Beam Gen 2

Hello,

I am thinking of getting a Homepod 2 stereo pair, to setup as a Home Theatre setup along with my AppleTV4k - also I am very deep into Apple ecosystem -.

Given my open space of living room + kitchen do you think it would be sufficient for 2 homepods to give me the best experience?

I am thin

I’ve more or less stopped going to theaters because of this kind of nonsense. It was just as bad if not worse in Chicago. I used to see several movies a month. Anyway, my home experience is much better now so I don’t even miss it, and it can be done relatively cheaply. I have a few Sonos speakers an

Went from a Sonos surround set (Beam gen2, 2x Era 100 and Sub mini) to the A9’s, with the purpose to enjoy active music listening. I am using an AppleTv to stream to sound of movies to the speakers. Active music listening went up from 0% to about 50/50 (music/movies).

When I hear the narration / voiceover, it is mostly quiet and weird, like a background voice volume.

Looks like other people have this issue too?

I have a great setup, Sonos Beam Gen 2 + Sub Mini. LG OLED TV, Apple 4k box….

Never had this issue with anything else.

As the title says, what alternative brands can I buy where I don't have to worry about the damn useless app that says every other day that I have no products and the next day it works as it should?

I would like to be able to listen to streamed music, preferably from Spotify. I also want good sound

Sonos beam gen 2 is very good. Not an overpowering sound but plenty loud enough. Can add rears if you want to and even a sub woofer.

There is no clearly right or clearly wrong option. AV Amplifier mode allows for specific multichannel config selection, but you run the risk of incorrectly identifying how many channels you have (maybe one thinks they have 7.1, but this is a true 5.1 setup). If you select Soundbar, then you rely on

This is super annoying. Nobody but Apple AFAIK uses this weird obscure version of Atmos, and they aren’t very clear on it, nor was Sonos that Atmos would not work without HDMI eARC. I would imagine the number of HDMI 2.1 tv’s out there is insanely low compared to how many people have HDMI 2.0, even

So I’m using a Sonos Beam (Gen 2) and Sonos Sub mini with my LG G4 tv.

I’m no audiophile so frankly cannot tell much difference other than Atmos seems to be louder.

However I like the comfort of knowing I’m using the optimum settings. I’ve obviously done a search but I’m getting mixed answers.

For movies in a bedroom I suggest paired set of HomePods 2. It will give you Spatial Audio/Atmos and music will sound good. Spotify still plays through airplay or AppleTV app. Sonos era 300 can compete with a paired set but that would be only music. AppleTV would send audio through airplay and would