Most people buy a nicer TV and then live with the same thin, down-firing speaker sound for years. A soundbar is the fix, and it’s one of the few upgrades that feels instantly obvious the moment dialogue starts. The Sonos Beam (Gen 2) is $369.00 for a limited time, down from $499.00 for 26% off. If you want clearer voices, better separation, and a more immersive feel without turning your living room into a full home theater project, this deal makes a lot of sense.
The Beam Gen 2 is a compact Dolby Atmos soundbar designed to boost clarity and create a wider, taller soundstage than your TV can produce on its own. Atmos support is the “make it feel bigger” piece, especially for movies, sports, and games where you want sound to feel more layered instead of coming from a single strip under the screen.
It’s also built for people who want simple everyday use. You turn on the TV, sound improves automatically, and you’re not constantly fiddling with settings.
This is a great pick for apartments, bedrooms, and smaller living rooms where a full surround setup is overkill. The Beam is the kind of soundbar that upgrades the stuff you watch most: streaming shows, YouTube, late-night movies, and sports where commentary needs to be easy to understand.
It’s also a good “foundation” purchase. If you like the Beam, you can build on it later with additional speakers, but it stands on its own well. The key is that it improves your day-to-day listening immediately, not just on blockbuster movie nights.
At $369, the Sonos Beam (Gen 2) is a very appealing limited-time deal if you want noticeably better TV audio, clearer dialogue, and a more immersive sound than your TV can deliver, all in a clean, compact setup. If you’re chasing full theater-level bass, you’ll want to pair it with a sub down the road. But as a simple, high-impact upgrade, this discount is worth grabbing.
Instagram is making its way to yet another screen, and this time, Apple TV is getting a taste of the Reels rabbit hole. The company has launched a dedicated Instagram app for Apple TV, bringing Reels, longer videos, and live shows to the big screen. So, if watching one quick clip on a phone somehow turns into an hour of scrolling, there's now a much larger screen for that.
Instagram brings Reels and more to Apple TV
Audio-Technica, a brand well known for making some of the best studio and professional headphones on the market, has just come out with the ATH-AWX7000, which the company itself claims to be its "finest headphones ever." The new flagship closed-back headphone has debuted at an eye-watering price of $3,799. It combines hand-finished Japanese woodwork with a newly developed 58mm driver.
The earcups are made from Kiso cypress, a prized wood historically used for Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. Each housing is finished by hand with traditional Echizen lacquer, which brings out the grain and is expected to darken over time. The frame and sliders are finished in a deep navy kachi-iro shade traditionally associated with samurai.
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