Sonos Beam vs Akixno SR210 review

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Sonos Beam vs Akixno SR210 comparison chart

Sonos Beam vs Akixno SR210 review

Sonos Beam
vs
Akixno SR210

It makes sense comparing Sonos Beam vs Akixno SR210 because they both are able to give some premium features. Based on our rating, Beam has a total rating of 6 out of 10 versus 4 for SR210. The competitors' control buttons are different: volume down, volume up, microphone, play/pause and power, volume down, volume up, Bluetooth, respectively.

Audio features

Both soundbars have active amplification type. A significant difference between the units in the number of channels, the Sonos Beam has 3.0 versus 2.0 for the Akixno SR210. Competitors do not have a built-in subwoofer. The Sonos Beam got our rating of 6 out of 10, and the Akixno SR210 5 for its audio features and specs. Spotify support not implemented in both soundbars.

Connectivity

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 4/10, 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.

Multichannel surround

None of soundbars equipped with Dolby Atmos multichannel audio decoder. The soundbars do not support the surround sound technology DTS:X.

Advantages Sonos Beam over Akixno SR210

  • WI-FI enabled
  • App control
  • Microphone
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Common

Product

Sonos Beam
Akixno SR210

Model

Beam
SR210

Brand

Sonos
Akixno

Reviews

3280
101

General

Placement type

table-top, wall-mountable
table-top, wall-mountable

Connection to source

wired, wireless
wired, wireless

Soundbar buttons

volume down, volume up, microphone, play/pause
power, volume down, volume up, Bluetooth

Audio features

Built-in channels

3.0
2.0

Amplification type

active
active

Output power, W

20

Separate speaker (in package)

0
0

Separate speaker connections

wireless
has not

Subwoofer

Built-in subwoofer

Separate subwoofer (in package)

Separate subwoofer connections

wireless

Streaming services

Apple Music (AirPlay)

AirPlay 2

Amazon Music

Spotify

Other streaming services

Pandora, Tuneln, Chromecast
has not

Connectivity

WI-FI

Bluetooth

Ethernet (RJ45)

1
0

NFC

HDMI input/output

1/0
0/0

HDMI ARC

HDMI eARC

HDMI CEC

Optical digital input/output

1/0
1/0

USB

Coaxial digital input/output

0/0
0/0

Analog audio input/output (RCA)

0/0
1/0

Headphone output

0
0

Subwoofer output

0
0

Features

Voice control

Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant

App control

Microphone

Remote control

Multi-room

Multichannel surround

Dolby Atmos

Dolby (other)

Dolby Digital
has not

DTS:X

DTS (other)

has not
has not

User manual

Manual

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

65 x 6.8x 10/25.6 x 2.7 x 3.9
58.4 x 5.8 x 5.8/23.6 x 2.4 x 2.4

Weight, kg/pounds

2.8/6.2
0.9/2.1

Other

Release year

2018
2017
Sonos Beam
Akixno SR210
Sonos Beam
Akixno SR210

Soundbars SoundStrokes Art comparison rating

  • better
  • worse
  • 6
  • 4
  • 6Sonos Beam
  • 4Akixno SR210