Sonos Beam vs Dayton Audio BS36

Beam vs BS36 comparison chart

Overall
Sonos Beam
6
Dayton Audio BS36
4.5
6
inapplicable
8
inapplicable
4
inapplicable
Votes 1 1
Rating 5 5
Sonos Beam

Nov 22, 2019

Beam is the home theater speaker system in the Sonos universe. Positioned as a compact soundbar, the model not only sounds good, but also bears the proud title of “smart” thanks to the int...

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Common

Product

Sonos Beam
Dayton Audio BS36

Model

Beam
BS36

Brand

Sonos
Dayton Audio

Reviews

3280
56

General

Placement type

table-top, wall-mountable
table-top, wall-mountable

Connection to source

wired, wireless
wired

Soundbar buttons

volume down, volume up, microphone, play/pause
has not

Audio features

Built-in channels

3.0
3.0

Amplification type

active
passive

Output power, W

Separate speaker (in package)

0
0

Separate speaker connections

wireless
has not

Subwoofer

Built-in subwoofer

Separate subwoofer (in package)

Separate subwoofer connections

wireless

Streaming services

Apple Music (AirPlay)

AirPlay 2

Amazon Music

Spotify

Other streaming services

Pandora, Tuneln, Chromecast
has not

Connectivity

WI-FI

Bluetooth

Ethernet (RJ45)

1
0

NFC

HDMI input/output

1/0
0/0

HDMI ARC

HDMI eARC

HDMI CEC

Optical digital input/output

1/0
0/0

USB

Coaxial digital input/output

0/0
0/0

Analog audio input/output (RCA)

0/0
3/0

Headphone output

0
0

Subwoofer output

0
0

Features

Voice control

Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant

App control

Microphone

Remote control

Multi-room

Multichannel surround

Dolby Atmos

Dolby (other)

Dolby Digital
has not

DTS:X

DTS (other)

has not
has not

User manual

Manual

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

65 x 6.8x 10/25.6 x 2.7 x 3.9
93.1 x 10.1 x 10.1/37 x 4.2 x 4.8

Weight, kg/pounds

2.8/6.2
5.9/13.4

Other

Release year

2018
2013
Sonos Beam
Dayton Audio BS36
Sonos Beam
Dayton Audio BS36

Soundbars CHooseratoR comparison rating

  • better
  • worse
  • 6
  • 4.5
  • 6Sonos Beam
  • 4.5Dayton Audio BS36

Sonos Beam competitors

Dayton Audio BS36 competitors