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[Closed] Is a soundbar at the sub £150.00 price bracket any good?

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Just moved in to my own place and literally have nothing at the mo. The silence is deafening! I'm contemplating getting a soundbar that I could use with the TV and xbox that could play music from my phone as well.

I'd love to get something like a sonos sound bar but realistically can't justify dropping a lot of money when I don't even have a sofa yet!

I've seen a few in places like tesco etc for less than £100.00 but are they going to be any cop at this price point? I'm no audiophile but I don;t want to drop money on something that sounds gash!

Any experience around this price bracket or recommendations please!?


 
Posted : 18/02/2016 10:29 am
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Better than the internal speakers on a flat screen telly.

Richer Sounds have a few deals on currently on soundbars and soundbases


 
Posted : 18/02/2016 10:44 am
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Canton DM50 here. Amazing thing. Love it. Unless you're seriously into surround and home cinema, it does everything you need, and sounds great. Over budget, but have a look on ebay, there's one on there now at £77 auction, 10 hours to go.


 
Posted : 18/02/2016 10:49 am
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got a samsung one to match TV in a large open plan kitchen diner - difference was amazing, less than £100 and included sub woofer, blue tooth from phones etc brilliant.


 
Posted : 18/02/2016 11:00 am
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I got a Roth one from Tesco for £70 or £80, it's pretty good for the TV - with a few annoying quirks.

But if I were wanting it for music playback too I'd look at a "soundbase".

This one looks promising...
http://www.richersounds.com/product/soundbars-sound-base/yamaha/srt700/yama-srt700-blk


 
Posted : 18/02/2016 11:16 am
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What cha****ng said - about £70 open box from Tesco. Makes a big difference to the telly but I don't use it for music, don't think it would be great.
Richer Sounds might be worth looking at. Have a look at the Clearnce section.


 
Posted : 18/02/2016 12:23 pm
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Cheers everyone.
That Yamaham looks a goer and gets some good reviews so think i'll take a punt on that. Had a couple of Yamaha stereos and amps in the past and always be really happy with them


 
Posted : 19/02/2016 12:24 pm
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I bought a decent soundbar then took it back for a refund. My other TV is a giant B&O and it made it sound appalling in comparison. So I bought the Cambridge Soundbase. A million times better, not as good as the B&O of course but still noticeably way better. Just £50 more too.

The thing is for decent sound you also need a separate base box etc.

Or Gumtree etc for secondhand surround sound systems?


 
Posted : 21/02/2016 2:29 pm
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I've got a denon dht t1000 and really rate it.
That was £129 from the superfi eBay outlet.

Way way better than the Sony tv speakers, has Bluetooth for phones andiPads and a learning remote control so to control works it.

Recommended,


 
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