Finest Dolby Atmos soundbar 2023

Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Max

£2199

$2499

€2499

CA$3299

AU$3999

Sennheiser

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1265 x 171 x 125 MM

18.5 KG

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2019

11/09/2019

508684

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5.12

6x 4inch long-throw woofer, cellulose sandwich cone 5x 1-inch tweeter, aluminium dome tweeter 2x 3.5-inch full-range driver (top-firing)

250 W

3/1 HDMI, Optical In, AUX In (Stereo RCA), Ethernet, Subwoofer Pre-Out 1x Mic Enter (2.5mm jack), Bluetooth, Chromecast

ARC/eARC

Black

Works with Google Assistant

LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.1, LPCM 7.1, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD, Dolby Atmos, DTS DTS-ES Discrete 6.1, DTS-ES Matrix 6.1 DTS 96/24 DTS-HD LBR, DTS:X DSD, MPEG-H

500 W

Sure

No

30Hz – 20kHz

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Sony HT-A7000

£1199

$1299

€1300

CA$1699

AU$1699

Sony

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1300 x 142 x 80 MM

8.7 KG

B099NT4WJT

2021

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HTA7000.CEK

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7.1.2

5x entrance audio system, twin bass woofers, 2x upfiring audio system, 2x tweeters

500 W

Chromecast, Spotify Join, AirPlay 2, Bluetooth 5.0

eARC

Black

Works with Alexa, Google Assistant

Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital plus, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Twin mono, DTS, DTS HD Excessive Decision Audio, DTS HD Grasp Audio, DTS ES, DTS 96/24, DTS:X, LPCM, DSD, WAV, FLAC, ALAC, AIFF, HE AAC, AAC, mp3, Monkey Audio, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, SBC, LDAC

65 W

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Elective

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AirPlay 2

Sonos Arc

£899

$899

€999

CA$1099

AU$1499

Sonos

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1141.7 x 115.7 x 87 MM

6.25 KG

B0876T3695

2020

04/06/2020

ARCG1UK1BLK

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8x elliptical woofers, 3x silk dome tweeters

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Wi-Fi, AirPlay 2

eARC

Black, White

Constructed-in Google Assistant/Alexa

Dolby Atmos, Dolby True HD, Dolby Digital+, Dolby Digital, DTS Digital Encompass, Stereo PCM, Multichannel PCM, Dolby Multichannel PCM

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Elective

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Sure

Sonos Beam (Gen 2)

£449

$449

€499

CA$559

AU$699

Sonos

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651 x 100 x 69 MM

2.8 KG

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2021

30/09/2021

Sonos Beam (2nd Gen)

Black or white

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1x tweeter, 4x mid-woofers, 3x passive radiators

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HDMI eARC, Optical S/PDIF (by way of adaptor)

ARC/eARC

Black, white

Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant

Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD, Dolby Atmos, PCM

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Elective

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Sure (Sonos)

Bose Sensible Soundbar 600

£499.95

$499

€549.95

CA$609

AU$799.95

Bose

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694 x 104 x 56.1 MM

3.1 KG

B0BB85R2BV

2022

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873973-4100

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32mm tweeter, two 44 x 102mm racetrack, two 57mm drivers, two bass reflex ports

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Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi, Chromecast, Apple AirPlay 2, Spotify Join, HDMI, digital optical

ARC/eARC

Black

Amazon Alexa

Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus

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–

Elective

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Samsung HW-S61B

£329

$349

€419

CA$499

AU$599

Samsung

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670 x 105 x 62 MM

2.7 KG

B09W66KSXN

2022

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HW-S61B/XU

S60B

5.0

Centre, two side-firing

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ARC

White, Black

Works with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Bixby

Dolby Atmos (Dolby Digital Plus), DTS Digital:X, AAC, MP3, FLAC, ALAC, WAV, OGG, AIFF

31 W

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Elective

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Samsung HW-Q990B

£1299

$1499

€990

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AU$1399

Samsung

No

1232 x 138 x 69.5 MM

7.7 KG

B09VQ6WGCR

2022

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HW-Q990B/XU

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11.1.4

Large Vary Tweeter, Up-firing Speaker, Centre Speaker, Facet-firing Speaker, Wi-fi Rear Audio system

656 W

Two HDMI inputs, one HDMI output, optical audio enter

eARC

Black

Alexa, works with Google Assistant

Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, Dolby Professional-logic, Dolby AC3, stereo, Hello-Decision audio together with AAC, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, OGG and ALAC

41 W

Sure

Sure

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Samsung HW-Q700B

£699

$699

€719

CA$899

Unavailable

Samsung

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1110.7 x 120 x 60.4 MM

10.7 KG

B09VQW6Q79

2022

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HW-Q700B/XU

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3.1.2

centre, two upfiring, two big selection tweeter

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HDMI in, HDMI out, Optical in, Bluetooth, AirPlay 2, Wi-Fi, Chromecast, Spotify Join

ARC/eARC

Black

Works with Alexa,

Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, AAC, SBC, FLAC, WAV, ALAC, AIFF, OGG, MP3

37 W

Sure

Elective

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