Denon Home 550 vs Sony HT-S350

Trying to set this up with that Samsung involved utilizing the HDMI 4 ARC-equipped TV port. At first I could get no sound from it. Most documentation is lacking many technical details, but for me ensuring HDMI-CEC (What Samsung called “Anynet+”) was done in advance. I chose to use Ethernet for networking which most documentation lacks to explain the setup process for

No option for a wired connection to the woofer. Included optical cable. It also has hdmi arc but I use the optical. Wish it had better control on the top of the sound bar

Indeed, here you'd expect a soundbar with those certifications to have those drivers and indeed give you a real room, filling experience, but unfortun...

According to Sony this is normal. This is a definite negative feature of this sound bar.

Hi there i'm steyan from richer sounds the home. 550 is denon's range, topping soundbar. It's designed to massively improve your tv and movie experien...

The HT-S350 is a decent choice and will be a good upgrade from the built in sound. A couple of other options. Save a bit and go with a set of active bookshelf speakers like these from [Edifier](https://www.amazon

) Anyway, the Denon is twice the size of the Beolit, $100 more money, and needs line power. Not worth the small sound quality improvement in my opinion. If its audiophile sound you want, you need to have a subwoofer. Period

There's your standard power, volume, and subwoofer controls, but you also have these audio control buttons that are calibrated to different styles of ...

The controls are confusing. There’s no clear way to turn it on. I have to push all of the controls and it will power up but I’ve owned it for two months and I still don’t know how to easily turn it on. Seems like this should be pretty basic but they over-designed it

Can't use the manual buttons on the sound bar if it is mounted flush to the bottom of the TV. Poor design

Now let me operate the new denon home soundbar 550. You can select the input source from the remote control and the heroes app easily. You can also qu...

You can control the sound from the tv but can’t change anything or turn the sub up or down without this remote.

There's also a proximity sensing touch control pad on the top of the bar that allows you change volume and switch between play and pause. Please subsc...

Positives: small size, easy set up, versatile use using bluetooth, likely longterm durability due to direct powered rather than battery.