The Best Wireless Soundbars for Turning Your TV Into an Epic Sound System

The Polk Audio Signa S4 is our top pick for most buyers. It has an elegant design with a fabric finish, an effortless setup, and stellar audio performance with support for Dolby Atmos-enhanced sound. The product also has a reasonable price, especially considering its design and acoustic capabilities.

The soundbar delivers a cinematic sonic experience with powerful bass and crisp dialogue, and you can finetune both via its minimalist remote. We wish it had Wi-Fi connectivity for more seamless music streaming from mobile devices. The cheaper Polk Audio Signa S3 has Wi-Fi but lacks Dolby Atmos capabilities.

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The latest TCL Alto 8+ soundbar is an excellent alternative to our top pick, with onboard Wi-Fi connectivity and a lower price tag. Impressively, the product is compatible with Apple AirPlay 2, Google Chromecast, and Spotify Connect. You can also control the playback with Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri voice commands.

In a head-to-head comparison with the Polk Audio Signa S4, the TCL Alto 8+ stands its ground admirably, producing immersive sound with Dolby Atmos content. That said, I’d give the pricier Signa S4 a slight edge in cinematic audio for its ability to deliver crisper dialogues.

The Klipsch Cinema 400 soundbar stands out with its beautiful design, top-tier build quality with natural wood bits, and a robust 3-year warranty, all at an agreeable price. The product's bass output is also impressive and a contender for the best in its price range.

Klipsch has equipped the Cinema 400 with four audio drivers, including two with the brand’s legendary Tractrix Horn design and a beefy 8-inch subwoofer. The hardware produces a powerful sonic experience with a wide soundstage.

TCL's Alto 6+ soundbar is our favorite for budget shoppers. It's priced at around $100, and it has an easy setup, good sound quality for the money, onboard Bluetooth, and a bundled wireless sub. If you're shopping on an even tighter budget, you can order an Alto 6 variant without a wireless subwoofer for less than $70.

Hardware-wise, the Alto 6+ lags behind pricier products, but it's still very dependable. It can't deliver as much detail, but it's a massive upgrade over the built-in speakers of just about any TV. It is compatible with Dolby Digital-enhanced content, too.

Expensive, yes — but the Dolby Atmos-compatible Bose Smart Soundbar 900 is elegant and feature-rich in equal measure. Sporting a sleek glass and metal housing, it packs many smart features, including Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant compatibility, Chromecast, and Apple AirPlay 2 wireless playback.

The product's audio performance is worthy of its high price tag. The Soundbar 900 produces immersive and spacious sound, creating the impression of an audio system with multiple speaker units spread around your space — not just one soundbar.

You create a full-fledged surround-sound system by adding a wireless bass module and surround speakers, though the upgrade will cost you. After months of testing, I found the standalone Soundbar 900 to be superb.

The Wi-Fi-equipped Bose Smart Soundbar 600 is the compact soundbar to get, offering a fusion of sleek design, immersive Dolby Atmos sound, and a ton of smart features, including Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant integration to go with Chromecast and Apple AirPlay 2 connectivity. The latter also includes the option to connect a pair of Bose headphones wirelessly to enjoy content without disturbing anyone.

The 27-inch device’s five built-in drivers — two of which are upward firing — made it sound much bigger during my testing. The immersive sonic experience was second only to bigger and more expensive Dolby Atmos soundbars. You can supplement it with an external bass module and surround speakers, just like the bigger Soundbar 900.

If music quality is as important as enhancing the on-screen sound, you need to have the Sony HT-A5000 soundbar on your radar.

The high-end product is compatible with audiophile-grade Hi-Res Audio content, as well as 360 Reality Audio, with the latter being a cutting-edge audio format for lifelike listening. To top things off, like the tech giant’s headphones and audio players, the soundbar can make compressed audio content sound better via sophisticated upscaling tech.

Of course, the Sony HT-A5000 can also produce awe-inspiring Dolby Atmos sound that’s worth every penny of its hefty price tag. The device’s onboard wired and wireless connectivity features are just as impressive.

Unlike similarly priced soundbars that cost a pretty penny to upgrade with additional hardware, the HT-A5000 has a rich selection of reasonably priced optional subwoofers and surround speakers.

The Polk MagniFi Mini AX is the best soundbar for enjoying cinematic sound in small spaces. Measuring less than 15 inches wide — on par with a good portable Bluetooth speaker — the Dolby Atmos product will instantly transform your space into a private movie theater with multidimensional sound and rumbling bass via its down-firing wireless subwoofer.

Polk Audio equipped the MagniFi Mini AX with five audio drivers, which deliver crisp and powerful audio that defies its impossibly compact housing. Best of all, despite its tiny size, the device doesn’t skimp on essential connectivity features like Wi-Fi, Apple AirPlay 2, and Google Chromecast, among others.