Tom's Guide Verdict

The Sonos Beam Ultra delivers impressive Dolby Atmos height effects and exceptional dialogue clarity in a sleek, low-profile design. At $699, it strikes an excellent balance between performance, size and price, making it one of the best soundbars you can buy for bedrooms, apartments and mid-sized living spaces.

Reasons to buy

+ Refined, low-profile design

+ 7.1.2 Dolby Atmos with dedicated upward-firing drivers

+ Speech Enhancement for crisp dialogue

+ Instant surround pairing with other Sonos speakers

+ Wi-Fi audio swap with Sonos Ace Ultra headphones

Reasons to avoid

- Baseline stereo music playback isn't that impressive

- Single eARC port with no HDMI passthrough

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