![]() I don't think I like the idea of the Beam as a center channel only speaker. Just speculation based upon my listening experience, as I'm not a speaker design engineer. Also, I'd hope that True Play tuning would even everything out. Granted they (L/R) have more oomph than rears but not to the point where I think they would blank out a Beam as center. The L/R speakers are given less to basically translate movement to either side. However, I wouldn't be too concerned about a Play 5 x 2 over powering the Beam as a Center Channel because in a standard L/C/R (separates) setup the Center channel carries most of the audio to anchor it to the screen. Maybe the beam is decent here too, but it is quite a bit smaller so I would worry about it running out of gas on the louder stuff. The playbar already does this fairly well, it just needs a bit more separation and oomph in a large room. A larger center speaker will reproduce the +80hz and booms, crashes, deep vocals, etc. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SMALLAND LARGE CENTER CHANNEL TVI have always hated mini system center speakers because they sound shallow and tinny like a TV speaker. Something the size of the playbar with 4 forward firing mid woofers, and 2 tweeters would be awesome. Then you could consider a Play 3/5 for a point source center until Sonos releases something more aesthetically pleasing to mount under the TV. It would be a better option to have the processing built into a connect unit allowing you to pair with any center you want. The problem with the playbar is that it doesn't have all forward firing speakers, so switching it to center channel mode would turn off the R/L channels completely. If you went to Play 5 mains, it would need to pair with something more in line with the current playbar to have similar sound qualities. I haven't listened to the beam yet, but expect it would pair well with Play1s in the front. I would say a majority of the Sonos customers are not "average" electronics consumers by any means. Point is, the iphone was a pretty nice device until Apple decided they needed to build a cheap colored version of it for the average consumer. A tad larger sub, or the capability to sync 2 subs to the same theater system. I would love to see them develop something that appeals to the existing customer base that already have significant investments in their solution. I've been a Sonos customer for over 9 years.the last 3 or 4 have been a bit of a let down. It is a bit frustrating when I see that they have a big announcement coming up and then they roll out some crap that I dont have any use for, that is meant to attract the budget minded "new" sonos customer. So why not focus on the high end options a little more? Or developing something that they don't already sell in 2 or 3 similar form factors. Yes but Sonos seems to think the community would rather have cheaper entry level options (Beam, and playbase) but.they promote that they are a "high end" audio solution in the wireless category. ![]()
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