11 best soundbars for cinematic audio from your TV
The IndependentSign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Those thin screens with marginal bezels leave little room for booming speakers, so, voices don’t always sound crisp and clear, and there’s often not much depth. As well as giving your favourite TV shows and movies a deeper, richer sound, you can also connect your phone to the models in this article and use the soundbar as a speaker to get the tunes pumping in your living room. open image in gallery A selection of the best soundbars we reviewed for this article To get a full sense of the soundbar’s audio quality, we watched a range of Dolby Atmos and non-Atmos TV shows and films on Netflix and regular TV, including the Premier League, Altered Carbon, Six Underground and high-fidelity music streaming services. We also looked at each model’s design, features and specs, looking at the quality of any extras – such as subwoofers and companion apps, as well as assessing each soundbar’s overall performance when it came to filling rooms with sound.