FEBRUARY 2022 T3 35Soundbars
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SONY HT-A7000
With many rivals cheekily stretching the soundbar definition by
shipping with multiple speaker boxes, Sony’s single bar HT-A7000
is a breath of fresh air. Its phenomenally engineered driver array
somehow gets 500W of dynamic, powerful sound out of its compact
but beautifully built form, and casts it convincingly far and wide.
Including above you with Dolby Atmos.
£1,200, sony.co.uk
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PHILIPS FIDELIO B97
While it sounds beautifully powerful and detailed, the Fidelio B97’s
killer feature is its uniquely flexible design. Ingeniously, its left
and right ends can be detached and placed behind you to become
wireless surround sound speakers on movie nights, and then simply
slotted back on to the main soundbar for a tidier look and enhanced
music performance when the film’s finished.
£999, philips.co.uk6
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