i said keep it at or around NUMBER_TOKEN db and i doubt the beam will give anyone much if anything to complain about with respect to dynamics so what's wrong with it well a lot of you like to say that with respect to value for money nothing beats the beam while that is accurate in many respects it's not outright true in everyone for starters sound bars with separate subwoofers may play lower or have more bass than the beam on its own now while you can add a sono sub to the beam doing so raises the cost to almost NUMBER_TOKEN bucks which is approaching samsung qNUMBER_TOKENa territory which for that price i say get the sami because you also get a subwoofer surrounds and upward firing drivers and while the beam does support atmos it relies very heavily on dolby virtualization to give you a surround sound effect it's very good in this respect arguably better than any bar at or around NUMBER_TOKEN bucks but it isn't perfect and does suffer from a lack of dispersion with respect to height as a result sound may at times be a little more localized to the bar itself compared to the competition i recommend placing the beam as close to the bottom edge of your display as possible to ensure that some sounds chiefly dialogue sound as if they are emanating from the center of your tv rather than from the beam itself then of course there is the lack of dts-x support which for some of you may or may not be a deal breaker lastly the lack of additional inputs and no support for bluetooth may be problematic for some while i was surprised by the beam's single hdmi port after thinking about it i i think i understand because i believe the beam is meant to be as simple and as easy to use as possible and additional ports may have confused or complicated matters for first time users that said no bluetooth that's the head scratcher so how does the beam stack up to the likes of lg samsung and more well compared to the tiny lg eclair both systems have their strengths and their weaknesses for me the eclair is a little more versatile in that the lg allows you to dial in its sound to taste more so than what sonos allows that said i was never able to achieve as neutral a tone or tonal balance through the eclair as what the beam simply possesses on its own straight out of the box the eclair always maintained a more punchy smile-like response compared to the beam's more linear balanced sound overall at times the slightly leaner more treble-forward sound of the eclair was welcomed for dialogue intelligibility but on the whole the beam is a more mature and refined sound in comparison though if you like bass and you need a bit of thump in your life the eclair does play deeper thanks to its included subwoofer compared to the bose NUMBER_TOKEN sound bar this is a little bit more of a fair fight the bose is almost twice the price of the beam though the two bars at least in their white finish look like relative twins i prefer the beam it sounds fuller richer and more neutral compared to the bows though the bose is better spatially at least with respect to height and the sensation of experiencing sounds happening overhead i would still buy the samsung qNUMBER_TOKENa
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