HT-A3000
Sony · £399
Nice, but provisional
A capable single bar that also works as a music streamer, and at £399 it is priced against the Sonos Beam Gen 2 at £449. The difficulty is what the retailer actually tells you about it: the page sells it on being a top brand with quality audio and style rather than on a specification, which is a thin basis for £399 when the bars either side of it list their drivers.
- For
- Someone already inside Sony's ecosystem who will add the wireless rears later.
- Not for
- Anyone comparing on what is in the box, where the Samsung at £549 says and the Sony does not.
What we checked
- Richer Sounds sell it on brand and style rather than on a driver count. 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.