The Best Soundbars (2026): Sonos, LG, TCL, Bose, and More

The Sonos Arc Ultra (2024) delivers Dolby Atmos and DTS:X with room-calibration that needs minimal tweaking, but it has no extra HDMI input and its upper register can be bright. The LG Sound Suite H7, with optional W7 subwoofer and M7 satellites, uses Dolby Atmos FlexConnect and the ThinQ app for speaker grouping and calibration. The TCL A65K compact soundbar includes a wireless subwoofer, HDMI eARC, and Bluetooth, offering clearer dialogue and louder bass than TV speakers, though it lacks the spatial depth of higher-end models.