The JBL Bar 5.0 MultiBeam is smart, excellently crafted and comes with many cool features. If you like to play music on the spur of the moment and stream the latest series on Netflix, this compact TV speaker is an excellent choice given its good value for money. On top of that, it's very easy to use in many ways...

Soundbar sets with subwoofers and rear speakers are no longer a rarity, but the additional drivers also need to be stowed away in the room. All-in-one solutions are more inconspicuous and less expensive. Ideally, these solutions should play just as spatially as the sets, which is why the manufacturers come up with so many technical tricks...

New in the current 2021 test field are ?21 soundbars with prices between 90 and 900 euros. Among them are one-piece models and two-piece models with a separate bass box (subwoofer). Pleasing: the test winners are comparatively inexpensive. Soundbars in the test: What you need to know Soundbars with or without subwoofer in comparison One-piece units without subwoofer: Soundbars without subwoofers...

JBL's MultiBeam technology works splendidly, the compact Bar 5.0 MultiBeam is capable of both clean stereo music playback and room-filling 3D Atmos sound. Its modern connectivity to Amazon, Apple and Google systems is also exemplary.

JBL's MultiBeam technology works splendidly, the compact Bar 5.0 MultiBeam is capable of both clean stereo music playback and room-filling 3D Atmos sound. Its modern connectivity to Amazon, Apple and Google systems is also exemplary.