soundbar

American  

[saund-bahr] / ˈsaʊndˌbɑr /

noun

• soundbars
  plural

1. a long, narrow piece of audio equipment housing several multi-directional speakers, designed to be mounted under or over a television or computer and providing enhanced audio without the need for multiple speakers positioned around a room.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• soundbars
  plural

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The Danish consumer-electronics company said late Monday that revenue in its fiscal third quarter missed expectations after the significantly lower-than-anticipated sales performance of its Beosound Premiere soundbar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

I recently bought the latest Bose TV Speaker soundbar, and it works extremely well.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025

Engineered for partially sunlit spaces, it pairs crisp, glare-resistant visuals with rich, full-bodied sound from an included 80W, eight-speaker soundbar.

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025

McClernon’s joy and excitement don’t need a soundbar to be felt.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024

Watching at home on a big flat screen hooked up to a decent soundbar, viewers will have a good experience of “Tár.”

From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2022

But on the upside, it shares the newer “x-balanced” speaker design as the other A-series soundbars for clearer, more dynamic output.

From The Verge ● Aug. 30, 2022

Both soundbars are set to ship this December.

From The Verge ● Aug. 30, 2022

How many soundbars have an orb molded into the middle?

From The Verge ● Aug. 15, 2022

But just add a subwoofer to cheaper, competing soundbars, and they’re immediately in the same ballpark.

From The Verge ● Aug. 15, 2022

It sure would be nice if Sonos had a similar solution for its soundbars instead of relying on customers’ iPhones for TruePlay.

From The Verge ● Aug. 15, 2022