Replacing 5.1 setup with sound bar

[Banzai_Joe]

Hi all,
So I have a Denon AVR-2113 with monitor audio 5.1. I had it a good few years and have always been very happy with it.
However we are renovating and completely switching the living room around, which will ruin the 5.1 setup due to the way we’ll sit and I CBA’d to re-do everything again.
So….I’m wondering are there any soundbars nowadays that don’t cost as much as a car that might offer a similar audio experience.
We watch Netflix, Prime, Disney, NowTV and freeview/freesat, which are all built in-apps on our LG TV.
We have a BD player which hardly ever gets used but nothing else would connected up that would need to utilise the sound bar.

We do already have some sonos play 1’s, so maybe the sonos beam?

Any and all advice appreciated.

 

[Banzai_Joe]

Hi lucid, thanks for the advice.
I know sonos are crazy (and overpriced imho) expensive, considering the ever-growing list of competition nowadays.
However, as have 3 play 1’s already and you can configure them as stereo or in a 5.1 setup I thought maybe the sonos arc might be a worthwhile spend. There is power behind where we will sit in the new layout so a WiFi connected speaker setup would/could work I guess.
The current 5.1 setup has speaker cables trailed under the carpet and trunked up the walls for the surrounds. To be fair I could do the same again but I’m kind of wanting to downsize a bit as I don’t have the need for the AVR anymore, since I removed the AppleTV and NowTV box I only have the TV and BD player connected into it.
I could maybe sell the kit and raise nigh on half the money for a sound bar(?)
And again with the sonos, if I think the sound bar isn’t enough then as mentioned I can add play 1’s to recreate a 5.1.
My 4K TV has ARC, but other than that does it matter what Tv I have?

 

[Banzai_Joe]

Thanks guys. no the Mrs isn’t pushing it, I’m kind of going through a “minimalist” phase I guess.
Our room has never lent itself to 5.1 which is why I bought the denon in the first place because the “audigy” thing works really well.
Our living room door is half way along the wall which effectively splits the room in half, so the tv area will be on one side of room making a sound bar probably a bad idea as will direct sound to the empty side of the room I guess.
It bugs me that when I turn the TV on it takes a good 10 secs for the denon to select the correct output and pump audio out the speakers.