New Delhi: The Sonos Sub Mini gives the company's Wi-Fi speaker and soundbar a big jump and more range at a slightly higher price point.
For Sonos users who want more bass for their movies and music, but can't afford the £749 price tag for their bigger Gen 3 Sub, there's the Mini, which costs £429 ($429 / A$699).
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Although the company's soundbars and small speakers have a lot of power in their own right, for home theater enthusiasts, there's nothing quite like the rumble of an all-in-one with lots of action scenes. Except for the Portable ROM and Move, all of Sonos' speakers and soundbars can be paired wirelessly with the Mini. But smaller Ray or Beam soundbars work best with this.
The cylindrical speaker is about the size of a table lamp or a 5L beer keg, measuring 23cm in length and 30.5cm in length. It connects via WiFi to the rest of your Sonos system and can be placed almost anywhere in your room. It only needs a plug socket for power. It's fast and easy to set up using the Sonos app on Android, iPhone, or iPad.
The difference the sub makes is immediately noticeable when coupled with a ray or beam. The on-screen action is presented with a lot of force and dynamics, as well as a tight, controlled punch in the low end. The soundtracks for automobiles are particularly enjoyable.
You get plenty of bass when you need it, but it never sounds bang or captured on other audio tracks. For anyone who relies on a soundbar for their movie watching experience, the Mini's ability to produce frequencies as low as 25Hz is more than enough.
When there's no action, the subwoofer isn't immediately apparent until you put your hand through the hole in the middle and feel the twin 6" woofers at work. Here, they measure the range and depth of sound. increase, allowing the soundbar to focus on the middle - and increasing the high-tone frequency and overall immersiveness of the experience.
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With a beam or a pair of people, the effect is the same for music. The sub performs expertly when the bass lines with high impact are played. Try something more subdued, and you'll just hear a deeper, more rounded sound, rather than one that's artificially boosted in bass or where the sub suddenly enters at certain points.
To give the subwoofer more or less presence in your sound, you can adjust its level up or down by 15 points. The same applies to the Night Mode on the soundbar, which helps you avoid disturbing your neighbors. The Sonos TruePlay tuning system, which is still only compatible with iPhones and iPads, is supported by the Mini.
The only power difference between the Mini and the Gen 3 Sub is. The larger, more expensive sub is able to maintain that bass and power at much higher levels, while they both sound essentially the same at low listening volumes.
The Mini, however, is undoubtedly powerful enough for anyone who lives close to its neighbors as well as a relatively large British living room. If you need more bass than a Mini, you probably already know that.
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The sub made about 1.5W when it was idle, 5.5W when music was being played at a comfortable volume, and up to 50W when it was playing at its maximum. When watching a movie at high volume, it increased to 17W and used about 0.010kWh over two hours.