By Jamie Carter
Can your soundbar do multi-room? Soundbars with Bluetooth have become standard, but sound quality is often lacking, which is where Denon’s new HEOS Bar comes in. This $899 / £799 / AU$1,299 soundbar is aimed squarely at the Sonos Playbar – but do its claims of audiophile quality stack up? We got the chance to try it out at a press demo.
Like the Sonos Playbar, the Denon HEOS Bar can act alone, with an optional (and at $599 / £599 / AU$999 slightly more affordable) subwoofer, but also with wireless rears. Although Denon’s HEOS hi-res audio-capable multi-room speakers, such as the Denon Heos 5 HS2, are getting rave reviews, there is actually already a soundbar in its line-up: the Denon HEOS Home Cinema, which sells for less than half the price of this one.
So what’s the point of the HEOS Bar? While the HEOS Home Cinema is a 2.0 two-piece that needs a subwoofer, and claims only virtual surround sound, the HEOS Bar is not only a 3.0 system with left, centre and right channels built-in, but it’s designed to work alone – and it does that really, really well.
Design
The HEOS Bar is 110cm long – it’s slightly …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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