best sound bar for £100 max.

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Hi looking for a soundbar to go with a 4k ultra tv and 4k ultra blu ray player. Cant really go over the £100 mark and if there is anything less than that thats worth a punt let me know

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This thread has been sitting here for the best part of a day with a fair few views but no replies. It sort of tells you a lot.

Richers only offer one product under your £100 max budget. It's the £99 Polk Signa Solo. You could argue that if they offered something cheaper then buyers would simply opt for that as the lower-cost solution, and I wouldn't disagree. I'd like to think though that they made their choice partly on audio quality grounds since they already deal with all the manufacturers that do cheaper sound bars.


The JVC TH-D339B is available from the big shed retail outlet that sounds as if it deals with Indian food ( ;) ). It offers more features; a sub and HDMI input, but isn't without issues. There are complaints that it doesn't lipsync correctly and there are some issues around the audio decoding. It's £89.
 
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Yes thanks mate, no answers does say a lot, I have actually spent 40 notes on a jvc sound bar that had decent reviews for not a lot. So thought I would give it a punt as everyone who bought it said it was a big improvement over the TV speaker. And at that price I can take it back or flog it on the flea market and not worry too much about what I spent. Would obviously like the top jobby but that's out of my reach so wiil make do with what I can afford. Thanks for the reply though lucid :)
 
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off topic but it would be really fun to diy it if you are into it. What else is there to do much nowadays. A wealth of info on DIYaudio to get you started ... or confused
 
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I'd probably go 2nd hand, even,
always trying to convince parents to get something to improve on their poor (panasonic) tv inbuilt speakers,
considered some Q acoustics bt 3's , as a low cost entry. I think 2(or 2.1) active speakers, will be better (sound quality) value, versus soundbar.
 
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thanks guys. Actually bought a jvc soundbar for £40, came this morning and installed it and I must say its a great buy for the money. Much better sound now and no issues with lip sinq etc etc. it does what I wanted perfectly ;)
 
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Personally I'd buy a set of 2.0 speakers at this price range or even 2.1 and place speakers either side of the TV or wall mount.

Would be a much better option in terms of the sound for the money.

I've went through 3 soundbars for the bedroom set up.

Yamaha yas 101 iirc for £160 brand new
Yamha ysp 1600 for £160 second hand.
Yamaha ysp 2700 for £220 second hand.

The only one which sounds decent is the ysp 2700 but it is a circa rrp £600-£800 soundbar iirc.

However its really easy to get 2.0 speakers which are active that sound decent for sub £150. Less than £100 second hand.
 
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