Soundbars: Feature Options and Installation Issues

Soundbar loudspeakers can be sound saviors for living rooms, bedrooms and dens. They can be the answer to a homeowner’s home audio prayers, but there’s no one-size fits all solution.

At its most basic, a soundbar is a small tube or long box outfitted with a variety of drivers, digital amplifiers, crossover circuits and inputs designed to give you better sound than the array of speakers wedged into your half-inch thick flat-panel TV. Soundbars basically sound better, because they’re...