Denon Home Soundbar 550

The Denon Home 550 has got a lot of the right ingredients. It’s compactand discreet, nicely made, properly finished and better-specified than many of its competitors for the price you pay. But can it knock our current favourite small-ish soundbar – the Sonos Beam Gen 2 – off its perch?

Let’s kick off with an additional HDMI socket. Unlike the Sonos Beam Gen 2, with its single HDMI eARC socket, the Home 550 adds an HDMI input – so you don’t have to take