Yamaha SR-C20A Compact Sound Bar

Compact sound bar with a built-in subwoofer — 100W total, in a cabinet 60 cm wide and 6.4 cm tall.

The size is the point. At 1.8 kg it sits on a desk or under a small TV without dominating it, and the subwoofer is inside the bar, so there is no second box to find room for. Four sound modes cover Stereo, Standard, Movie and Game, with Clear Voice for dialogue and Bass Extension for the low end.

It connects to the TV over a single HDMI cable using ARC, or by optical or analogue if the TV is older. Bluetooth 5.0 handles phones and tablets, and the Sound Bar Remote app gives fuller control than the handset.