The Beam Gen 2 not only lives up to the high bar set by its predecessor but exceeds it by a margin that more than justifies its new feature set and even its higher cost. The decision by Sonos to use processing power and forward-facing drivers to recreate Dolby Atmos has paid off with capable and effective handling of the format and expert handling of motion, depth and space all from within a classic compact design. The compact design of Sonos Gen 2 makes it versatile enough to easily fit in the areas where the space is at a premium. This is a problem because it means that Spinorama alone, unfortunately, won't give us all we need. Placement and reflections play an equally important role there too. Although, there is a slight weakness in the high frequencies this Sonos Gen 1 still sounds great. Sonos Gen 1 does a good job of handling the transition.

Sounds great! Thanks again for your input. I’ll put that into action...if there is no change to the sound.

I have tried to hold down the mute button while plugging in the power cable and holding as worked for the other speaker but this does not appear to work. But what becomes a perplexing mess of screens, permissions, and applications become the method of connecting.

If you have a PLAY:5 (gen2), BOOST, BRIDGE or SUB, then take the following steps to factory reset your device. Introducing the PLAY:1 Tone Limited Edition". Sonos Blog. Sonos. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016 . Retrieved 2 November 2016. There are several flavors of Sonos devices, but only two ways of factory resetting. We'll cover both groups today. Method One

Sonos Oneis the company's "entry-level" speaker. But unless you're an audiophile, you'll likely not discern any sonic differences between Oneand Sonos' premium models, like Five.