![]() It doesn’t do more than it should, but you don’t miss anything either. ![]() The subwoofer sounds really good, especially when playing music. The Beam actually manages to reproduce Dolby Atmos surround sound tolerably well, and the subwoofer brings out the bass sound effects in a more convincing way than I expected beforehand. Now the two sound like a bigger unit, and watching action movies is suddenly much more enjoyable. ![]() Not only is the sound from Beam even cleaner and more open, but the subwoofer blends in much better. You’re told to use the iPhone as a microphone, first from the sofa seat in front of the TV, and then you have to walk around the room moving the mobile phone up and down so the system measures the room’s acoustics and gets to know it.ĭisturbing frequencies and discolouration are automagically muted. With music, the problem is bigger, and I end up turning the bass down a few notches to make it blend in better. It also works with Sonos subwoofers, providing better, cleaner bass in the room where the subwoofer is located. The result is a much cleaner sound, with clearer voices and instruments. When the system is just set up, it usually sounds full and beautiful, but with TruePlay, the resonances that arise from the subfloor, walls, ceiling and floor are dampened. Had I also had a pair of One for the rear channels, and which needed the same treatment, I would have had to restrain myself considerably not to throw something out of the window… TruePlay: Room CorrectionĪ stroke of genius with Sonos speakers is that they have built-in room correction, which they call TruePlay. I had to update both the Beam and the Sub Mini and got a bit annoyed. This takes a few minutes each time, and makes the initial setup unnecessarily slow. Nope, they have to be updated individually, creating individual connections. You can’t connect all the products first and then update them all together. The app will insist on doing this before you can proceed. I do have one complaint, though: If you come home with multiple Sonos products that all need to be connected for the first time, there’s a good chance they’ll need to be updated to the latest firmware. Then you can add it to the soundbar or speakers it will be used with. We landed on a sealed enclosure, which along with an advanced DSP gave us a sound product with a surprisingly deep frequency response (for its size).ĭuring setup, you’ll be asked to place your mobile phone near a special point on the Sub Mini it will then pair and connect to the wireless network. ![]() – Early in development, we tested many acoustic designs, including bass reflex and slave bass systems. Bass response does not scale linearly with cabinet size, and even small changes in acoustic loudness can require significant changes to the speaker units and electronics, Sam Feine, who has been primarily responsible for the development of the Sub Mini, said in an email. – Developing a small subwoofer is always challenging. Hopefully that means it hasn’t dropped more than 6 dB there. Unfortunately, Sonos doesn’t state what tolerance this is measured with, but Sam Feine, who is mainly responsible for the development of the Sub Mini, at least said in an interview that it is audible down to 25 Hz. The Sonos Sub Mini goes down to 25 Hz in bass the same as its big brother. The compact Sonos Sub Mini has a closed enclosure for cleaner bass. ![]()
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