Best sound bar for Xbox One S?

[psurob55]

Need something for our main living room TV that i'm about to add an Xbox One S to.

TV is a Samsung 55" JS8500.
Will be running TV (FiOS) through the xbox one S.

Trying to stay under $600. Mainly just want something for better movie watching/gaming sound, especially since the Xbox One S will get me the 4K blu ray / Netflix capability.

Had a friend recommend the Sonos Playbar, which is right on the budget line, but I want to make sure i'm getting the best bang for the buck.

Anyone have experience with the Samsung sound towers (TW-J5500)? They are on sale at BJs Wholesale currently for $250 and sounded decent in store, though I don't put much stock in that due to the conditions.

Any guidance welcome. Thanks in advance!

 

[Bobvfr]

Looks like you are in the US so you won't have the same companies we have in the UK, but I took a different and probably better route that gives me far better sound than a sound bar.

We have a company called "Richer Sounds", they sell TV's and Hi-Fi's at discount prices, I bought a 100w 7.1 receiver for ?110 and I then found a set of floor standing speakers for ?30 from a shop called "Cash converters" (In the old days they would have been called a pawn shop), someone had used a paint roller to decorate their room and one speaker had paint spots on it, took less than 10 minutes to get it off. I then bought a small pair of speakers that had no grills for ?10, they are really nice speakers, I wired these up as a centre speaker.

So for ?150 I have an fairly impressive sound system hooked up to my Xbox One and it wouldn't take many pennies to add another pair of cheap speakers to make a full 5 channel system with no need for a bass box as my main speakers are big enough to provide more bass and better sound than the small speakers in a plastic sound bar will ever provide.

 

[psurob55]

may look at the yamaha listed here:

Best soundbars for Xbox One gaming | Windows Central

reviews look solid from various sources.

 

[RumoredNow]

I've been pretty happy with this Vizio 5.1 system: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...5913?c3api=3679,bing,2764376395,1105202454799

Got mine at Sams Club actually, but looks like they don't stock it ATM (at least on their site).

The sub-woofer is wireless and the two satellite speakers are wired off of the sub-woofer.

Pretty easy set up and dialing in. Nice menu options and we get great sound out of it. Makes a big difference during the football games. We have the crowd toned down so we can hear the commentators better and we actually catch a lot of cussing from the players on the field. LOL

*Note that I'm not gaming through it, just my general observations.

 

[psurob55]

I've been pretty happy with this Vizio 5.1 system: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...6894?c3api=3679,bing,2764376395,1105202454799

Got mine at Sams Club actually, but looks like they don't stock it ATM (at least on their site).

The sub-woofer is wireless and the two satellite speakers are wired off of the sub-woofer.

Pretty easy set up and dialing in. Nice menu options and we get great sound out of it. Makes a big difference during the football games. We have the crowd toned down so we can hear the commentators better and we actually catch a lot of cussing from the players on the field. LOL

*Note that I'm not gaming through it, just my general observations.

thanks.

Currently leaning towards the yamaha YAS-203. probably 2-3 weeks from purchase. Need to get the TV wall mounted first.

 

[psurob55]

no other thoughts on this?

how about the 2016 vizio's?

https://forums.windowscentral.com/e...UbpObpQ-8bUC7PO6.NYXUpKubAQqhg&token=iW-Gt2bM

 

[Joel Monserrate]

Try a Sony Sound Bar I bought for about 350$ it has 3 HDMI inputs one of which is 2.2 HDMI which is perfect for Xbox Slim surround sound with wireless subwoofer check it out

 

[psurob55]

Try a Sony Sound Bar I bought for about 350$ it has 3 HDMI inputs one of which is 2.2 HDMI which is perfect for Xbox Slim surround sound with wireless subwoofer check it out

so like...which one?

 

[psurob55]

Joel, is this the one you were referring to?

Sony 2.1-Channel Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer Black HTCT780 - Best Buy

 

[psurob55]

so...now we are getting ATMOS....may have to up my budget a bit for this lol

 

[psurob55]

yamaha YSP-2700? Not atmos though.

Though the 5600 supports atmos and DTS:X.

 

[psurob55]

ended up with the yamaha YSP-2700. Love it. Really happy with it.