Sonos Beam vs Klipsch R-10B comparison definitely makes sense. Based on our rating, Beam has a total rating of 6 out of 10 versus 6.2 for R-10B. The competitors' control buttons are different: volume down, volume up, microphone, play/pause and input, mute, volume down, volume up, respectively.
Both soundbars have active amplification type. A significant difference between the units in the number of channels, the Sonos Beam has 3.0 versus 5.1 for the Klipsch R-10B. Competitors do not have a built-in subwoofer. Rivals have wireless connection to separate subwoofer. The Sonos Beam got our rating of 6 out of 10, and the Klipsch R-10B 7 for its audio features and specs.
The Sonos Beam has support AirPlay 2, and its competitor in our comparison has AirPlay. Spotify support is available on the R-10B.
Only the Sonos Beam can connect to the Internet via WI-FI. Rivals from our review have Bluetooth support. The HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC) does not support any one of these models. The compared models do not have a USB connector. For connectivity, the Beam received a rating of 6/10 versus 5/10, respectively. App control is available for the Beam. A built-in microphone is present only on the Beam. Soundbars do not have Multi-room support.
None of soundbars equipped with Dolby Atmos multichannel audio decoder. The soundbars do not support the surround sound technology DTS:X. For multichannel surround, each of the opponents received 4 points out of 10.