Home entertainment systems have grown over the years so much that there's no way you can't afford at least a small HDTV. With it, you must comply a 5.1 audio system or a 2.1. Maybe some do it for better sound; I know I do it to keep things minimal. I prefer 2.1 because it sounds a lot more natural, with natural defined by the way that I as a person got used to hearing sound, not necessarily much closer to reality.

The main problem with playing a 2.1 audio system while watching movies is that you don't comprehend voices too well, at least when there's a lot of background noise. That has nothing to do with the audio system, as it does with the movie encoding. Being made to be played on a 5.1, the voice is embossed only on the center speaker, so let's minimize everything to 1.1.

One of the best solutions is using a speaker bar. One specifically speaker bar is brought to the market by a German loudspeaker vendor named Teufel in its Cinebar. Cinebar 50 consists of two components, a slim speaker bar and an external subwoofer.

The main unit sports six individual chassis, which encase the entire control and connector utilities and an integrated amplifier providing 2 x 100-watt RMS power. The subwoofer has its own amplifier that supplies the wobbly 25cm chassis with an additional 150-watt RMS.

Gadgets don't come any more plug-and-play than this. It is ready to use right out of the box and does not require wall reflections, being well suited for rooms up to 35 square meters supplying you with spatial, clear and bass rich sound.

You can find this bundle online for the sole price of $949, which seems a little too spicy.


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