The popularity of soundbars has increased dramatically in recent months, and it’s down to a few main reasons: they eliminate the wiring and confusions when setting up the traditional 5.1 or 7.1 home cinema system, with minimal space required. And to be honest, it just looks damn sleek when placed under your flat screen HD TV.
We’ve cherry picked the top 5 sound bars for you to consider, make sure to read this before you buy!
Substantial low bass for a small enclosure
Yamaha YAS-101
Perfect for the lower end budget, delivering solid sound for your favourite TV shows or films. With its built in subwoofer, allowing you more room for anything else in the cabinet. The soundbar uses excellent surround sound technology which is equivalent to a 7.1-channel system, excellent imaging and rich presence. Producing clear voice volume as well as any action sounds at the back and sides.
RRP: £229.95
Wireless active subwoofer allows flexible placement Yamaha YAS-201
A whopping 160 watts is produced from this sound bar, getting every single dialogue with its Clear Voice technology. The YAS-201 does come with a seperate subwoofer, but fear not cable haters – it’s completely wireless giving you full flexibility of positioning. The YAS-201 is the latest in stylish, discrete and impressive sounding home cinema at a very attractive price.
RRP: £349
Powerful, refined sound
Yamaha YSP-2200
This sound bar is 3D ready with a total power output of 132W. Lots of sockets at the rear include 3 HDMI inputs. This Digital Sound Projector is larger than the two mentioned but still attractive with its customary black finish. What we really like about the YSP-2200 is the sleek looking tidy LED display panel located at far right, helping you to set up the system with ease. Don’t forget it also comes with a subwoofer for those bass lovers.
RRP: £819.95
High Quality, Expansive Surround Sound
Yamaha YSP-3300
Featuring 16 array speakers which can be controlled by the YSP Technology. With two powerful woofer units producing amazing sound quality and clear dialogues with surround sound. The body of the YSP-3300 soundbar is made out of aluminum, which takes away any unwanted vibrations. One of its best feature is the wireless streaming – the result is out of this world, you will not believe your ears!
RRP: £999
Outstanding Surround Realism
Yamaha YSP-4300
Finally, we have the high performance sound bar with 6 more array speakers from the YSP-3300 (a total of 22 array speakers). Still very flexible for position with its wireless subwoofer. Also a massive output watts of 324W. If that’s not enough, the YSP-4300 sound bar features a USB for iPod/iPhone/iPad, USB Memory, Portable Audio Player connectivity and a radio tuner. Top marks!
RRP: £1299