Looking for sound bar, opinions?

[Suika]

I'm looking to get a sound bar for my living room TV, and I'm really clueless as to where to start looking. It's a 47" (over 40" wide) TV so I'd prefer something in that range of length, probably $200 or less. I'd like the sub woofer built into the bar but a separate one would be manageable, not really looking for an entire surround experience. Otherwise, I really don't know what I'm looking for, and would greatly appreciate any advice or recommendations lol.

[Fred Castellum]

I've seen this one in action at a acquaintances house.

 

Sounds good, though the sub isn't built into the bar... I didn't have a chance to play reference music to test it but from the videos he was streaming on chromecast the audio sounded pretty good. Definitely better than the default TV speakers his 46" came with... it sounded clear and wasn't muddy towards the low end of the sound spectrum.

[Suika]

I've seen this one in action at a acquaintances house.

Sounds good, though the sub isn't built into the bar... I didn't have a chance to play reference music to test it but from the videos he was streaming on chromecast the audio sounded pretty good. Definitely better than the default TV speakers his 46" came with... it sounded clear and wasn't muddy towards the low end of the sound spectrum.

Haha, that's exactly the one I was looking at, it has fairly good ratings and can be picked up nearby so that's great. It may the one I go with if no other options are available, because I can live with a separate woofer.

[tcolecruz]

I'm looking to get a sound bar for my living room TV, and I'm really clueless as to where to start looking. It's a 47" (over 40" wide) TV so I'd prefer something in that range of length, probably $200 or less. I'd like the sub woofer built into the bar but a separate one would be manageable, not really looking for an entire surround experience. Otherwise, I really don't know what I'm looking for, and would greatly appreciate any advice or recommendations lol.

Sonos makes a very good sounding one. I believe linus did a review... he kind of hated on sonos with his audiophile snobbery tho. Sounds wonderful to my non-snobbish ears though!

[Fred Castellum]

Haha, that's exactly the one I was looking at, it has fairly good ratings and can be picked up nearby so that's great. It may the one I go with if no other options are available, because I can live with a separate woofer.

Hey if you do get it run it through with some music preferably lossless stuff and tell me how it performs. I'm thinking about getting myself one of these things, I don't have speakers at all over here. Just headphones and more headphones...

 

If you don't have any lossless stuff then maybe play one of these songs and see how it sounds.

[Stagea]

I'm looking to get a sound bar for my living room TV, and I'm really clueless as to where to start looking. It's a 47" (over 40" wide) TV so I'd prefer something in that range of length, probably $200 or less. I'd like the sub woofer built into the bar but a separate one would be manageable, not really looking for an entire surround experience. Otherwise, I really don't know what I'm looking for, and would greatly appreciate any advice or recommendations lol.

 

If your TV has an optical output for the audio, this might be worth a look:

http://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-AM1500-B-Soundbar-Subwoofer/dp/B009LH9SMO

 

The LG previously mentioned is the right choice if your TV only uses ARC.

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