Top Soundbars 2023

The Bose Soundbar 700 is decent for mixed usage. Overall, it's a really premium and well-built soundbar with built-in voice assistant support, and it has a great sound quality that's suitable for lots of different audio content. Dialogue in movies and TV shows is reproduced with clarity, and instruments in your favorite tunes are detailed in the mix. Without a sub, you don't get a deep rumble in the low-bass, and without satellites, its surround sound performance isn't the best, but you can add on both of these components separately. There's no support for object-based formats like Atmos, though.

The Sennheiser AMBEO Soundbar MAX is great for mixed usage. It has a unique 3D mode that greatly improves the surround performance, which is great for movies. Its overall sound profile is pretty accurate, but it's lacking a bit in the bass range. While the bar still produces a good amount of bass, it's audibly lower than other frequencies at the same volume, which gives it a disappointing feel on stereo bass-heavy content like some music genres. On the upside, it has a room correction feature that adapts to your room and the reproduction of voices in accurate and clear.

The Bose Solo 5 is mediocre for mixed usage. Its balanced mid-range can reproduce dialogue-heavy content like podcasts and TV shows clearly. However, its integrated subwoofer struggles to create a low bass, which can be disappointing for some music fans. It doesn't support Dolby Atmos content, and it downmixes surround sound into stereo.