I would love to see a comparison between this product and the sonos playbar + sub
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The Sonos doesn't support DTS, so if you have Bluray's with DTS only you get no surround with the Sonos sound bar, whereas with the Sony it fully supports DTS.
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Greetings and thanks for your question. I'm not aware of a published review directly comparing the two. My best advice is to by speakers (soundbars) from manufacturers who are speaker specialists rather than those which make everything including TVs and CD players. The Sonos is a truly wonderful sounding bar. Thanks again.
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Hi Sharon,unfortunately this is a centre speaker only and not a soundbar,which is totally different.A soundbar has the amplifier and inputs for sources such as blue ray player and tv audio built into it.They also come with a subwoofer for low frequency sound.I recently installed a Samsung sound bar and wireless Sub for a client that does everything except make popcorn.Bluetooth connectivity for music from the IPhone and for the sub.And hdmi inputs for picture/sound switching.Yamaha also make good quality sound bars.From memory the Samsung was around 700.00 Aussie dollars.But whatever you choose will be a major improvement over tv speakers.Just don't buy too cheap as the more you spend the more inputs and sound quality will improve.Subwoofer is a must also.I hope this helps you and have fun shopping.Cheers.
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No I haven't done any comparisons. But I will say for the money it's hard to beat a fosgate sub. I'm very happy with mine.
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also the UQ has a 15w subwoofer that the SQ model does not have wich is fine for egular tv but if you can aford it a halfway decent soundbar would do better.
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I returned this item! I had it in a 10 x 10 basement room/mancave and IN MY OPINION the sound wasn't good enough for the 2 of us playing a video game. The subwoofer lacks any kind of "woof". Volume between channels is almost indistinguishable and even with the system at max power I was still left wanting. Hope this helps.
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I've only heard the sonos in store, and I went with this one and I think it's much better. The sonos sounds like a cheap car stereo while the aura feels like a symphony. It might be overkill for the iMac if that all you're using it for, but you definitely won't be disappointed. It gets loud and lets you control the bass which can be turned up to shake your house or turned down if it annoys you. I can't comment on the Sonos' connectivity because I have never set it up, but the Aura has optical audio which works great with tvs or you'll probably just use standard aux connection with a computer. You could also set the computer up to work with it through airplay or bluetooth, and it'd work great. I've only heard the sonos in store, and I went with this one and I think it's much better. The sonos sounds like a cheap car stereo while the aura feels like a symphony. It might be overkill for the iMac if that all you're using it for, but you definitely won't be disappointed. It gets loud and lets you control the bass which can be turned up to shake your house or turned down if it annoys you. I can't comment on the Sonos' connectivity because I have never set it up, but the Aura has optical audio which works great with tvs or you'll probably just use standard aux connection with a... » Read More I've only heard the sonos in store, and I went with this one and I think it's much better. The sonos sounds like a cheap car stereo while the aura feels like a symphony. It might be overkill for the iMac if that all you're using it for, but you definitely won't be disappointed. It gets loud and lets you control the bass which can be turned up to shake your house or turned down if it annoys you. I can't comment on the Sonos' connectivity because I have never set it up, but the Aura has optical audio which works great with tvs or you'll probably just use standard aux connection with a computer. You could also set the computer up to work with it through airplay or bluetooth, and it'd work great. « Show Less
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Yeah, the optical input connection is really weak at the soundbar. Sound cuts out intermittently. I ended up using the analog connection (the difference is negligible with these cheapo soundbars).
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I owned the playbar about 9 months before buying the sub. Stand alone playbar sounds good with the lows but very good with higher frequencies. IMO, adding a sub brings the low frequency to a very good level as well. Surprisingly I notice the improved lows more with movies / TV than music.
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Neil, We have used those with the SONOS Connect AMP. Go into the SONOS eq feature to tweak the response to your taste.
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It was disappointing. I returned it. I now have the sonos bar and other related sonos equipment. I like it.
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No idea. At least, I never figured it out. The sound bar is about the worst conceived pieces of hardware I have encountered in a while. Avoid it.
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There is no evidence this unit supports anything like that. Sonos is the only one I know of that allows that.
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I don't think so.. There is no outputs (only inputs) on the bar. There are 2 optical inputs, aux input and Bluetooth input. There is a different model that comes with a sub. The sound is pretty good for a single room but yse a Sub would make a huge improvement.
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I purchased a subwoofer cable for this unit. It is a male to male rca jacked cable. the only difference that I could see is that it was pretty heavy duty. I tried to use this subwoofer with a vizio 42" sound bar. The sound was pretty low! I had to put my ear next to the sub to hear if it was putting out anything. I was told that the soundbar didn't have enough "drive" to use the sub effectively
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My situation is much different from how you intend to use this sound bar. I am using mine as a substitute to the audio provided by my television. In my case there is No audio lag as I am using the optical audio port. I can tell the sound quality is great and it's easy to install and readily accepts the addition of a subwoofer. My suggestion is give it a try and if it does not meet your standards return it. One last thing as you may be aware bluetooth devices were never meant to be that far from their source device and also consider what other appliances are around it such as a wireless house phone.Just my 0.02, best of luck! My situation is much different from how you intend to use this sound bar. I am using mine as a substitute to the audio provided by my television. In my case there is No audio lag as I am using the optical audio port. I can tell the sound quality is great and it's easy to install and readily accepts the addition of a subwoofer. My suggestion is give it a try and if it does not meet your standards return it. One last thing as you may be aware bluetooth devices were never meant to be that far from their source device and also consider what other appliances are around it such as a wireless... » Read More My situation is much different from how you intend to use this sound bar. I am using mine as a substitute to the audio provided by my television. In my case there is No audio lag as I am using the optical audio port. I can tell the sound quality is great and it's easy to install and readily accepts the addition of a subwoofer. My suggestion is give it a try and if it does not meet your standards return it. One last thing as you may be aware bluetooth devices were never meant to be that far from their source device and also consider what other appliances are around it such as a wireless house phone.Just my 0.02, best of luck! « Show Less
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Eric...I actually returned this receiver and chose to go with the Sonos system. Sorry I am of no help. Good luck.
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I have an Onkyo 6.1-channel 3d bluetooth soundbar w/subwoofer paired with my 55GA7900. My room is slightly smaller than yours (by 2 ft, at the most), and that sound bar FILLS the room with sound. I was a little hesitant to even purchase a sound-bar at first considering I'm so used to the traditional 5.1 set up with the actual 5 speakers, but when they say 6.1, that's no joke, truly does a fantastic job of re-creating a true 6.1 surround experience. Subwoofer kicks major bass, it's adjustable (which not all sound-bar subs are), and it's wireless, which is a major plus. I would strongly recommend that one.