Best Dolby Atmos Soundbar 2025: Upgrade your TV sound

Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Max

£2199

$2499

€2499

CA$3299

AU$3999

Sennheiser

1265 x 171 x 125 MM

18.5 KG

B0BSP22G12

2019

11/09/2019

508684

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5.12

6x 4inch long-throw woofer, cellulose sandwich cone 5x 1-inch tweeter, aluminium dome tweeter 2x 3.5-inch full-range driver (top-firing)

250 W

3/1 HDMI, Optical In, AUX In (Stereo RCA), Ethernet, Subwoofer Pre-Out 1x Mic Input (2.5mm jack), Bluetooth, Chromecast

ARC/eARC

Black

Works with Google Assistant

LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.1, LPCM 7.1, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD, Dolby Atmos, DTS DTS-ES Discrete 6.1, DTS-ES Matrix 6.1 DTS 96/24 DTS-HD LBR, DTS:X DSD, MPEG-H

500 W

Yes

No

30Hz – 20kHz

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Sonos Beam (Gen 2)

£449

$449

€499

CA$559

AU$699

Sonos

651 x 100 x 69 MM

2.8 KG

B09B12MGXM

2021

30/09/2021

Sonos Beam (2nd Gen)

Black or white

–

1x tweeter, 4x mid-woofers, 3x passive radiators

–

HDMI eARC, Optical S/PDIF (via adaptor)

ARC/eARC

Black, white

Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant

Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD, Dolby Atmos, PCM

–

–

Optional

–

Yes (Sonos)

Samsung HW-S61B

£329

$349

€419

CA$499

AU$599

Samsung

670 x 105 x 62 MM

2.7 KG

B09W66KSXN

2022

–

HW-S61B/XU

S60B

5.0

Centre, two side-firing

–

–

ARC

White, Black

Works with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Bixby

Dolby Atmos (Dolby Digital Plus), DTS Virtual:X, AAC, MP3, FLAC, ALAC, WAV, OGG, AIFF

31 W

–

Optional

–

–

Samsung HW-Q800C

£849

$998

€849

CA$1099

AU$1099

Samsung

1182 x 272 x 576 MM

18 KG

B0BXQ118S8

2023

–

HW-Q800C/XU

–

5.1.2

Two upfiring, two wide range tweeter, two side-firing, centre speaker, 8-inch subwoofer

–

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth

ARC/eARC

Black

Alexa built-in

Dolby Atmos, Dolby Atmos Music, Dolby MAT, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD, Dolby 5.1ch, DTS:X, LPCM, DTS-HD Master Audio, DTS 5.1, DTS HD

58 W

Yes

Optional

–

Alexa Multi-Room, Spotify Connect, AirPlay 2

Samsung HW-Q990D

£1699

$1749.99

€1699

–

–

Samsung

1232 x 138 x 69.5 MM

28.2 KG

–

2024

03/05/2024

Samsung HW-Q990D

–

11.1.4

22

656 W

Two HDMI inputs, one HDMI output, optical audio input, Wi-FI, Bluetooth 5.2

ARC/eARC

Graphite black

Alexa Built in, ‘works with’ Google Assistant

Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, Dolby 5.1, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS Master HD, LPCM multichannel, MP3, AAC, OGG, FLAC, WAV, ALAC, AIFF

68 W

Yes

Yes

–

No

Sonos Arc Ultra

£999

$999

€999

–

–

Sonos

1178 x 111 x 75 MM

5.9 KG

B0DDZC1KP7

2024

14/11/2024

Sonos Arc Ultra

Black and white

9.1.4

7x tweeters, 6x midwoofers, 1x woofer

–

HDMI eARC

eARC

Black or white

Amazon Alexa, Sonos

–

–

–

Optional

–

Yes (Sonos)