Denon DHT-S218 Review: Marketing Has Gone Too Far!

The Denon DHT-S218 is a 2.1 channel 'Full Range' Dolby Atmos soundbar. Find out how it compares to its rivals by watching my review!

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Majority Sierra Plus: My favourite budget Dolby Atmos soundbar

Sonos Ray: Good all-rounder with multiroom support

Yamaha YAS-209: Best-in-class budget soundbar but no Atmos

Denon DHT-S517: Similar sound but with a subwoofer

JBL Bar 300: All-in-one system with Virtual Dolby Atmos

Panasonic SoundSlayer: Best compact budget soundbar

Creative Stage V2 2.1: Best budget soundbar

Creative Katana V2: Best for PC and TV setups

Majority Elias: Another fake Dolby Atmos soundbar; not recommended
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Video timestamps:
Price & design: 00:00
Connectivity: 00:53
Audio demo: 01:56
Speaker setup: 04:07
Bass: 04:35
Treble: 05:43
Soundstage: 06:57
Movie demo: 07:17
Atmos performance: 09:10
Verdict: 10:23

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Video timestamps:
Price & design: 00:00
Connectivity: 00:53
Audio demo: 01:56
Speaker setup: 04:07
Bass: 04:35
Treble: 05:43
Soundstage: 06:57
Movie demo: 07:17
Atmos performance: 09:10
Verdict: 10:23

[NightwishArena]

Denon DHT-S316 vs Philips TAB8507 3.1 vs Samsung HW-B650D 3.1 vs Denon DHT-S416

Others are 199€ but S416 is 219€. It would be mostly for the movies and tv-series, but it wouldn't hurt, if it is good for music too, as we don't have any stereo equipment, only laptop with decent headphones.

[MarcoTorrance]

Pointing a mic to a speaker doesn't make any sense!

[tomrankin]

I picked up one today for AUD$275 (GBP 133). Good value IMHO.

[bdhbbkuhjffkjgjugfdgkhf]

Bought this about 9 months ago thought it was a decent soundbar for 180 quid, decent for film and TV but didn't think it was great for music, so have it to my brother and got the 700c

[Vrmundr]

Hi, I wanted to ask do you still recommend the Creative Stage V2 as the best budget solution? Or are there any better ones out there at the same price? Thanks!

[tc-home]

Nice review. I just picked up a JBL Cinema SB51 on Black Friday. It's a 3.1 Ch soundbar with built-in subwoofer but unfortunately I am not happy with it. It sounds pretty good with musics but, not sure if it is my untrained ears, the soundstage sounds narrow and it's not giving me any surround experience for movies watching. Would you happen to know this soundbar? I am considering returning it and looking at the VIZIO M-Series All-in-One 2.1 and the Yamaha SR-B30A... but it looks like this Denon DHT-S218 is also another option.
Any suggestions/comments?

[Ansgar.]

I'm about to buy the Denon DHT-S217 or the Denon DHT-S316 with the Subwoofer. Is it possible to connect the wireless subwoofer of the DHT-S316 with the Denon DHT-S217 Soundbar?

[booper]

I just bought the Hisense u8k which arrives in a week. I was wondering would this improve the sound? The u8k has 2.1.2Ch 50W Output
Dolby Atmos speakers. Would I need to spend more to notice the difference?

[mihgio]

for a short period of time i've had the samsung hw-q800d and for music listening was shity but for movies was decent enough. in this price range do you know a more musical soundbar?

[joshualieder]

What true Dolby Atmos budget soundbar do you recommend?

[stark_man]

Between this two which one should u buy
Denon DHT - S218 Vs Bose tv speaker..

[SuperEdge]

I have a Bose TV speaker and I don’t think the clear voice function is very good. Do you think this has better clear voice definition and is it a better overall soundbar than the Bose TV speaker.

[ozone]

I don’t understand why you reviewed the S218 as worse than the S217. Could you explain the reasoning behind this?