Sonos Sub Mini Review! More Bass, Less Dough

The Sonos Sub Mini is here! This compact subwoofer can connect to any Sonos speaker or soundbar and give you those low end frequencies to make your content more immersive than ever.

Chapters ➡
0:00 Intro
0:23 Design
2:28 Setup
3:09 Testing the Sonos Sub Mini
4:27 Settings and customization
4:59 Summary

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[pim]

I live in an appartement. Went from beam to beam with rears to arc with rears. Now added the mini sub, it helps the setup A LOT. For my space it is more than enough and makes a big difference. For anyone on the doubt, it's worth it!

[bkelevate]

I finally broke and got a Sonia Beam Gen 2 because I was tired of my Samsung sound bar. The one thing I missed was the bass. Then literally the same week they announced this Sonos Sub Mini. I pre-ordered it. Can’t wait to get it paired up with the soundbar. Last piece will be getting the One SL’s for surround sound.

[BruceDaniell]

Thanks for your comparisons…I have an ARC in a room 20’x20’ with a 12’ ceiling…so I decided to choose the mini because of the price point…and according to your evaluation it will improve the sound of the ARC!

[acslater]

Thanks for this, I’m a big Apple fan but for home audio I’m all in on Sonos. I appreciate learning about these products from an Apple user perspective.

If you don’t mind some friendly feedback, in the future could you consider slowing down your speech/steadying your delivery? Every few sentences, there’s a phrase that goes super fast and it’s hard to understand. Thanks again! 👍🏻

[mathewscheren]

10 days later - are you still liking the submini w/ the ARC?

[markprince]

I pre-ordered for the Beam 2 in my office. Can’t wait to try it out.

[Ali_Shafai]

I enjoy your goofy intros! Well done 😊

[edgarvey]

I expected more from it
I’m still wondering if there is anything I can do to improve bass

[kanishkpatel]

Hi
I have apple tv4k with two og Homepods connected in home theatre mode
Is it possible to add Sonos sub mini ???

Will it support atmos??

[hindsy]

Have a Sonos beam gen 2. Would you recommend the sub mini or one of the new era products to compliment it?

[thomasjacques]

I wonder how two would sound? and I love the retro 60's look.

[prashantpratik]

I will be buying the sub mini with the black friday sale. Perfect for my use case.

[MrVisde]

I’m not trying to blow the doors off my house with movie theater bass. I’m just looking for some help to beef up the bass at a normal volume level. I just preordered this new sub because it was exactly what I was hoping for from Sonos…with a better price point.

I wonder if it’s possible to connect 2 of these subs to a room…and how would 2 of these mini subs compare to the sound of one full-size sub? That could be the way to go if they sound the same. Then you have the flexibility to use them in multiple rooms or place them in the same room.

[tylerbarber]

My concern is putting in a room like with the walls being so thin I do intend to get a beam Gen 2 my concern is how often am i going to be able to use it

[kevinranders]

I have two sonos sl's (just for music) and want to add the mini - do I HAVE to have a soundbar? I would rather just have the sl's and the sub without a soundbar as I use another surround system for movies in my media room.

[dancasur]

Hi, is it aparment/condo friendly? A couple yrs ago I purchased the Sonos Sub and it was to powerful for my condo, I had to lower the bass to the lower setting bc I felt like my neighbor would be able to get the noise and that didn’t justify the $799 price tag so I returned it. Do you think this smaller version o f it would be better? Less powerful. Thanks man

[JosephGonzalez-oc]

You forget the sonos playbase, the bass is Amasing

[anchorbrand]

Anyone know if this would work with a Bose Soundbar? Smart soundbar 600, to be exact.

[hockeynpolo]

I have a living room with vaulted (30 ft) ceilings. I’m looking at getting the Sonos Arc sound bar and the sub. Question, with the size of my ceilings, I’m concerned the Dolby Atmos would be significantly delayed or muffled as the sound tries to bounce off the ceiling and make it back down to the couch in time to match the regular spoken audio coming straight at me. What would you recommend for living rooms with tall ceilings? Getting tower speakers is out of the question since the wife will only allow a sound bar under the TV and we have book cases on either side of the TV. Is the software in the Sonos Arc smart enough to compensate for the size of the ceilings? Thanks for your input.

[fredrik_g]

Can I use this with a non-sonos sound bar? Or through Airplay?