SONOS PLAYBAR | Still Worth Buying? (2020)

Is the Sonos Playbar still worth buying 7 years later? The HiFi Brothers provide an in-depth review and buyers guide to the Sonos Playbar.

The majority of our recommendations were made from personal experiences and from acquaintances who also own the product.

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[Phantom]

I have had the PlayBar the Sub and 2 play ones for about 6 years now and they are still going strong. If you play music and turn it all the way up the entire house sounds like a nightclub.

It’s impressive the amount of bass that comes out of that small sub.

Great video!

[johnT]

I just purchased one of these used from a friend that had it for a year. (They 'upgraded' to a newer Sonos soundbar). I'm running it optical off a brand new Samsung TV in a large room with roughly 10K cubic feet. Something around 30x20x17-ish ft. After running the config on my cell phone, this thing sounds remarkable. I have some experience building custom home theater systems once-upon-a-time...two decades ago...and for something this small to present such a good spatial sense in such a large room...really impressed for the $$$. My first Sonos product and I look forward to trying out more. Impressed. Oh...and good vid. Nice job.

[YOmTONY]

playbar sounds extremely good ! I Love it I got lucky and found one at my local goodwill for $40 🙌🏽

[xguy]

I agree, I have the playbar with the sub and two Sonos ones for a excellent surround sound experience

[Phantom]

Blown away! That playbar and the Sub was what Sonos hit the market with to blow away Bose. Yeah that playbar is still top notch innovation from Sonos and worth the money.

[known]

I just got one for $650 from eBay ! I can’t wait to get it.

[HiFiBrothers]

Update: The Playbar is currently $150 off until 5/5/2020. Many have speculated that Sonos is getting ready to announce a new updated soundbar shortly thereafter. As soon as we find out, we'll be sure to provide an updated video.

[sky-----tv]

Great review as I’ve just purchased the play sound bar and sub woofer, and really looking forward to putting them through their paces

[HiFiBrothers]

We apologize to our followers, if you received multiple notifications about our upload. We had to make adjustments for copyright issues. Unfortunately, we had intended to provide an actual demonstration, but kept getting hit for copyright.

[ExposedRoot]

Just bought one for $379 from BB. They are selling refurbs. October-2020

[lucabelcher]

do you think this requires a sub to go with it or is the playbar’s bass good enough? great review btw 👍

[Ravenfearhers]

Hey guys . love your tips. Question, can you control you tv volume with the tv remote, when the playbar is connected via a optical cable? Im guessing NO, and this is only means of connection

[MrWill]

Hi Great video. Do you know if any other wireless sub will work with the Sonos?

[romanpedraza]

Do you absolutely need a TV to use the play bar? I primarily want it for music, I’d like to just plug it into the wall outlet then connect via Bluetooth? Is this possible? Awesome review btw

[shekhars]

Great Video - I had a question - I am using it for my projector Bluetooth Audio out "to Bluetooth receiver in" TO Aux Out" - to "Analog to digital convertor "to Optical cable as input, but the sound is low on the play bar compared to One SL i clubbed together, I don't have the option to convert the audio to Dolby digital

can you guide

[tk_]

How do you turn the playbar off if you want to listen only from tv speakers? I want to use the playbar only for movies and music. I have the play bar conected with the tv but i don't want to use it all the time when tv is on.

[Frst]

$225 used a good deal? Have 2 ones for surrounds

[LegendaryOldwarrior]

I have a playbar, base and 4 Sonos 1's. Instead of using them as surround sound, I set them up as if they are in other rooms (but in the same room). I just like the sound better then setting them up as surround sound speakers. On avengers endgame final scene when they all come out the portal and music playing, it sounds great! My backyard pretty good size and my neighbors can't believe how crisp it all sounds. I'm going to add another playbar and hang it up on the wall behind our sofa. I think you can have 2 playbars going at the same time.

[sramirezjr]

Playbar or play 5? I have an original play 5. I’m going to be doing a trade up to get a sub but wondering if I should get a play bar or the play five

[whereistheaccountability]

Got the beam because I needed white. Playbar doesn’t come in white unfortunately