Sonos Beam Gen 2 has a width of 651mm. A soundbar's width indicates the horizontal dimension of a device, soundbars are often designed to fit the width of television sets or slightly close. The Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar, at 1,260mm
is smaller in width than the Sonos Beam Gen 2 with a difference mm
The Sonos Beam Gen 2 has a height of 69mm.
Height represents the vertical dimension of a soundbar, they are usually designed to be as thin as possible to aesthetically fit in a space. The Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar, at 135mm
is longer in height than the Sonos Beam Gen 2 by 66mm
Sonos Beam Gen 2 weighs 2,880g. We prefer a lower weight better because lighter soundbars are easier to carry around the space.
A lower weight is also an advantage for home appliances, as it makes transportation easier, and for many other kinds of products. The Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar, at 18,500g
is lighter than the Sonos Beam Gen 2 with a difference g. Often a genuine quality system is a little bit heavier than average quality products though If you want to adjust the position of the soundbar often, then you should aim to purchase a less heavy soundbar.
The quantity of three-dimensional space taken up by the soundbar or, to keep it simple, the space the soundbar fills. Sonos Beam Gen 2 takes up 4,491.9cm³, it is a good thing to know the space that the soundbar occupies to ensure that it will fit with ease into the available space .
Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar's volume is 29,202.53cm³ meaning it
requires lesser space than the Sonos Beam Gen 2 by cm³
The depth of Sonos Beam Gen 2 is 100mm, to know the thickness of the soundbar you divide its volume by the surface area(length by width)
Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar has a thickness of 171mm,
hence thicker than the Sonos Beam Gen 2 by 71mm
When it comes to surround sound channels, you’re going to run across figures in such formats as X.X two-digit, or X.X.X three-digit the first number shows the sum of main speakers, the second number represents the total of subwoofers, and the third number if available denotes the number of “height” speakers.
NOTE: "Height" speakers are usually placed on the ceiling of the room that has the soundbar, but they may as well be upward-facing speakers inside the soundbar itself.
The Sonos Beam Gen 2 having a sound output value of 5 means that it has 5 main speakers
The Sonos Beam Gen 2 has an HDMI output port, devices with an HDMI or mini HDMI port can channel high-definition audio. Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar too has HDMI port by which it sends "feed" audio into the HDMI inputs of other digital devices, which can receive and process these signals. Sonos Beam Gen 2 has 1 HDMI ports, more HDMI ports mean that you may simultaneously connect several devices, such as video game consoles and set-top boxes.
The Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar has 4 HDMI ports, meaning
that the Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar got 3 more ports than the Sonos Beam Gen 2
Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that allows devices such as computers, and mobile devices .i.e smartphones and wearables to connect and interact with other devices on the internet, the Sonos Beam Gen 2 can connect to Wi-Fi. Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar too can connect to a Wi-Fi network. RJ-45 ports are used for Local Area Network (LAN) connections.
With more ports, you can achieve increased bandwidth across a LAN, or connect to multiple networks. Sonos Beam Gen 2 has only 1 ports
Having more ports has the added benefit of not losing connection to the network if one fails, Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar has 1 ports. S/PDIF is an interface used to transmit digital audio with high fidelity.
The Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar and the Sonos Beam Gen 2 have S/PDIF out ports
Before you needed to connect an optical cable from your TV to the optical input of an audio device on top of the already connected HDMI cable If you don't want to use your TV's speakers and would rather have everything play through a soundbar, now with ARC you can easily connect all these at a go from a compatible HDMI socket on your TV to an HDMI ARC socket on your soundbar.
HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel) carries audio over HDMI. ARC is only capable of carrying compressed 5.1 audio, but eARC has higher bandwidth and can carry uncompressed 7.1 audio, as well as formats such as DTS:X and full bitrate Dolby Atmos.
It is available on the Sonos Beam Gen 2
Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar has the HDMI ARC/EARC
Sonos Beam Gen 2 is compatible with Google Assistant, allowing you to use voice commands to control the device from other Google Assistant-compatible devices. Sonos Beam Gen 2 is compatible with Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, allowing you to use voice commands to control the device from other Alexa-compatible devices. Dolby Atmos is a surround sound technology that allows sounds to be interpreted as three-dimensional objects.
Sonos Beam Gen 2 has Dolby Atmos, which allows them to have immersive, 360-degree sound. Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar has it too, Atmos theoretically means you'll be able to hear, say birds chipping from above or a plane moving from over your head into the distance like it would be in a natural environment. AirPlay allows wireless connection of Apple devices with external screens or speakers.
You may stream computer screens, videos, and music from iOS devices, play games like on consoles, or present your slideshows easily on your device. Both the Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar and the Sonos Beam Gen 2 have airplay. If a device supports Dolby Digital Plus it can deliver up to fourteen (14) different audio channels (sides) with improved bitrates, for much better sound quality.
Sonos Beam Gen 2 supports Dolby digital plus
Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar supports Dolby digital plus as well. Sonos Beam Gen 2 supports Dolby Digital meaning that it can deliver up to six (6) different audio channels (sides) for much better sound quality. Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar too supports Dolby digital.
There is a dedicated smartphone app that is designed to be used with the Sonos Beam Gen 2. The Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar has a dedicated smartphone app.
