There are a lot of great, entry-level and mid-range options on the market when it comes to soundbars. For entry-level, weโre talking in the $300 or less price range. For up to a couple hundred dollars more, you can find some with up-firing drivers for full Dolby Atmos support, and many that support lossless audio transmission with eARC and a single HDMI output to your TV. As good as some may be, most just wonโt match the power output, connectivity options, sound quality, and hardware configurations of premium soundbars.
What do you really get when you save up for a premium soundbar? Is that actually worth the money youโre going to spend? While I canโt answer that second question for you, I can answer the first question so that you can decide if a premium soundbar system is going to be worth the money spent for your viewing habits and your budget. So, I have five reasons for you to save up your cash so you can buy that premium soundbar!
True โsurroundโ sound
Hardware-based, real wrap-around sound
Entry-level and mid-range soundbars often employ virtual surround effects to compensate for the lack of hardware that can reproduce real surround sound. This means you arenโt really hearing a film or TV show as the engineers and artists who mastered it intended. Looking at a phrase many of you are already familiar with, Dolby Atmos, the main component of Atmos is what…