We tested the new Sonos Sub Mini, the subwoofer that complete your home audio system with great features and a more contained price.
Sonos has launched a new subwoofer to expand its product catalog, which already had a subwoofer, Sonos Sub, whose size and price make it unaffordable for many. This new Sonos Sub Mini, as its name suggests, it is smaller and costs much less, but it promises to deliver a sound quality upgrade that complements your home audio system. Is this new model worth it? We will tell you then.
Features
The new Sonos Sub Mini comes in two colors, black and white, as usual for Sonos. This is the only difference you will find between the two models. The white color has the “wind tunnel” in black, which gives it an aesthetically spectacular contrast, although I must say that due to the color of my audio system I prefer black, which is also more discreet. Its size of 23×30.5 cm as well as its cylindrical shape allow it to be placed almost anywhere, a great advantage over the conventional model, which is much larger and bulkier. It has thick rubber feet which make it very stable and vibration free even at high volumes.
There are no meshes, holes or anything like that, just that central tunnel where the two 15mm woofers are located, which are responsible for reproducing the bass that we are going to enjoy. Each of the two speakers has its own class D amplifier, and the whole offers us a frequency response that goes down to 25Hz. We’re used to Sonos devices with a minimalist design, but this one reaches its maximum expression
Compatibility
This Sonos Sub Mini is designed to be used with other brand speakers. Which speakers are compatible? Any non-portable Sonos speaker. That is to say, it can be used with any Sonos except the Sonos Roam, Roam SL and the Sonos Move:
- PA 5
- Sonos One (Gen 1 and 2)
- Sonos One SL
- Sonos playback: 1
- Sonos Play: 2
- Sonos Play: 3
- Sonos Play:5 (2nd Gen)
- Sonos Bow
- Sonos Arc SL
- Sonos Beam (Gen 1 and 2)
- Sonos Playbar
- Sonos playback base
- Sonos Ray
- Sonos amplifier
- Sonos Connect: amplifier (2nd generation)
- Altavoces IKEA SYMPHONIC
Setting
The Sonos Sub Mini setup process is very simple, as is the case with all Sonos speakers. Being a speaker that needs other speakers to work, you’ll already have the Sonos app on your iPhone and a sound system created. ANDPlug in the Sonos Sub Mini, open the Sonos app on your smartphone and it should appear automatically the Sonos Sub Mini to add to your system. It’s that simple, that straightforward. Otherwise, that’s what the button on the back of the speaker is for.
The steps to add it to the system are very simple and the application guides you through the process in a very intuitive way, which is facilitated by the fact that it is translated into Spanish. Once added little more we can do… only configure TruePlay sound, which only iPhone users can do and which allows you to adapt the sound to the room in which you are. To do this, you must first position yourself where you usually sit to enjoy the sound, then walk around the room with the app open. This process takes about two minutes and is worth doing for the best quality sound possible.
Sound quality
My audio system consists of a Sonos Arc and two Sonos Ones which function as satellites. Despite what it may seem, it is not the best system for the Sub Mini to show its full potential. Sonos recommends the Sub Mini with the Sonos Beam (1st or 2nd generation) because they give you less bass. The Sonos Arc is Sonos’ highest-end soundbar and the one that gives you the best sound, including bass. For this reason, a priori, it is the least noticeable to add a dedicated subwoofer like the Sub Mini. In fact, Sonos recommends you use the Sonos Sub, its best subwoofer. But the reality is that even with this “inconvenience”, the Sonos Sub Mini improves my system in a more than obvious way.
Although it is always difficult to express the sound of a speaker while writing an article, in this case it is much easier for me. Surely you know perfectly well the feeling of going to the cinema to enjoy an action movie, how the sound shows this power that resonates even inside you. That inner feeling is what you get with the Sub Mini, and it’s very rewarding for anyone looking to have it in their living room. a sound system that gives you the experience of watching a movie in a movie theater. Sonos does it with the usual quality note too, because unlike other subwoofers which deliver nice bass without further ado, here you won’t notice the floor vibrating or the glassware in your display case moving.
With other audio systems, the volume at which you have to listen to your movies to get a “powerful” sound experience has to be too loud, so much so that you end up never using it because you’re disturbing the person in the next room, or the neighbor. . This does not happen with my Sonos system, which even at normal volumes you have great bass which provides a great experience
For listening to music, the Sub Mini is also a great addition to your system. Depending on the music you like, the presence of the subwoofer will be more or less noticeable, but if you want to test the power of the subwoofer, just listen to Acid Rain by Lorn or Royals by Lorde. The difference between listening to them without the Sub Mini and with it is abysmal. And it is that the subwoofer not only adds bass, but also eliminates the bass from the rest of the speakers in the system, which, freed from this mission, can improve the rest of the frequencies, providing a richer and more balanced sound .
Editor’s review
Sound can always improve, and even if you think your sound system is perfect, nothing could be further from the truth. A soundbar always improves the quality of your TV, adding a few satellites to get a better surround effect is the next step, and even if you think with that you already have more than enough, if you try a Sonos Sub Mini you will not be able to do without it. Thanks to the modularity that Sonos offers us, this can be done step by step with its sound systems. Would this be the last item to add? In my opinion, of course yes. Does it cost more than your Sonos soundbar? Sure, but I would definitely add it. You can buy it on Amazon for $499 on Amazon (link)
- Editor’s note
- 4.5 star rating
- Exceptional
$499
- Under Mini
- Review by: louis padille
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Advantages
- discreet and compact
- Simple and straightforward setup
- Compatibility with almost all Sonos speakers
- wireless
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