Sonos Beam (Gen 2) has a width of 651mm. The width represents the horizontal dimension of a soundbar, soundbars are often designed to fit the width of television sets or slightly close. The Sonos Beam (Gen 2) measures to a height of 69mm.
The height represents the vertical measurement of a device, soundbars are mostly designed to be as slim as it can be to aesthetically fit in a space. The Sonos Beam (Gen 2) weighs 2,880g. We take in account a lower weight best for the reason that lighter devices are easier to carry around the space.
A lower weight is also an advantage for home appliances, as it makes transportation easier, even say for many other kinds of products. The quantity of three-dimensional space occupied by the product's body or, to keep it simple, the space the product occupies. Sonos Beam (Gen 2) occupies 4,491.9cm³, it is a good thing to know the space that the soundbar occupies to confirm that it will fit with ease into the space available .
The thickness of Sonos Beam (Gen 2) is 100mm, to know the thickness of a device you divide its volume by the soundbar's surface area(length by width)
For surround sound channels, you’re going to run across numbers in such formats as X.X two-digit, or X.X.X three-digit the first number denotes the number of main speakers, the second number represents the number of subwoofers, and the third number if available represents the total of “height” speakers.
NOTE: "Height" speakers are usually placed on the ceiling of the room that has the soundbar, but they may also just be upward-facing speakers inside the soundbar.
Sonos Beam (Gen 2) having a sound output value of 5 means that it has 5 main speakers
Sonos Beam (Gen 2) has an HDMI output port, devices with an HDMI or mini HDMI port can connect HD audio. Sonos Beam (Gen 2) has 1 HDMI ports, more HDMI ports imply that you can connect at the same time several devices, such as video game consoles and set-top boxes.
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. 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
S/PDIF is an interface used to transmit digital audio with high fidelity. 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)
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. 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. 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
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.
There is a dedicated smartphone app that is designed to be used with the Sonos Beam (Gen 2).
