Sonos Sub Mini at $399.00 for Compact Wireless Bass

What the Sub Mini adds to your movies and music

Amazon price

$399.00

Customer rating

4.7

Customer reviews

371

Typical price over 90 days

$468.12

Difference

$69.12 (15 percent)

Pair the Sonos Sub Mini with a Sonos Beam or Ray soundbar and you get fuller low frequencies for shows, movies and games. It's a sealed cabinet with two custom woofers that face each other, and Sonos says that inward-facing design cancels distortion while still producing the kind of bass you'd expect from a much larger subwoofer.

At $399.00, we'd consider this the right pick if you want more impact from a Beam or Ray without dedicating a big piece of floor space to a sub. You're paying for a compact cabinet that's sized for smaller rooms and apartments, not for the deepest output a full-size sub can deliver.

How it connects and what it needs to sound right

Sub Mini is wireless, so you don't run a signal cable to your soundbar. It does need AC power at its spot, because the amplifier is built in. There's no HDMI, optical or analog input on the sub itself, so the soundbar handles the source connections and the sub takes the low end from there.

Before you buy, confirm that your Beam or Ray is a Sonos model that supports adding a Sub Mini, because this isn't a universal subwoofer for other brands. Trueplay room tuning is part of the setup, and it runs from a supported iOS device, so check that you have one available if you want the bass calibrated to your room. There's no Android tuning path in what Sonos lists here.

You won't need to set a crossover by hand. Sonos tunes the handoff between the soundbar and the sub during setup, which keeps the process simple if you'd rather not dive into menus.

Which rooms this sub fits and when to skip it

This sub suits a small to medium living room, bedroom or apartment where a Beam or Ray already handles the midrange and treble and you want the low end filled in. The sealed, compact design and Trueplay tuning mean it can sit near a wall or beside furniture without Sonos claiming it will sound harsh or muddy, which is useful when placement options are limited.

Skip it if your priority is maximum output for a large open room or a dedicated home theater, because a compact sub is making a size trade-off by design. Also skip it if you don't already own a compatible Sonos soundbar, since it isn't meant to pair with other brands.

The typical price over the last 90 days is $468.12, so $399.00 is about $69.12 below that average. Before you commit, measure your intended spot and confirm a nearby outlet, since the sub needs power even though the audio link is wireless.

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