Sonos Beam vs LG SL5Y

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Beam vs SL5Y comparison chart

Overall
Sonos Beam
6
LG SL5Y
5
Audio features
6
7
Streaming services
6
0
Connectivity
6
7
Features
8
4
Multichannel surround
4
6
Votes 1 1
Rating 5 5
Sonos Beam
Sonos Beam review

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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LG SL5Y
LG SL5Y review

Jan 24, 2020

Over the course of the 2019 LG created a series of seven models to meet the needs of users with different budgets. In our LG SL5Y review, we will consider the second model from below (in the list of 2...

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Common

Product

Sonos Beam
LG SL5Y

Model

Beam
SL5Y

Brand

Sonos
LG

Reviews

3280
379

General

Placement type

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

Connection to source

wired, wireless
wired, wireless

Soundbar buttons

volume down, volume up, microphone, play/pause
power, volume down, volume up, function

Audio features

Built-in channels

3.0
2.1

Amplification type

active
active

Output power, W

400 (overall)

Separate speaker (in package)

0
0

Separate speaker connections

wireless
wireless

Subwoofer

Built-in subwoofer

Separate subwoofer (in package)

Separate subwoofer connections

wireless
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
1/1

HDMI ARC

HDMI eARC

HDMI CEC

Optical digital input/output

1/0
1/0

USB

1 (USB 2.0)

Coaxial digital input/output

0/0
0/0

Analog audio input/output (RCA)

0/0
0/0

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
Dolby Digital

DTS:X

DTS (other)

has not
DTS Virtual:X

User manual

Manual

Open
Open

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

65 x 6.8x 10/25.6 x 2.7 x 3.9
89 x 5.5 x 8.6/35. x 2.2 x 3.4

Weight, kg/pounds

2.8/6.2
2.3/5.2

Other

Release year

2018
2019
Sonos Beam
LG SL5Y
Sonos Beam
LG SL5Y

Soundbars CHooseratoR comparison rating

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  • 6
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  • 6Sonos Beam
  • 5LG SL5Y

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