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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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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

With the original Ambeo Soundbar Max, and now the Ambeo Soundbar Plus, it’s clear that Sennheiser wants to broaden the audience for its soundbars from the audiophile high end to a much more mass-market consumer.

From The Verge Sep. 1, 2022

All of the new soundbars use JBL’s PureVoice technology that optimizes dialog clarity and connect to the JBL One app, enabling EQ adjustments and music platform integration.

From The Verge Aug. 30, 2022

JBL is launching a quartet of new Atmos-capable soundbars for the fall, and two of them have battery-powered wireless rear speakers that quickly deploy for a tidy home theater setup.

From The Verge Aug. 30, 2022

It’s not bad by any stretch: the Dione unsurprisingly makes a better music speaker than most low-end soundbars, but it wasn’t head and shoulders above my much cheaper Sonos Arc.

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

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