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Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar

“There are plenty of Dolby Atmos soundbars out there, but the Ambeo Soundbar is different: it’s the best soundbar we’ve tested”

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Soundbar | £2199 | whf.cm/AmbeoSoundbar

It’s amazing that Sennheiser has waited until now to launch its first consumer speaker. Apparently unmoved by the Bluetooth speaker craze, and so far resisting releasing a range of multi-room or smart speakers, the company has seemingly been tempted to venture outside its headphones comfort zone by the advent of Dolby Atmos, which it has built into a soundbar.

There are already plenty of Dolby Atmos soundbars out there, but the Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar is different: it’s much more expensive, much bigger and a fair bit fussier. But it’s also much better. In fact, it’s the best sounding soundbar we’ve tested.

The Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar is much bigger than most products

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