Best soundbars 2022

Product of the year

Best soundbar £1000-£1500

Sony HT-A7000

Sony HT-A7000

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Powerful and muscular room-filling Dolby Atmos from a single soundbar

Best buys

Best soundbar under £500

Sonos Beam Gen 2 review

Sonos Beam (Gen 2)

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The Sonos Beam comes of age with a refined sound and excellent Dolby Atmos interpretation

Best soundbar £500-£1000

Sonos Arc

Sonos Arc

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The Arc remains a great combination of Sonos smarts and Dolby Atmos

Best soundbar over £1500

Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Max

Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Max

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Sennheiser's enormous Ambeo soundbar justifies its huge price tag?

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2 Comments Comment from the forums
  • londonguy
    im guessing the ambeo wins on anything other than useability considering the multitude of issues users have been having for the last couple years
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  • Ted n
    londonguy said:
    im guessing the ambeo wins on anything other than useability considering the multitude of issues users have been having for the last couple years
    I just read Polk has a great sounding bar currently on sale for around $300-!
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