The Bar 1300 is the largest and most advanced soundbar from JBL to date. The American speaker manufacturer is one of the audio world’s most iconic brands, with close associations with professional concert and cinema sound. We’ve been impressed in the past by what JBL has managed to achieve with affordable models like the test …
You might think that €6000 is a high price for a projector, and indeed it is. However, the Sony VPL-XW5000ES is not like any other. It has a laser light source! This, combined with a true 4K resolution image panel, has previously cost twice as much (VW790). In this light, the price for the XW5000 …
Calling Bang & Olufsen’s latest creation Beosound Theater a soundbar may sound like an insult to some. But that’s what the manufacturer itself calls the ambitious speaker that the B&O team in Struer has spent years developing! Soundbars are usually a pretty simple affair – a handy speaker that you put under the TV to …
TV manufacturers are competing to have the best smart TV service. The latest TVs have apps and features galore. But what happens when your new TV isn’t so new anymore? There are many old TVs out there where the picture quality still holds up, but the smart TV services are either absent or outdated. Fortunately, …
The HT-A5000 is the middle model in Sony’s portfolio of soundbars: it sits between its little brother the HT-A3000 and the flagship HT-A7000, which we tested a year ago. With a price tag of around €1000, this is an exciting challenger to recognised premium soundbars like the Sonos Arc, Harman Kardon Citation 1100 and Bose …
We’ve been waiting for a Sonos subwoofer at a more reasonable price. Their only subwoofer so far, simply called Sub, at a price of €699 is too expensive for the average user of soundbars like Beam or Ray – and especially the small multi-room speaker One – to ever consider it. Sonos Sub, on the …
Harman Kardon’s Citation series is a family of speakers, both small and large, portable and desktop. They are all upholstered in fabric from Danish Kvadrat, which gives a softer look than several competitors. Including the Sonos Arc, which must be the closest competitor to the tested Citation MultiBeam 1100. Where Sonos and others use proprietary …
French Devialet has since the early 00s grown to be one of the Hi-Fi world’s most recognized brands. The French manufacturer impresses us time and time again with its luxurious and innovative amplifiers, which can be tailored to get the best out of any speaker. Nor should we forget the small but potent Phantom speakers, …
Danish company Lemus has in a short time made a name for itself in the lifestyle speaker segment. Their products are a kind of cross between traditional speakers and a soundbar. With a large wooden cabinet and proper loudspeakers built in, Lemus products provide fuller sound without the need for an external subwoofer. Most also …
After Bose surprised us earlier with what turned out to be a capable Soundbar 700, expectations are high for the successor, Smart Soundbar 900. The Soundbar 700 is still as good as it ever was, and with HDMI ARC it can be used with any TV. But the time has come for Bose too to …
Sony has been a bit absent on the soundbar front lately, especially when it comes to the more expensive variants. The Japanese manufacturer likes to take good time with the development of a new product, and we have had to wait a long time for a successor to the top model HT-ST5000 from 2017. But …
We rarely test Blu-ray players anymore, for the simple reason that the market has been a bit quiet in recent years! Ever since Chinese Oppo shut down production of their popular players, several of the major electronics manufacturers have stopped making BD players. And those who still do, rarely come up with something new and …
The first time we reviewed the Sonos Arc was last summer. A likeable soundbar, that completely on its own – without a subwoofer or anything else – managed to elevate the film experience considerably. Not only is it much better than the sound you get from any TV (like mostly anything would be!), But it …
Creative is known for its affordable products. Admittedly, the low prices often come at the expense of the most important criterion for us, namely the sound quality. Creative may have gotten tired of standing in the cheap corner, when they now launch the home cinema soundbar SXFI Carrier. A packed soundbar with Dolby Atmos, and …
TCL TS8132 is a relatively large soundbar of exactly 1 meter in width. On the other hand, it looks discreetly dressed in black fabric, and the included subwoofer is quite tight and compact with a down-facing woofer. On the connectivity side, the TS8132 boasts HDMI eARC, and it also supports wireless music playback via Bluetooth, …