Home Sound Bar 550
Denon · £499
Worth being NRY provisional
Dolby Atmos and DTS:X in a compact bar, with HEOS streaming built in so it works as a music system when the television is off. DTS:X matters more than the spec sheets suggest, because a good deal of disc and streaming content carries it and several bars at this money handle only Atmos. At £499 it is the most complete format support here below the £939 Sonos.
- For
- Someone who watches physical media as well as streaming and wants both formats handled.
- Not for
- Anyone buying into a speaker ecosystem they already own: HEOS is its own world.
What we checked
- It handles Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. Richer Sounds
Marked provisional: the justification rests on 1 source(s); two independent ones is the bar. We publish it anyway and say so, rather than waiting for evidence that may never arrive.