Sonos has established itself as the king of multi-room audio, and has traditionally been focused on providing sound for music lovers rather than film fans. However, given that the humble soundbar is the fastest-growing piece of kit in the audio market, the company has decided that's its time to turn...

Fantastic design and build quality; High-detail; wide and engaging sound; Easy streaming from Spotify and suchlike; No HDMI inputs

Creating a Sonos 5.1 system is expensive

It's expensive, but it looks gorgeous, sounds brilliant, can be extended into a 5.1 system and it can join your existing Sonos multi-room system

Sonos' Playbar is the company's first foray into the soundbar market. It comes at a price, but we could hardly find fault in this stunning speaker system. Read our Sonos Playbar review to find out why you should buy one for your HD TV.

if you consider this sound bar, make sure you have a good wifi network. Otherwise, this is useless without it. But for those want home audio network, its great to have. easy to add on subwoofer and surround speakers for extra money.

I have Sonos Playbar, Sub, and two Play5 speakers, overall sound is very good on the Playbar and Play5 speakers and excellent on the Sub, almost no distortion at full volume, excellent software control from iPhone, iPad and iMac, with mesh network (each speaker transmits as well as receives) so

Sonos's wireless home music systems have always been deserving of a place in your living room, bedroom, or study - every one of the company's Wi-Fi speakers, from the compact PLAY:3 to the larger PLAY:5 and SUB , is the best in its class when it comes to playing all the different kinds of music you

Much improved sound vs; TV speakers, Can be expanded to 5.1 surround, Great design, versatile placement

Limited audio adjustment; High price

Can be integrated into a Sonos whole-home audio system; very good sound with both movies and music; versatile setup options; just two wires: TOSlink and power

Can be integrated into a Sonos whole-home audio system; very good sound with both movies and music; versatile setup options; just two wires: TOSlink and power

Not a surround-sound system; lacks in-your-face bass response; doesn't support Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD Master Audio

The Playbar has its charms. It's well-designed and innovative, with great virtual surround effects that you can't get elsewhere without spending more. Sonos also has delivered on truly painless set-up for both the sound bar and its digital music software, which is no small feat.

Integrates best-in-class digital music software into a well designed sound bar; Simple to set up; Works seamlessly with other Sonos products; Can even be expanded to a wireless 5.1 system

The Playbar's heavily processed sound won't please purists; Expensive

As sound bars go there have been a lot of attempts by vendors to deliver a knockout product that hooks up to a big screen TV in an effort to improve audio output, but no one has delivered a wireless soundbar as impressive as the new Sonos Playbar.

Excellent sound; modular system; looks fantastic; easy install

No HDMI out; solely optical

As sound bars go there have been a lot of attempts by vendors to deliver a knockout product that hooks up to a big screen TV in an effort to improve audio output, but no one has delivered a wireless soundbar as impressive as the new Sonos Playbar.

Excellent sound; modular system; looks fantastic; easy install

No HDMI out; solely optical