This soundbar changed my life – grab it in huge Cyber Monday deal

The Sonos Beam is a compact stunner

Sonos Beam 2 Cyber Monday deal
(Image credit: Sonos)

I'll try to keep this story short, but a few years ago I managed to win a free Sonos Beam at a promotional event for a new FIFA game (before it became EA Sports FC). Sticking it under a modest TV, it was one of the most instantly amazing tech upgrades I've ever got my hands on.

Now, the Sonos Beam 2 is 26% off as part of a simply brilliant Cyber Monday deal, one of a few Sonos devices to be reduced. It makes perhaps the best compact soundbar on the market just $369, still a decent amount of money but a fabulous price given its quality.

Sonos Beam Gen 2
Sonos Beam Gen 2: was $499 now $369

This fantastic soundbar could fit into almost any setup or even a small TV stand, and it sounds phenomenal. If you don't have a soundbar, it'll be a complete game-changer, take it from us.

The Beam uses a single HDMI eARC connection to hook up to your TV, but its real power is how much utility it offers. That cable ensures that it deals with all your TV's content perfectly, whether it's gaming or movies, but it also has a Wi-Fi connection.

That's the bread and butter of Sonos' speakers, and it means that you can rely on the Beam as a room-filling smart speaker as well as just a soundbar. Its musical performance is stellar, and it means that you can easily host a party without needing any extra audio gear.

Down the line, you can expand your setup with a couple of surround speakers, whether they're Sonos Era 100s or cheaper Ikea Symfonisk Bookshelf Speakers. You have total adaptability, which is fantastic. Really, though, it's all about that TV sound. A bass-dimming night mode is massively useful, its dialogue-clarifying setting actually works, and it's powerful enough to sound phenomenal in most circumstances.

This deal might not hang around much longer – Cyber Monday is just hours away, and when the day ends you can expect that price to jump up. So, again, if you don't have a soundbar, get on it.

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Max Freeman-Mills
Staff Writer, Tech

Max is T3's Staff Writer for the Tech section – with years of experience reporting on tech and entertainment. He's also a gaming expert, both with the games themselves and in testing accessories and consoles, having previously flexed that expertise at Pocket-lint as a features editor.