Higher ratedRanked #3 in Best Soundbars
Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Plus4.5
$1,499The Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Plus is the choice for buyers who want a single elegant bar with no sub or rear speakers cluttering the room, and who value tonal accuracy over raw channel count. The built-in dual subwoofers and seven full-range drivers produce a more natural and musical sound than any other one-piece bar tested, with virtual height processing that genuinely creates a tall Atmos dome. The catch is the price and the lack of HDMI 2.1 passthrough.
Strengths
- — Built-in dual 4-inch subwoofers eliminate the need for a separate wireless sub for most rooms
- — 7.1.4 virtual channel processing with no rear speakers needed produces a remarkably tall sound dome
- — Self-calibration via the included microphone genuinely adapts the bar to room acoustics
Watch-outs
- — $1,500 list price puts it well above one-piece competitors with similar form factors
- — No HDMI 2.1 passthrough means PS5 and Xbox Series X 4K/120 sources must route through the TV
- — Single-bar form factor cannot match the rear-envelopment of a system with discrete satellites
