Happy listening! Best AV receivers. If you want a true home theatre experience, this is the very best surround sound system when it comes to performance-per-pound value. These Dali speakers sound full and warm, bringing out the best in any soundtrack.
The sound is transparent but fun, powerful yet at the same time subtle. It won our coveted Product of the Year last year. Need we say more? Add in eight - eight! But it's not ready yet, not without something to provide the visuals. Its vibrant, immersive HDR picture is complemented by a powerful and weighty sound that will do your system proud.
Read the full review: Dali Oberon 5 5. Who needs loads of boxes? The Sonos Arc uses 11 drivers to create your surround soundfield, a number of which are upfiring and angled into your room to bounce sound off your walls and ceiling.
It all adds up to an impressive surround sound performance for a soundbar. You're transported to the heart of the action. Those surround effects are expertly placed and there's great dynamism and good weight to the sound too. Tonally, it's nicely balanced if you just want to listen to music, although it could sound a tiny bit more direct. But, there's no doubt this is a hugely impressive soundbar for the money. Read the full review: Sonos Arc. With poise, effortlessness, cut-glass diction and charisma, the Wharfedale Diamond The package is made up of a quartet of the excellent, mid-sized Diamond C in the middle and the SW10 powered subwoofer supplying the bass.
The tautness and dexterity of the SW is remarkable. It's an incredibly musical sub blending seamlessly with the smaller speakers, which themselves have an impressively well integrated low end. The result is a rich and lively sound. Large enough to provide cinematic scale with a wide soundfield, but discreet and affordable enough to be accessible to a variety of audiences, the Diamond Read the full review: Wharfedale Diamond Delivering Dolby Atmos from a small chassis is no mean feat yet the Sonos Beam Gen 2 achieves a convincing, immersive performance without so much as a vertical speaker in sight.
Instead, when watching Atmos content, two of the soundbar's five front-facing arrays are dedicated to reproducing overhead and surround sounds. With its hefty processing power, the Sonos Beam Gen 2 uses psychoacoustic HRTF head-related transfer function technology to give the impression of height without needing to get vertical. While genuine overhead sounds are perhaps a stretch too far for this petite performer, its virtual delivery of the Atmos format outstrips any similarly priced soundbar and even a few that are more expensive.
The Beam Gen 2 offers an enveloping, spatial soundscape with rich, detailed audio as well as tangible motion and depth. Despite the lack of upward drivers, if space and budget are limited there isn't a better Dolby Atmos soundbar that we'd recommend. Read the full review: Sonos Beam Gen 2. Sony has excellent form with soundbars, and the flagship HT-A soundbar is no different.
In terms of height and precision, the performance is similar to that of the Sonos Arc , but the width of the soundstage and its forward projection is more convincing. The integrated sub is also particularly impressive with a taut, controlled and powerful performance. Alongside two HDMI 2. Read the full review: Sony HT-A This speaker package makes for a listen that's straight-up fun, but with plenty of low-end rumble to boot. The timing is snappy, making for a fast but natural-sounding performance, while the centre speaker which handles the all-important dialogue is effortlessly dynamic and engaging.
If you want a real step up in performance, you'd have to spend around double, which just shows what great value this represents. The AV amp won our Product of the Year two years in a row, which is testament to what an offering it is. There's plenty of punch and dynamism on show, but never at the expense of any detail. Fire it up and you'll be spellbound. This 4K Blu-ray player delivers a stunningly natural picture that's crisp and has excellent contrast and colours.
Even better, it doesn't cost the earth. No wonder it won one of our coveted Awards in Read the full review: Q Acoustics i 5. With five different audio inputs, three ways to mount it and ten drivers all working together to deliver an immersive sound experience, there's plenty to talk about with the Dali Katch One. It is quite tall, so you really have to mount it on a wall, but that will only aid bass performance from the rear-firing drivers.
The Katch One is also a good looking bar. And the bar serves up a great dynamic performance with a broad, clear soundstage which works well for movies, and it also boasts the ability to sound fun with music, too. Read the full review: Dali Katch One. This soundbar is proof you don't need a full separates home theatre system to enjoy surround sound, even if it is of the virtual kind, rather than 'proper' surround sound. Buying a complete 5. A soundbar is your best bet.
Get an AV receiver and decent stereo speakers, and you can upgrade over time. The Vizio M21d ticks all of the boxes: relatively affordable, great sound and enough volume to fill your living space. It sounds great with both movies and music alike. Read our Vizio V21 review. If sound quality is your main aim, they don't sound any better for the money than the Klipsch Cinema It boasts exposed tweeters for enhanced aesthetics as well as a sonic boost.
The subwoofer also offers plenty of grunt for your next movie night. Read our Klipsch Cinema review. If you're just starting out, the best way to upgrade your TV sound is with a soundbar.
It's simple, everything you need is included in the box and it's easy to set up. There are only a couple of cables to connect, and they don't require multiple speakers in the room. As we discuss in our soundbar buying guide , there are two main types: soundbars that are usually accompanied by a wireless sub, and sound bases. For most people, a soundbar is the best option, and the features to look for are Bluetooth and an optical or HDMI connection.
There are many different brands of receivers and speaker-makers that it can be hard to know where to start. Usually a cool grand, the Klipsch Reference Theater Pack is currently selling for a third of the price. With five discrete satellites and a capable subwoofer, this Klipsch system offers all of the elements you need for both movies and music.
Read our Klipsch Reference Theater Pack review. If the Klipsch is no longer on sale, then a pair of great stereo speakers could be all you need, and the Elac Debut 2.
And what about multi-speaker systems? Our experts don't necessarily prefer the sound quality they produce to that of a sound bar or a mini hi-fi. However, there are certain things that only a multi-speaker system can give you, such as true surround sound. Sound bars integrate several speakers into one long rectangular box. With fewer wires, these sound systems can simply sit in front of your TV or be fixed below a wall-mounted set. Many sound bars also come with a separate subwoofer speaker — usually a sizeable rectangular box, housing large-diameter speakers that can produce low-frequency sounds ie.
These subwoofers are sometimes wireless, although they still have to be plugged in to a wall socket to get power. TV shows are generally recorded in stereo, so a more expensive multi-speaker home cinema set-up is often unnecessary.
Our Best Buy sound bars deliver fantastic sound quality, whether you're watching Aliens or Antiques Roadshow. Read our sound bar reviews to find the best sound bar. Home cinema systems usually take the form of a Blu-ray or DVD player along with an amplifier, and multiple speakers.
These typically give you '5. The '5' refers to the five main speakers: two positioned behind you to the right and left, and three front speakers, which go left, right and centre of the TV. The '1' indicates the number of subwoofers. Although 5. You can also buy surround sound systems with an amplifier unit or 'receiver' , though not a Blu-ray or DVD player, but it's the full package that is usually termed a 'home cinema system'.
If you already own a player, it's likely to be cheaper to just buy a surround sound system. Do carefully check what's included, though, as some manufacturers and retailers use the terms interchangeably.
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