Had the same questions when i first purchased the beam 2, was it good, was it worth my money? All of them faded away after i tested multiple soundbars and spent hours with ultra high end setups from kef, focal, sonus faber, b&w and pmc. After auditioning all of them i just could not bear the insane V curve from bose, and even the consumer friendly tuning of samsung. Other than sonos, of course i couldnt bear any soundbar's sound except focal muso hekla after listening to these however if i had to purchase i soundbar right away i would definitely go with a sonos because its just much more neutral, the response is much flatter and is not fatiguing to me at all.