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 Has Soundbars Improved to Usable Levels?

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Shinka
post Aug 28 2015, 12:44 PM

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QUOTE(GamersFamilia @ Aug 13 2015, 06:08 PM)
this yamaha ysp-2200 model still available in the market is it ? ive seen one yamaha soundbar on promo at homepro ioi city mall putrajaya price around rm900+ but forgot to take note the model number
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I recently splurged on the entire Sonos experience.

I would really recommend Sonos Playbar. You can audition it at Connect Midvalley.

But it won't come cheap. The Playbar costs around RM3700, and pair it with a sub (RM3600) and 2 surround speakers (Play 1s RM1100 for each), and the total cost comes to around 10K.

But I feel its worth the money.
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post Oct 26 2015, 04:12 PM

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I wonder why no one has recommended Sonos?

The Playbar is one of the nicest sounding soundbars I have heard so far.
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post Oct 26 2015, 04:34 PM

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QUOTE(SSJBen @ Oct 26 2015, 04:29 PM)
Yes it is a great sounding bar. Too bad it only has ONE input.

The other problem? Because it uses and optical input, that means it is stuck with Dolby Digital and DTS tracks from the TV. However, we are nearly in 2016 but yet there are still many TVs that do not send DD over its optical output. Even less TVs support DTS encodes. doh.gif

Finally, for 3.8k without a sub and limited inputs? Why not just get an entry level AVR + a pair of bookshelf speakers + 2nd hand sub for about the same price that would literally blow the Sonos playbar out of the water?

The price makes zero sense.
For 1k or less? The Sony CT380 is about as good as it gets for price-performance-functionality, there are no soundbars at this price range that has 3 HDMI inputs and supports decoding for all the major formats. Plus, it at least sounds decent.

If audio quality is the most important, the Philips HTL3140b actually sounds better than the CT380 despite its size.
At this price, you'd probably want to look at the Sony CT780 instead. There was a Sony sale before that brought it down to 1.3k+ not too long ago. Year-end is coming up, so they usually do have a sale around then IINM.
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Actually I agree, the sonos playbar does not even support DTS. It only supports DD and DD5.1.

It uses an 'upscaling' tech by converting PCM from the tv into its own 'fake' Digital Surround sound.

Nevertheless, I was really impressed by its performance, its cable-free ecosystem and also the fact that it plays music very well.

Most home theater set ups are all about booming explosions, sound effects, they dont really play music with much heft.
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post Oct 30 2015, 04:09 PM

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QUOTE(liangshu17 @ Oct 30 2015, 04:02 PM)
i have a sonos playbar and Sub bought from US, they are amazing and awesome
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Lol I agree. The whole concept about Sonos is that its not only wire-less, it has its own ecosystem and sounds very good. Can directly stream spotify/pandora and all other music channels on it.

I just purchased the playbar, sub and 2 Play 1's =)

Music sounds awesome as great as movies.



 

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