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Soundbars are the fastest growing speaker category in all of consumer electronics and home theater. Soundbars are speakers specifically designed to provide sound from today's amazingly thin HDTV sets. With built-in DVD or built-in Blu-ray players - these often HDMI powered, thin speaker systems play the role of a 3.1 or 5.1 surround sound speaker system and an HDMI receiver for far less of a price. Read below for all of the latest developments in the world of soundbars. See our Soundbar Review page for reviews of the top performing home theater soundbars from the likes of Yamaha, Bowers & Wilkins, Polk Audio, Definitive Technology.
Energy Debuts Second Soundbar in Energy Power Series
Energy offers the second model in the company's Energy Power Series of soundbars with the Energy Power Bar Elite. The Energy Power Bar Elite features some useful technologies that are easy for the user to take advantage of.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Yamaha Releases YHT-S401 Surround Sound Soundbar System
Yamaha continues the company's work in the soundbar market by adding the YHT-S401 soundbar system to the company's offerings. The YHT-S401 features many impressive features, such as 7.1 sound and more.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Atlantic Technology Upgrades FS-7 Soundbar
Atlantic Technology has improved upon the company's FS-7 seven channel soundbar, both inside and out to make it even more enticing to consumers in search of more than the traditional 5 channels.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Yamaha Claims YAS-101 Soundbar is a Game Changer
Yamaha is touting the YAS-101 as a game changer. The new soundbar or Front Surround System, as the company calls it, certainly has quite a few impressive features at a very impressive price.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Onkyo Releases iOnly Line for Apple Devices
Recognizing that digital music is everywhere and portability is key, Onkyo has decided to released several docking port music systems designed for the iPod, iPhone, and the iPad. Onkyo has dubbed the new line the iOnly line.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Definitive Technology Adds 3-Channel and 5-Channel Soundbars
Definitive Technology adds more models to their Mythos on-wall speaker line. This time they are adding two soundbars that come packed with a host of features designed to set them apart from other soundbars.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
ZVOX Releases Two New Soundbars
ZVOX has released two new soundbars, the ZVOX 555 and ZVOX 580, which are encased in wooden cabinets and feature some brand new technologies that have never been included in ZVOX's products before.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Boston Acoustics Brought Audio to Microsoft Kinect at E3 2011
Boston Acoustics teamed up with Microsoft at the Electronic Entertainment Expo to bring audio to Microsoft's Xbox 360 booth, where every Kinect also had a Boston Acoustics soundbar to deliver audio.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Leon Speakers Improves On Horizon Line
Leon Loudspeakers is out with a new line of ultra-thin speakers that safely fit inside the soundbar category. The Horizon UT and Hoirizon UT-X-A are very very thin loudspeakers that match well with today's amazingly thin HDTV televisions yet don't have a "thin" sound by any measure.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Panasonic Announces Pricing of New 3D Blu-ray Home Theater Systems
Looking for a new Blu-ray capable home theater in a box or sound bar speaker system? HDTV and plasma leader, Panasonic has a sexy, thin line of new speakers, subwoofers, Blu-ray machines and more to match your latest HDTV investment. ... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Polk Previews New F/X Wireless Surround
Somebody at Polk has been really thinking about creative new products. The F/X wireless surround can solve your surround sound needs from one speaker and without interconnects. It does however have to plug into the wall as nobody at Polk has invented wireless AC power. ... Click Here To Read The Full Review
LG Unveils HD Sound Bar and Subwoofer
LG is out with an ultra-slim soundbar called the LSB316 which packs a 6-speaker array and comes with a wireless subwoofer for modest installations based around today's ultra-flat HDTVs. Not all speakers match up with today's HDTVs and LG is trying hard to bridge the gap.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Yamaha Unveils New Soundbar with HD and 3D Support
Yamaha, one of the leading brands of soundbar and small speaker products, is out today with the YSP-2200 soundbars system. The new YSP-2200 rocks 3D capability and is only 3.5 inches thick. The system comes with a 100 Watt subwoofer and claims a 7.1 surround sound effect for Blu-ray users.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Polk Ships New SurroundBar 6000 IHT
Polk, a leader in higher end soundbar technology, is now shipping the SurroundBar 6000 IHT soundbar system. The SurroundBar 6000 is 3D capable, is self-powered and comes with a wireless subwoofer. Polk is known for both their surround sound and now slim soundbar products. ... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Yamaha Announces 3D Home Theater In A Box
The YH-494 is the latest in Yamaha's pleasingly compact Home Theater in a Box series, which provides a 3D, hi-def-audio capable multi-channel system that takes up very little space and can in fact sit directly in front of the monitor without blocking visibility.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Panasonic's Wireless Audio Speaker System Made For Full HD 3D Delivers Full Sound Without Cables
Panasonic might just win the award for the most thin loudspeaker with their new wireless solution. The Panasonic SC-ZT2 speakers that bring 3D capabilities to users with today's thin HDTV systems. They claim 7.1 audio from 2.1 speakers which is a big claim. Read the whole story here.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Panasonic Debuts Its First Surround Bar Audio Systems With 3D Pass Through
Panasonic is out with their first surround sound or soundbar products with 3D pass-through. The Panasonic SC-HTB10 and SC-HTB500 are HDMI 1.4 ready thus for those playing say Avatar from an HDMI 1.4 player into a 3D capable HDTV set - they will now be able to see everything the disc can do in a top performing home theater.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Sony Comes To Table With 3D Capable Soundbar and HTIB
The realm of home audio solutions has been expanded by three new entries from Sony, the HT-CT350 and the HT-CT150 3.1 sound bars and the HT-SF470 5.1-channel home theater system. All of these offer the consumer great audio flexibility.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Aperion Audio's Affordable New SlimStage Soundbar
Internet-direct speaker company, Aperion Audio is out with a hot soundbar called the Aperion Audio SLIMStage 30. Its a little more beefy than recent offerings by Sony, Panasonic, Yamaha and other mainstream CE companies but audiophile and home theater enthusiasts will like the power that this soundbar and matching sub can offer.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
New Yamaha "Sound Projector" Includes HD Audio, Wireless Sub and more
Yamaha is out with a new lineup of high end soundbars including the Yahama YSP-5100 and Yamaha YSP-4100. Known as "sound projectors" these speakers have no actually video projector in them but they sure do project a nice sonic image. ... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Yamaha's Ultra-thin YHT-S400 Soundbar Now Packs HD Audio
Yamaha has a new uber-thin soundbar called the Yamaha YHT-S400 that not only matches today's thin HDTVs but it also passes 1080p video for up to three inputs. The soundbar also claims a subwoofer integrated receiver. Read on to find out more. ... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Q Acoustics Makes Advances In Sound For Flat HDTVs
Q Acoustics comes to market with their Q-TV product lineup including a 2.1 speaker system designed for today's HDTVs. While not as thin as options from Panasonic, Yamaha, Sony and Aperion, the Q Acoustics soundbar is a little more industrial in its approach... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Leon's New 1.5-Inch Deep Horizon Soundbar For Thin LED HDTVs
Custom installer favorite brand, Leon Loudspeakers, is out with a new line of Horizon soundbar speakers. The latest is the Leon Horizon 212 which is only 1.5 inches thick and matches nicely with today's plasma, LED and LCD HDTV sets in an array of custom installation situations.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Boston Acoustics' New Horizon i-DS3 Flagship iPod Speaker System With Wireless Sub
Boston Acoustics has introduced several new models as part of its award-winning loudspeaker solutions for the iPod. The latest releases include the Horizon i-DS3 Powered Speaker System with Wireless Subwoofer for iPhone/iPod.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Polk Audio's SurroundBar®360˚ DVD Theater
Polk is coming to market with a two-piece soundbar product called the Surroundbar 360 that claims it doesn't need a subwoofer. The electronics are in one box and the speakers matched with your HDTV. Packing Polk's signature sound, the Surroundbar 360 is an innovative new speaker solution in an emerging category.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Boston Acoustics Introduces New Black P400 Soundbar
Boston Acoustics is out with a whole new line of soundbar products. The flagship product is called the Boston Acoustics P400 and retails at $900. Smaller soundbars are offered $500 and $400 in the P450 and P442. These new speakers come in a gloss black finish that matches the look of many of today's HDTVs ... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Canton Ships Three-in-one Sound Bar LCR Loudspeaker System
Made from extruded aluminum, Canton's new Sound Bar CD 90SB is an audiophile soluition to a mainstream consumer electronics problem. Packing the sound from Germany's best-known and well respected speaker company, the Canton Sound Bar CD 90SB is a high performance solution for today's HDTVs.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
Canton Introduces Three-in-one Sound Bar LCR Loudspeaker System
Canton's Paul Madsen expects this audiophile grade, extruded aluminum soundbar to make a charge at lower priced models in this emerging loudspeaker category. Packing the best speaker technology from Germany and a form factor that matches today's HDTVs, one can see how it would be successful.... Click Here To Read The Full Review
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