The Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Mini has impressive virtual Dolby Atmos, but its high price, middling bass response, and lack of expansion options give us pause.
Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Mini MSRP $800.00 Score Details “The Ambeo Mini's impressive virtual Atmos performance can fill a small room.” Pros Cons It’s hard not to have lofty expectations of the Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Mini. Sennheiser’s first two Ambeo soundbars, the $2,500 Ambeo Soundbar Max and the $1,500 Ambeo Soundbar Plus, are both stunning achievements in sound, each redefining the kind of immersive Dolby Atmos soundbar experience you can expect from single-speaker systems.
Unfortunately, depending on the height of the speaker and the height of your seating position, the raised front edge of the grille could completely obscure your view of the light bar. I had the same criticism of the Ambeo Soundbar Plus: the LED bar should have been placed where the Sennheiser logo sits, right below the grille.
Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Mini: the setup Setting up the Ambeo Soundbar Mini is a breeze. The free Sennheiser Sound Control app walks you through the steps, which include connecting the speaker to your TV and to a wall plug and getting connected to your Wi-Fi network. It also triggers the Ambeo Mini’s automatic calibration feature, which uses the speaker’s built-in mics. Since they’re located on top of the soundbar, you want to make sure they aren’t blocked by your TV or cabinetry.
Without Alexa, the remote’s “0” multifunction button — which could easily be mistaken for a power button — acts as a mute button when listening to TV content and as a play/pause button when listening to streaming music, both very handy to have at your fingertips. Enabling Alexa changes the way that button works. Once Amazon’s assistant is turned on, the multifunction button button becomes a second way for you to issue a voice command.
That clarity extends beyond human voices, into the entire frequency spectrum, where it provides a level of detail and precision you won’t get from either the Bose Smart Soundbar 600 or the Sonos Beam Gen 2. This becomes especially noticeable when watching movies with Dolby Atmos soundtracks. Just to be clear, the Ambeo Soundbar Mini doesn’t hold a candle to the Ambeo Soundbar Plus, or Sony’s HT-A7000, but it doesn’t have to. Those speakers offer even greater immersion and realism, with a size and a price to match. The Mini is meant for smaller spaces.
And since comparisons to the Sony HT-A3000, Bose Smart Soundbar 600, and Sonos Beam Gen 2 are unavoidable, there’s one more gotcha you should know about. Unlike those other compact soundbars, you can’t expand the Ambeo Mini with wireless surround speakers — a limitation it shares with the Ambeo Max and Ambeo Plus.
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