Sonos Beam (Gen 2) has a width of 651mm. The width represents the horizontal dimension of a device, soundbars are sometimes designed to match the width of television sets or slightly close. The Sonos Beam (Gen 2) has a height of 69mm.
Height represents the vertical dimension of a soundbar, soundbars are often designed to be as thin as it can be to aesthetically complement a space. The Sonos Beam (Gen 2) weighs 2,880g. We take in account a lower weight better for the reason that lighter devices are easier to shift around the space.
Lighter home appliances are advantageous, as it makes transportation easier, and for many other types of products. The quantity of three-dimensional space taken up by the soundbar or, to keep it simple, the space the product occupies. Sonos Beam (Gen 2) occupies 4,491.9cm³, it is important to know the space that the soundbar takes up just so as to ensure that it will easily fit in the available space next to your other gadgets.
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)
When it comes to 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 defines the sum of main speakers, the second number represents the sum of subwoofers, and the third number if available represents the sum 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-firing speakers within the soundbar itself.
The Sonos Beam (Gen 2) having a sound output value of 5 implies that it has 5 main speakers
The Sonos Beam (Gen 2) has an HDMI output port, soundbars with an HDMI port can transfer HD audio.
Sonos Beam (Gen 2) has 1 HDMI ports, more HDMI ports imply that you may simultaneously connect 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).
