The soundbar market is huge, with models that run the gamut from small TV speakers to monstrous multidevice home theater replacements and range in price from $100 to over $1,000. Somewhere in the middle, you should be able to find a system that delivers powerful, room-filling sound, simplicity of setup and use, and a price that doesn’t make you rethink your life choices. Into that gap falls the $500 Klipsch Cinema 600, a 3.1 soundbar system with one of the biggest subwoofers we’ve ever seen. Does the Cinema 600 satisfy? Let’s check it out. The Cinema 600’s L-shaped box is an unwieldy beast you may want to recruit a friend to move — the courier who delivered our review model nearly hurt himself while negotiating our front steps, even with a dolly. Inside, you’ll find the soundbar, the subwoofer, two power cables, an HDMI cable, wall-mount brackets with a template, a remote control with batteries, and the user’s manual. There’s a lot of styrofoam used to protect the components, but the r...
Premium materials and finishes; Simple setup and operation; Effective dialogue modes; Powerful and precise sound;
Subwoofer underwhelms; Mediocre virtual surround mode;