Sound Bar News

Soundbars are the fastest growing speaker category in all of consumer electronics and home theater. Soundbars are speakers specifically designed to provide sound from today's amazingly thin HDTV sets. With built-in DVD or built-in Blu-ray players - these often HDMI powered, thin speaker systems play the role of a 3.1 or 5.1 surround sound speaker system and an HDMI receiver for far less of a price. Read below for all of the latest developments in the world of soundbars. See our Soundbar Review page for reviews of the top performing home theater soundbars from the likes of Yamaha, Bowers & Wilkins, Polk Audio, Definitive Technology.

  • WiiM Bar Is a $479 Dolby Atmos Soundbar With a Very Un-Sonos Feature List

    The new WiiM Bar brings Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, Wi-Fi streaming, and a built-in color display to a price point that puts it directly in Sonos Beam Gen 2 territory.

  • CANVAS L Is the World’s First “Audiophile Soundbar” Coming for High-End Stereo Systems

    CANVAS L takes the basic soundbar idea and stretches it into something much more ambitious: a single-box TV audio system built with high-end speaker hardware inside.

  • Sony’s BRAVIA Theater Trio Could Be the Soundbar Alternative Big TVs Need

    Sony’s new BRAVIA Theater Trio is built for the big-TV era, where one long speaker under the screen does not always feel wide enough.

  • Bose’s New Lifestyle Setup Competes Directly With Sonos—But Differently

    Bose is bringing back its Lifestyle name with a new soundbar, subwoofer, and wireless speaker built to grow into a full home theater system.

  • Samsung’s 2026 Audio Lineup Targets Sonos With New Studio Speakers and Smarter Soundbars

    Samsung is rolling out a new set of Music Studio speakers and Q-Series soundbars that focus on flexibility, wireless audio, and tighter TV integration.

  • Sony’s 2026 BRAVIA Lineup Expands Big — New Soundbars, Speakers, and a 100-Inch TV

    Sony is expanding its home theater lineup for 2026 with new BRAVIA Theater soundbars, modular speakers, and a mid-range BRAVIA 3 TV designed to work together as a complete...

  • The Best Sound We Heard at CES 2026 Came from One Box, and It’s Called Mu‑so Hekla

    We weren’t expecting the most cinematic sound at CES 2026 to come from a single speaker—but then we heard Focal's Mu-so Hekla.

  • SVS Enters the Soundbar Game at CES 2026 — and Brings a 600‑Watt Wireless Sub With It

    SVS used CES 2026 to debut its first-ever Dolby Atmos soundbar and a new line of high-powered subwoofers designed for real home theater performance.

  • Samsung Unleashes Its Biggest Soundbar Ever, Plus New Speakers to Rival Sonos and Bose

    Samsung’s Q990H soundbar headlines the 2026 lineup, joined by Music Studio Wi-Fi speakers designed to compete directly with Sonos and Bose.

  • LG’s New Sound Suite Uses Dolby FlexConnect to Do What Sonos Can’t

    LG is betting on Dolby FlexConnect with its new Sound Suite, a modular audio system built to adapt to real living rooms rather than forcing users into rigid speaker...

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