Best soundbars 2023: get the best sound, bar-none
Modern TVs are great, aren’t they? Bigger than possibly necessary, flatter than the tastiest panel-based pancake and capable of dominating rooms. With images available up to 4K, refresh rates rapid enough to handle the most hardcore of games, and contrast ratios that can dazzle with colour and help you delve deep into the dark, today’s TVs have it all. Or do they?
You see, the problem with super-slim TVs is that they simply don’t have the capacity for delivering sound that can match the picture; literally. Because they’re so super-slim, there’s no space for large speakers, so while they may come tweaked by audio experts and backed with the very latest digital audio technologies, they simply don’t possess the physical space to offer that much oomph.
But that’s okay because if your TV’s sickly sound is making you sad and you don’t have the room for a full-on surround sound system, you can always amp up the audio with the addition of a slick soundbar.
Available across a vast price spectrum, from under a ton to over an eye-watering amount, size, power and potential connections vary wildly, so for the sake of this review round-up I’ve looked at a colossal cross-section and lent my ear to bars that run from the basic to the brilliant in the hope of happening across something ideal for your home.
So, grab your coat, let’s go grab a pint of sonorous perfection in the soundbar…
Best soundbars at a glance:
- Best for abounding audio excellence: Sennheiser AMBEO Soundbar Mini - £699, Sennheiser
- Best for a bargain bar with the power to perform: Majority Teton-Plus Soundbar - £100, Majority
- Best for sweeping surround soundscapes: Majority Everest Bluetooth 5.1 - £225, Amazon
- Best for three-dimensional dynamics: Sony HT-S2000 - £449, Sony
- Best for bargain banging tunes: Groov-e SoundBar 160 - £80, Amazon
