Head-to-head and feature-based comparisons covering configurations, brands, room sizes, connectivity, voice assistants, wireless rears, Atmos performance, and price tiers.
Compare JBL’s detachable rears and bass-calming night mode with Sonos’s ecosystem and speech enhancement to pick a wireless surround setup that keeps dialogue clear and nights neighbor-friendly. Get quick placement and tuning tips to nail the whisper-to-explosion balance without rewinds.
Use a room-first checklist to choose between a soundbar and a soundbase by weighing TV placement, mounting limits, neighbor proximity, and cable tolerance. Learn practical tweaks - night mode, eARC checks, and a quick bass ceiling test - to get clear dialogue at low volumes without shaking the walls.
See which Dolby Atmos soundbars truly handle 4K/120 Hz with stable lip‑sync - and the setup priorities (HDMI 2.1 passthrough, eARC, VRR/ALLM) to keep latency under 50 ms. Highlights include Samsung’s Q990D for frictionless gaming, with clear caveats for LG S95QR and Bose.
