Sonos Ray Soundbar - All-in-One With App and Apple AirPlay, in Black + Sub Mini - Black, Wi-Fi

Satisfied with product quality. Base is good enough. Theater like sound.Too small but impressive.

Sounds great, but SONOS make it really hard to use. You need an app, a smartphone, and WiFi to even set it up. And then, if you wanna use it for your PC or Mac, be ready to drop some more decent money on docks and cables and syncing apps. Very disappointed.

I spent 3 hours to pair it .👎🏻

I bought this to complement a relatively cheap 43" TV I installed in one of our main living areas, as an addition to our main TV setup elsewhere (that one with Sonos Arc).Having come previously from a large AV surround amp and discrete speakers / subwoofer and also the Sonos Arc, I was just wanting something to improve on the crappy sound that is built-in to TVs these days. For the price and the size of the unit (it's really very compact), I wasn't expecting amazing sound.I was quite stunned at the depth and volume this little box produces. Sure, the surround presence isn't really there, it's more of a wide soundstage, but for the price and size, it really packs a punch. I was thinking I'd give it a go at first and maybe add a sub-mini later if needed, but for a second-TV setup (and the TV was not much more than the cost of this soundbar) I've decided that it isn't worth it. There's quite a heavy punch from some soundtracks that belies the size of this little speaker, and the bass extension is surprisingly low. Sure, a sub is going to improve things a lot, but on a budget this soundbar rocks. Good vocal clarity in the mids and highs too.I was worried about the lack of HDMI and remote, but it really isn't needed if you have a simple setup with a smart TV (and I don't need Dolby Atmos for this TV). I don't have any other sources of audio for this soundbar, so the optical input straight from the TV works just fine. The setup process learns the type of remote you're using, and there are only a handful of remotes (non-IR based) that may be more of an issue, so do check the Sonos website first to see if yours is one of those. The volume buttons on both the TV remote (Panasonic) and the Amazon Fire stick control the Ray perfectly.And the other bonus is that this fits nicely in my Sonos ecosystem.This is an excellent value bit of kit, with Sonos's usual build quality.

Slim Versatile desktop soundbar with built in native Wi-Fi streaming of Apple Music, AirPlay 2, digital radio, YouTube and occassional movies.Paired with the Creative x4 usb dac over optical on Windows with Dolby digital encoder enabled (Windows only with the Dac) the volume on the ray is amazingly loud and punchy. On the app it’s only at a 20 but you will rarely go beyond that. On Macs without the encoder, volume is usually at a normal 50-75.Good for desktop use over optical.

I added this to the bedroom tv, which is a smaller screen, and paired it with a couple of Sonos One's for surround sound. The primary reason was to create more sound clarity when I have the AC on (yes yes, I know, first world problems!).The Ray on it's own produces good sound clarity and range, and it does provide some bass but you're never going to get a huge amount in a package this small (well, the Bose soundlink mini shows that it can be done...but that's a whole different can of 'nanas).When paired with the one's this becomes an amazing setup for a small/medium sized room with the additional speakers giving a rather impressive width to the soundstage AND significantly more bass (the bigger drivers in the one's do very well here).Integration is super easy via optical connection and set up via the sonos app is easy and efficient. I didn't however find some of the voice clarification features through the app, BUT my home assistant integration enabled me to turn it (and other features) on. There's probably a way to do it but it wasn't immediately obvious.Performance with tv audio is good and music is also very good.It's small and compact too

As hoped clarified speech and vocals. Less concerned with "surround sound", so pleased with result. Very easy to set up and control with app. Fits very well into our smallish room and with TV.

Connected unit to my tv in living room (tv must have optical connection so check this is case before you buy).There is no remote control per se with the device, you use your normal tv IR remote control to manage the volume after disabling the TV’s built-in speakers. The unit activates as soon as your TV is turned on. Alternatively, you use the phone app.Set up is very easy via a phone app that guides you step by step through the process.There is no bluetooth but you can stream music from your iPhone using airplay.Negatives - the unit is wifi enabled and is meant to detect NAS drives (uPNP/SMB). I have a NAS drive with all my music and despite other (older) ALLPLAY systems and wifi speakers having no issues detecting the networked drive, the Sonos Soundbar would not connect no matter what i tried! I looked on internet and this seems to be an issue with other customers too. Problem may be that it seems to only recognise the older and less secure SMB1. In any event this was a pain but not a show stopper for me. If you are planning to use to stream music from a NAS or wifi drive, I would probably give this unit a miss.Sound quality is excellent.