Design and build:

Comparing Sonos Beam Gen 2 vs Bose 600, the Bose 600 has a rectangular design and covered with metal grille. Sonos Beam Gen 2 has plastic body and grille. It has rounded sides. They are almost similar sized. With a width of around 27”, they are both suitable for 55 to 60” TVs. If you have limited space, you can easily mount the bars to save some space. Overall, the build quality of these soundbars are quite impressive. They are durable and feels sturdy.

Performance:

Sonos Beam Gen 2 and Bose 600 are competitors of each other. Sonos Beam Gen 2 has Trueplay that optimizes the sound based on room layout. It has a neutral sound profile. It has one tweeter, 4 woofers and 3 passive radiators. Comparing Bose 600 vs Sonos Beam Gen 2, the Bose 600 is louder than the Beam. This means you can use it for large spaces easily whereas the Beam is suitable for medium sized rooms.

Both these bars have bass and treble adjustments allowing you to tweak the sound as per your taste. Bose 600 has two side-firing, two up-firing drivers along with a center channel tweeter. It has PhaseGuide technology that produces a spacious sound space. It uses QuietPort technology to reduce turbulence resulting in clean bass. When you are not playing Atmos content, the Truespace feature will create virtual height effects.

The soundbar has a pleasant sound profile with good sonic accuracy. Bose is specific in terms of placement. It should be placed in the middle of two walls and in front of the TV. Make sure there are no objects nearby the bar. With dedicated upward firing drivers, the height effects are enhanced and they became more powerful. It has good stereo separation and wide soundfield.  

Sonos Beam Gen 2 has deep and clean bass. It produces virtual Atmos effect and has powerful soundstage. The bar has well-controlled bass response that has adequate oomph. It is great for music and is an upgrade over TV audio. Instrumental sounds are natural and crystal clear. With independent center channel, the dialogues are clear. So, it can be easily used for TV or movie watching. Surrounds are broad and decent.

Features:

Unlike Bose 600 bar, the Sonos Beam Gen 2 supports DTS contents. With Sonos Beam, you can use options like Speech Enhancement or Night mode as per your need. These are quite handy to improve the vocals or during movie watching. Streaming from different sources are easy as breeze. You can stream from online music sources like Deezer, Spotify, Tidal, etc. You can also play audio from Internet Radio.

Streaming from Apple devices is also supported through Airplay 2. With Sonos, creating multiroom or whole house sound system is very easy. Bose supports Internet radio and online music services. It also supports multiroom audio and is a part of Smart Home speakers via Wi-Fi. This system allows up to 4 zones where you can play same song in all zone or different song in each. Sonos has the same style of music playback.

Connectivity:

Sonos Beam Gen 2 has HDMI eARC, ethernet, and optical adapter. The Bose 600 soundbar has HDMI eARC and optical port. Comparing the Sonos Beam Gen 2 vs Bose Soundbar 600, the difference, the Bose 600 supports Chromecast, Bluetooth 4.2 and Wi-Fi. Beam Gen 2 does not have Bluetooth or built-in Chromecast but it relies only on Wi-Fi for streaming. Along with Wi-Fi, Sonos can be a part of SonosNet Wireless Mesh Network.

The Bose 600 soundbar has Bose SimpleSync feature with which you can connect another Bose speakers. It needs Bose Soundlink speaker or a noise cancelling headphone for the SimpleSync to work. Once connected and within Bluetooth range, you can stream music in both speakers at once.

Compatible device:

Bose 600 soundbar will work with Bose Bass Module 700 or Bass Module 500. You can add Bose Surround Speakers or Bose 700 Surround Speakers. Sonos Beam Gen 2 works with their own speakers like the Sonos Era 100 or 300 along with Sonos subwoofer.

Control options:

Sonos Beam Gen 2 has basic controls including play/pause, volume up/down, and microphone on/off buttons. The Bose 600 bar has mic button and an Action button which is used to use Alexa. Comparing the Sonos Beam Gen 2 vs Bose 600, the Beam has both Google Assistant and Alexa built-in whereas the Bose 600 bar has only Alexa. However, the Bose 600 will work with Google Assistant via 3^rd party device.

Sonos works with Sonos Voice Control as well. Bose 600 also comes with a remote control along with the mobile app named as Bose Music app. The Beam Gen 2 is controlled by the Sonos S2 app.

Cost:

 Sonos Beam Gen 2 and Bose 600 soundbar are similar priced soundbars. Both have the option to include surrounds and subwoofer. In that case the cost will increase.

FAQ:

Do Bose 600 and Sonos Beam Gen 2 has same driver configuration?

Bose 600 and Sonos Beam Gen 2 are different in terms of number of channels. Bose 600 is a 3.0.2 soundbar whereas the Beam Gen 2 is a 5.0 bar.

Do I need a subwoofer with Bose 600 soundbar?

Bose 600 soundbar can deliver deep, clean and powerful bass. With QuietPort technology, the bass is even cleaner. If you want a bar for general use, then it is good even without a subwoofer. However, if you are a bass lover, then a dedicated subwoofer will make huge difference.