Filter brands
Brands
Bauhn (Aldi) 5.1 channel soundbar (708016)
Bose Smart Ultra soundbar white
Bose Solo Soundbar 2
Bose TV Speaker
Bowers & Wilkins Panorama 3
Denon DHT-S316
Denon DHT-S517
Denon Home Sound Bar 550
Hisense AX5100Q
Hisense AX5120G
Hisense HS2100
Hisense HS3100
JBL Bar 500
JBL Bar 800
LG G Series SG10TY
LG Q Series S70TY
LG S40T
LG S80TR
LG S95TR
LG SC9S
LG SH7Q
Meredo Wooden 2.1 Soundbar
Polk MagniFi Max AX
Polk MagniFi Max AX SR
Polk Magnifi Mini Ax
Polk Signa S2
Polk Signa S4
Samsung HW-B400F/XY
Samsung HW-C450
Samsung HW-Q600C
Samsung HW-Q990F/XY
Samsung HW-QS700F/XY
Samsung S61D S-Series
Sennheiser Ambeo
Sonos Arc
Sonos Beam (Gen 2)
Sonos Ray
Sony BRAVIA Theatre Bar 6 (HT-B600)
Sony BRAVIA Theatre System 6 (HTS60)
Sony Bravia Theatre Bar 8
Sony Bravia Theatre Bar 9
Sony HT-S2000
Sony HT-S400
TCL C935U
TCL Q85H PRO
TV Voice Pro TV Voice Pro Air plus TV Voice Pro Soundbar
Yamaha SR-B40A
Yamaha SR-C30A
Yamaha True X System
Yamaha True X bar 50A with external subwoofer
Cost
Price
$399
$1499
$399
$419
$1599
$499
$749
$999
$499
$599
$249
$399
$745
$999
$1499
$699
$349
$1299
$1699
$1199
$799
$150
$1299
$1499
$799
$419
$799
$199
$249
$795
$1999
$999
$599
$3999
$1499
$799
$349
$899
$999
$1499
$1499
$699
$449
$999
$899
$879
$599
$399
$1199
$999
Annual standby energy cost
$4.5
$4.5
$0.5
$4.7
$16.4
$1.9
$4.7
$9.6
$2.9
$2.8
$2
$4.2
$10.1
$6.8
$5.4
$2.1
$2.5
$7.7
$12.4
$6.5
$4.2
$2.4
$6.5
$8.7
$5.9
$1.9
$4.5
$2.1
$10.3
$8.1
$13.7
$6.6
$6
$6.8
$12
$13.9
$8.1
$4.1
$4.8
$5.3
$5.3
$4.6
$4.4
$16.3
$7.6
$1.7
$3.4
$3.2
$14.1
$10.4
Type
Type
Soundbar + sub + external speakers
Soundbar
Soundbar
Soundbar
Soundbar
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar
Soundbar + sub + external speakers
Soundbar + external speakers
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar + sub + external speakers
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar + sub + external speakers
Soundbar + sub + external speakers
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar + sub + external speakers
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar + sub + external speakers
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar
Soundbar
Soundbar
Soundbar
Soundbar
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar + sub + external speakers
Soundbar
Soundbar
Soundbar
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar + sub + external speakers
Soundbar + wireless earphones
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar + sub
Soundbar + sub + external speakers
Soundbar + sub
Recommended products
Recommended
Recommended
Recommended
Recommended
Recommended
Recommended
Recommended
Recommended
Recommended
Recommended
Recommended
Test results
CHOICE Expert Rating
Music quality score
Voice quality score
Multi-channel audio quality score (movies)
Ease of use score
Remote score
Standby energy score
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Month and year tested
Pre-June 2022
2023 (December)
2025 (August)
Pre-June 2022
2022 (September)
Pre-June 2022
2022 (June)
Pre-June 2022
2025 (August)
2024 (August)
2023 (December)
2024 (August)
2024 (August)
2025 (August)
2024 (August)
2024 (August)
2024 (August)
2025 (August)
2024 (August)
June (2023)
2023 (December)
2024 (August)
June (2023)
June (2023)
2024 (August)
Pre-June 2022
2022 (June)
2025 (August)
June (2023)
June (2023)
2025 (August)
2025 (August)
2024 (August)
Pre-June 2022
Pre-June 2022
Pre-June 2022
2022 (June)
2025 (August)
2025 (August)
2024 (August)
2024 (August)
2023 (December)
2022 (June)
2023 (December)
2025 (August)
2022 (December)
2023 (December)
2022 (December)
2024 (August)
2024 (August)
Sustainability
Country of origin
China
Malaysia
Thailand
China
China
China
China
Vietnam
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
Vietnam
China
Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam
China
China
China
China
Vietnam
Vietnam
Malaysia
Malaysia
China
China
China
China
China
Vietnam
Vietnam
China
China
Comments
Good points
- Very good multichannel sound
- HDMI video switching
- Wall mounting hardware supplied
- Good multichannel sound
- Good ease of use
- Good music sound
- Good multichannel sound
- Excellent standby energy consumption
- Wall mounting hardware supplied
- Very good stereo sound
- Excellent voice reproduction
- Good multichannel sound
- Wall mounting hardware supplied
- Very good stereo sound
- Very good music sound
- Good multichannel sound
- Very good stereo sound
- Very good multichannel sound
- Excellent voice reproduction
- Good ease of use
- Wall mounting hardware supplied
- Good music sound
- Very good multichannel sound
- HDMI video switching
- Wall mounting hardware supplied
- Good music sound
- Very good multichannel sound
- Wall mounting hardware supplied
- Good multichannel sound
- Wall mounting hardware supplied
- Good multichannel sound
- HDMI video switching
- Good ease of use
- Wall mounting hardware supplied
- Good multichannel sound
- HDMI video switching
- Good ease of use
- Wall mounting hardware supplied
- Good multichannel sound
- HDMI video switching
- Wall mounting hardware supplied
- Good music sound
- Good multichannel sound
- Excellent voice reproduction
- HDMI video switching
- Good ease of use
- Good music sound
- Very good multichannel sound
- Good ease of use
- Good music sound
- Excellent multichannel sound
- HDMI video switching
- Wall mounting hardware supplied
- Very good music sound
- Very good multichannel sound
- HDMI video switching
- Good ease of use
- Good music sound
- Good multichannel sound
- Very good multichannel sound
- Good ease of use
- Nothing to mention
- Good music sound
- Excellent multichannel sound
- Excellent voice reproduction
- HDMI video switching
- Good ease of use
- Wall mounting hardware supplied
- Good music sound
- Very good multichannel sound
- Excellent voice reproduction
- HDMI video switching
- Wall mounting hardware supplied
- Good multichannel sound
- Excellent stereo sound
- Very good multichannel sound
- Excellent voice reproduction
- Good music sound
- Good multichannel sound
- Nothing to mention
- Good music sound
- Very good multichannel sound
- Good ease of use
- Wall mounting hardware supplied
- Very good music sound
- Very good multichannel sound
- Wall mounting hardware supplied
- Very good music sound
- Excellent multichannel sound
- HDMI video switching
- Wall mounting hardware supplied
- Good music sound
- Good multichannel sound
- HDMI video switching
- Wall mounting hardware supplied
- Good music sound
- Very good multichannel sound
- Wall mounting hardware supplied
- Very good stereo sound
- HDMI video switching
- Good ease of use
- Nothing to mention
- Good multichannel sound
- Good music sound
- Good multichannel sound
- Good music sound
- Very good multichannel sound
- Very good music sound
- Good multichannel sound
- HDMI video switching
- Very good music sound
- Good multichannel sound
- HDMI video switching
- Good ease of use
- Good music sound
- Very good multichannel sound
- Very good multichannel sound
- HDMI video switching
- Good ease of use
- Wall mounting hardware supplied
- Good music sound
- Good multichannel sound
- HDMI video switching
- Good ease of use
- Wall mounting hardware supplied
- Additional headphones supplied for separate listening.
- Good music sound
- Very good multichannel sound
- Good ease of use
- Wall mounting hardware supplied
- Good music sound
- Good multichannel sound
- Good music sound
- Very good multichannel sound
- HDMI video switching
- Good ease of use
- Good music sound
- Very good multichannel sound
- HDMI video switching
- Good ease of use
Bad points
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- No speech enhancement setting
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- No HDMI input
- Remote control uses a coin cell battery
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- No onboard controls
- No HDMI (eARC/ARC) port
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- Remote control uses a coin cell battery
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- No onboard controls
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- No speech enhancement setting
- Poor remote control
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- Remote control uses a coin cell battery
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- Poor remote control
- Remote control uses a coin cell battery
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- Poor onboard controls
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- No speech enhancement setting
- No HDMI input
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- No speech enhancement setting
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- No speech enhancement setting
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- No speech enhancement setting
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- No speech enhancement setting
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- No speech enhancement setting
- Battery cover slips off remote control too easily during general operation
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- Poor onboard controls
- No speech enhancement setting
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- No speech enhancement setting
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- No speech enhancement setting
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- No speech enhancement setting
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- Poor onboard controls
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- No speech enhancement setting
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- Wall mounting instructions lack necessary detail
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- Wall mounting instructions lack necessary detail
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- HDMI port(s) could be difficult to use with thicker cables
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- No HDMI input
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- No HDMI input
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- No speech enhancement setting
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- Poor remote control
- Remote control uses a button battery
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No Bluetooth
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- Remote is an app that needs to be installed on your smartphone
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No Bluetooth
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- No HDMI input
- Very poor onboard controls
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No HDMI input
- No onboard controls
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- Poor onboard controls
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- No speech enhancement setting
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- Poor onboard controls
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- No speech enhancement setting
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- Has Wi-Fi, but this did not work when we used the TCL Home app to connect it at the time of testing
- Borderline music sound
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No Bluetooth
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- Remote control uses a coin cell battery
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- Poor onboard controls
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- Remote control uses a coin cell battery
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- No speech enhancement setting
- Very poor standby energy consumption
- No 3.5mm AUX input
- Remote control uses a coin cell battery
- No audio (lip sync) delay adjustment
- No wall mounting hardware supplied
- No speech enhancement setting
Features
HDMI ARC support
N/A
Video switching
Bluetooth
Yes (only in transmitter unit)
NFC
N/A
N/A
Wi-Fi
Yes (could not connect)
Dolby Atmos
DTS: X
Alexa support
Not tested
Not tested
Not tested
Not tested
Google Assistant support
Not tested
Not tested
Not tested
Not tested
Automatic room calibration
Yes (via app)
Yes (SpaceFit Sound Pro)
No (SpaceFit Sound Pro only with supported Samsung TV)
Yes (AI Sonic Adaptation)
Wall mountable
Wireless subwoofer
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Wireless surround speakers
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Specifications
HDMI inputs
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
3
3
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
0
3
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Subwoofer speaker orientation
Down
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Front
Rear
N/A
Right
Front
right
Side
Down
Bottom
Front
Front
Front
Right
Side
Front
front
N/A
Down
Down
Down
Front
Down
N/A
Front
Front
Left and right
Left and right
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Front
Front
N/A
N/A
N/A
Front
right
Rear
N/A
right
Right
Side
Side
Multi-channel claim
5.1
ns
N/A
Not stated
Not stated
Not stated
3.1.2
4
5.1
5.1.2
2.1
3.1
5.1
5.1.2
3.1
3.1.1
2.1
5.1.3
9.1.5
3.1.3
5.1
2.1
5.1.2
7.1.2
5.1
2.1
3.1.2
2
2.1
3.1.2
11.1.4
3.1.2
5
5.1.4
Not stated
Not stated
Not stated
3.1.2
5.1
5.0.2
7.0.2
3.1
2.1
5.1.2
7.1.4
Not stated
ns
Not stated
ns
ns
Internal speakers
5
9
2
3
13
Not stated
7
6
Not stated
5
2
5
7
8
3
6
2
6
8
6
5
3
11
11
5
4
Not stated
4
2
8
15
7
7
13
11
7
4
5
5
11
13
5
2
5
Not stated
6
6
2
6
6
Subwoofer dimensions (cm, H x W x D)
31.5 x 25 x 30
N/A
NA
N/A
N/A
34.5 x 17 x 32
37 x 17.5 x 29
N/A
30 x 16.5 x 30
30.5 x 21.5 x 30.5
31 x 11.5 x 36
30.5 x 15.5 x 30
44 x 30.5 x 30.5
45 x 30.5 x 30.5
18.5 x 39.5 x 29
38 x 20 x 29
32.5 x 17.5 x 25.5
41 x 20.1 x 41
41 x 20.5 x 40.5
39 x 23 x 31.5
40 x 17.5 x 26.5
N/A
40 x 30.5 x 41
40 x 30.5 x 41
37 x 17 x 39
34.5 x 17.5 x 31
33 x 20 x 28
NA
34.5 x 18.5 x 30
34.5 x 18.5 x 30
25.5 x 25 x 25
25.5 x 25 x 25
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
39 x 21 x 39
39 x 27.5 x 39
N/A
N/A
N/A
39 x 19.5 x 40
37 x 24.5 x 40
37 x 22 x 27.5
N/A
52 x 20 x 41
34 x 16 x 36.5
40.5 x 19 x 41
40.5 x 19 x 41
Subwoofer weight (kg)
5.8
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
5.2
4.3
N/A
3.69
5
3.4
4
10.5
10
6
6
4.5
10
10
7.8
5.3
N/A
11.8
11.8
5.5
5.3
4.3
N/A
4.5
5.5
8.3
4.8
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
7.7
11.6
N/A
N/A
N/A
7.3
7.8
6.38
N/A
8.1
5.5
10
10
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