On first listen, the Sonos Beam Ultra sounds great
Sonos unveiled a bunch of new stuff today at its open house event. There’s the $699 Beam Ultra soundbar and the $449 Ace Ultra headphones, plus several under-the-hood app updates (some coming sooner than others). While the show floor was a less than ideal venue to judge audio quality of either new product, a private demo in a smaller room provided a better hint as to what the Beam Ultra soundbar might be capable of.
With the 7.1.2 soundbar about six feet in front of the press, the team ran through a couple demos to show off its range, particularly with Dolby Atmos content. The opening minutes of Widow’s Bay subtly illustrates the Beam Ultra’s enhanced bass, improved vocal clarity and Atmos chops. There are a lot of small details that didn’t get lost in the mix, like walkie talkie chatter, extraneous sound effects that build the world, plus the...
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