Best Soundbar 2025: Options for every size and budget tested and ranked

UK RRP £2199 £1699 £1299 £299 £999 £449 £229.99 £549 £499 £1999 USA RRP $2499 $1999 $1499.95 Unavailable $999 $449 $249.99 – – $2499 EU RRP €2499 €1650 €1499 – €999 €499 €249.99 – – €2299 CA RRP CA$3299 CA$2199 CA$1999.95 Unavailable – CA$559 CA$329.99 – – CA$2999 AUD RRP AU$3999 AU$2099 AU$2499.95 Unavailable – AU$699 AU$411.95 – – AU$3599 Manufacturer Sennheiser Samsung Sennheiser Philips Sonos Sonos Razer Sharp Bose KEF Quiet Mark Accredited – – – – – – No – – – Size (Dimensions) 1265 x 171 x 125 MM x x INCHES 1051 x 121 x 77 MM 811 x 42 x 37 MM 1178 x 111 x 75 MM 651 x 100 x 69 MM 3.6 x 19.7 x 2.3 INCHES 1260 x 125 x 75 MM 694 x 104 x 56 MM 1210 x 170 x 70 MM Weight 18.5 KG – 6.3 KG 9.6 KG 5.9 KG 2.8 KG 1.4 KG 12.3 KG – 10.6 KG ASIN B0BSP22G12 – B0BSP22G12 B0CYT7Q4F7 B0DDZC1KP7 B09B12MGXM B09MMF7DLH B0D37M2TWG B0D8C118YL B0FHWV6W8C Release Date 2019 2025 2022 2024 2024 2021 2021 2025 2024 2025 First Reviewed Date 11/09/2019 – – – 14/11/2024 30/09/2021 06/06/2022 – – – Model Number 508684 – SB02M TAB6309/10 Sonos Arc Ultra Sonos Beam (2nd Gen) – – – – Model Variants – – – – Black and white Black or white – – – – Sound Bar Channels 5.12 – 7.1.4 2.1 9.1.4 – – 7.1.4 – 5.1.2 Driver (s) 6x 4inch long-throw woofer, cellulose sandwich cone 5x 1-inch tweeter, aluminium dome tweeter 2x 3.5-inch full-range driver (top-firing) – Two 4-inch Cellulose Cone Driver, 7 2-inch Aluminum Cone Full-range Drivers Two tweeters, two full-range, 4.5-inch woofer 7x tweeters, 6x midwoofers, 1x woofer 1x tweeter, 4x mid-woofers, 3x passive radiators Full Range Driver, Tweeter Driver, Passive Radiator Driver, Down-Firing Subwoofer Four 40x90mm, two 37x86mm side-firing, two 2.5-inch Up-firing, 6.5-inch subwoofer – 50mm Uni-Q MX HF/MF x 6; 50mm full-range x 2; 50 x 180mm P185 LF x 4 Front Speaker (Dimensions) – 1232(w) x 70.8(h) x 138(d)mm – – – – – – – – Subwoofer (Dimensions) – 249(w) x 251.8(h) x 249(d)mm – – – – – – – – Surround Sound Systems – 129.5(w) x 201.3(h) x 140.5(d)mm – – – – – – – – Audio (Power output) 250 W 756 W 400 W 320 W – – – 650 W – 820 W Connectivity 3/1 HDMI, Optical In, AUX In (Stereo RCA), Ethernet, Subwoofer Pre-Out 1x Mic Input (2.5mm jack), Bluetooth, Chromecast two HDMI inputs, HDMI output, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.2, Optical digital audio input HDMI v2.1, two HDMI 2.0; digital optical audio, phono AV Bluetooth 5.3 HDMI eARC HDMI eARC, Optical S/PDIF (via adaptor) Bluetooth 5.2, USB-C Bluetooth 5.3 Wi-fi, AirPlay 2, Google Cast, Bluetooth 4.2 Bluetooth 5.3, dual-band Wi-Fi, USB; digital optical: HDMI eARC ARC/eARC ARC/eARC ARC/eARC ARC/eARC ARC/eARC eARC ARC/eARC N/A ARC/eARC ARC/eARC ARC/eARC Colours Black Grey Black Grey Black or white Black, white Black Grey/Black Black Black, Grey Frequency Range – – Hz – – – – – – – – Voice Assistant Works with Google Assistant – Amazon Alexa – Amazon Alexa, Sonos Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant N/A – – – Audio Formats 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 Dolby Atmos, Dolby Audio, DTS, DTS:X Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, MPEG-H, 360 Reality Audio, PCM Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital+, DTS Digital Surround, Dolby MAT, Dolby TrueHD, LPCM 2ch, DTS Virtual:X – Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD, Dolby Atmos, PCM – Dolby Atmos, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital, DTS:X, DTS-HD, DTS 5.1 Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus Dolby Atmos; DTS:X; Sony 360 Reality Audio Power Consumption 500 W – – – – – – – – – Subwoofer Yes Yes – Yes – – Yes Yes – – Rear Speaker No Yes No No Optional Optional No Yes No Optional Frequency 30Hz – 20kHz – 38Hz – 20 KHz – – – 40-20000Hz – – – Multiroom – – – – Yes (Sonos) Yes (Sonos) No – – – Front speaker (Weight) – 7.3 g – – – – – – – – Subwoofer (Weight) – 8.3 g – – – – – – – – Surround sound speaker (Weight) – 3.4 g – – – – – – – –