The 6 Best All-In-One Soundbars - Fall 2024

The best all-in-one soundbar that we've tested is the Sonos Arc. This premium standalone setup stands out from the crowd thanks to its wide and immersive sound, which brings a cinematic feel to your favorite movies and TV shows. It supports many audio formats commonly found on both streaming platforms and Blu-rays, including Dolby Atmos, DTS, and Dolby Digital. Despite the lack of satellites, the bar can still beam sound effects throughout your living room to make it seem like the action on screen is taking place all around you. Dialogue and other effects are clearly reproduced, too.

This soundbar has many features to make the most of your listening experience. As with most premium setups, it has a room correction tool called Trueplay, which is designed to optimize sound based on your room's unique acoustics. The feature is only available with iOS devices, but Android users can use bass and treble adjustments to manually control the bar's sound instead. If you're an avid Android user looking for a similar option with room correction available on both Android and iOS devices, check out the Bose Smart Ultra Soundbar. It's another premium standalone bar with a wide and immersive soundstage, though its surround performance isn't quite as impressive as what you get with the Sonos, and it doesn't support DTS content.

Want a more affordable all-in-one soundbar? Check out the Sonos Beam (Gen 2). At less than 26 inches in width, this soundbar is a great choice for those who don't have space for a larger standalone bar. Despite its small size, the bar can still bring a wide and immersive sound, thanks to its side-firing speakers that beam sound throughout your room. Compared to the first-generation model, this version adds support for Dolby Atmos content commonly found on streaming services and Blu-rays. As a result, you enjoy a clear and life-like feel with all your favorite movies and TV shows.

You'll find a selection of sound enhancement features similar to the Sonos Arc. Like most premium bars, there's a room correction feature, which Sonos calls Trueplay, via the app on compatible iOS devices. With it on, vocals and lead instruments reproduce pretty clearly, and there's a touch of extra boom in the bass to bring action-packed scenes to life. If you want to customize it, bass and treble adjustments are available. That said, since this setup is smaller than the Arc, it doesn't get as loud. It brings an immersive feel with Atmos content, but it's not as life-like as what you get with the Arc. Still, it's a solid pick for those without a lot of space who want a premium bar.

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The Samsung HW-S60B is a standalone soundbar that's a more affordable alternative to our top picks. This sleek 5.0 soundbar boasts a stylish design that's easy to blend into your living room decor, with an all-white alternative available known as the Samsung HW-S61B. Plus, it offers many different sound customization features to make the most of your listening experience. For example, there's a room correction tool on hand to optimize its sound based on your room's unique acoustics, as well as a graphic EQ to manually switch up its sound.

Built-in Alexa support also lets you control the bar using your voice, which is a cool touch. Much like our top picks, this soundbar offers a pretty versatile performance suitable for listening to many different types of audio content. It has a clean and accurate stereo content reproduction, including most music and TV shows. Plus, it supports many audio formats commonly found on streaming platforms and Blu-rays, like Dolby Digital and Dolby Atmos. Compared to the Sonos Beam (Gen 2), the bar has to downmix height content like Atmos into surround sound to play it. The resulting sound is less clear or real, so you don't feel quite as immersed as with our top picks. If you don't watch much Atmos content, you may find it's a better deal.

The Sony HT-S100F is the best budget all-in-one soundbar we've tested. It offers a solid upgrade over your existing TV speakers for an affordable price, so it's a great entry point for users who've never owned a soundbar before. It's less premium than the Samsung HW-S60B/S61B but still solid and well-built. As a 2.0 bar, it's ideal for stereo content, which includes most music and TV shows. Voices are clear in the mix, and there's even a dialogue enhancement tool to make it easier to follow along with the action on screen.

With a small and compact design, this soundbar is ideal if you don't have a ton of space in your living room setup. You can even use it with your computer, which is handy. That said, the bar's sound enhancement features are limited. Unlike the Samsung soundbar, there's no room correction tool, so it sounds slightly different depending on your room. Without bass and treble adjustments, you can't manually compensate for this. Still, if you want a simple, plug-and-play bar for less, it's worth checking out.

Are you a bass lover? If so, you'll want to check out the Sennheiser AMBEO Soundbar MAX. It comes with an integrated subwoofer, and it's one of the only bars we've tested that can reproduce a deep and extended low bass without needing a dedicated sub. As a result, it's a great choice for smaller spaces or anyone who doesn't have floor space for a bulky subwoofer. The bar is quite large—tall enough to block a portion of your screen if you don't mount the bar or add some height to the TV—and heavy, so it's not ideal for everyone, but it packs a punch, especially in the overall sound quality.

This soundbar is great for listening to everything from music to movies to TV shows—and its virtual surround feature called AMBEO 3D is a handy way to enhance your listening experience. It offers a wide, immersive sound, with plenty of rumble in the bass during action-packed scenes. There's even a room correction mode, like the other premium bars on our list, and a graphic EQ to manually customize its sound across the range. It's a unique bar with a powerful performance overall. That said, given its size and price, if you're a bass lover and can spare the floor space, you might find it's a better value to add on a separate sub to the Bose or the Sonos instead or consider choosing one of the best soundbars with subwoofers.

The Sony BRAVIA Theater Bar 9 is the best all-in-one design for taking advantage of HDMI 2.1's high bandwidth. While its Dolby Atmos height isn't quite as tall, and the stereo soundstage isn't as immersive as the Sonos Arc, the Sony has greater HDMI connectivity. Next-gen consoles and sports fans can take advantage of the 4k at 120Hz and G-SYNC variable refresh rate for a clear image with uncompressed audio.

Besides its expansive connectivity, the soundbar also works with most surround sound formats, such as DTS:X used on most streaming platforms and Blu-ray, as well as object-based surround sound, Dolby Atmos. It includes room correction and a few limited listening modes like 'Voice' and 'Sound Field' to shape the sound but lacks a full EQ. For a standalone bar, it outputs a good amount of low-end, though it's not as rumbly as the Sennheiser AMBEO Soundbar MAX. It lacks support for a voice assistant.