels. Streaming music from an apple device is very simple and produces great sound quality for music, even though it’s Country music ( Wifes choice not mine!)….. The price was sub £300 which makes it an even better bargain and a massive upgrade to what we had before.

Schön
Guter sound

Casi un cine en casa
Siempre había oído que los altavoces de las televisiones se oían regular y una vez conecté la barra de sonido lo confirmé. Menuda maravilla de sonido.Es muy fácil de configurar con el móvil y si la conectas al puerto ARC de la tele se conecta tal y como enciendes la tele, no volverás a querer escuchar los altavoces de tu televisión.Además, puedes hacer un combo con otros altavoces de la marca y generar tu propio cine en casa con sonido envolvente. Es una gran compra.

Easy to use
Really good upgrade to usual TV speakers