The weekend brings with it another themed sale, this time centered around audio products for home theaters and more. At Best Buy’s Spring Audio Event, we’re seeing big price drops on all kinds of products from reliable brands like JBL, Yamaha, Sony and more. There are a lot of items on offer, and you might run out of time before you went through them all. That’s why we laser-focused on the three top deals in the batch, all of which save you over a hundred bucks. Turn it up loud and get shopping.
JBL BAR 500 5.1ch Soundbar
Make your TV into an audio powerhouse with this low-profile unit
$399.99
at Best Buy
$599.99
Save $200.00
Soundbars are a great way to boost your audio profile without setting up a ton of speakers. The JBL Bar 500 is a reliable and unobtrusive combination of horizontal bar and free-standing subwoofer that provides room-filling sound at a low price. In our review of the JBL Bar 500, we praised the setup’s “powerful bass depth and crisp, clear highs,” putting it through its paces and finding solid results. It doesn’t provide true surround sound, but the quality and volume are so good you won’t even notice, especially at $200 off.
Sony kind of got a slow start in the portable wireless speaker market, which is surprising considering how they dominated mobile audio for decades starting with the Walkman. That said, the XV800 is one of the best products they’ve made in that market niche, with robust omnidirectional sound courtesy of five tweeters and a 6.7-inch x 6.7-inch woofer unit pumping out deep bass. The build quality is exceptional, boasting a IPX4 water resistance rating to repel splashes and spills, and up to 25 hours of battery life means you can throw the hottest party of the weekend.And if that doesn’t sound right for you, listen to what we have to say about the very best deals on speakers.
Don’t feel like piecing together a system from parts yourself? Let Yamaha do it for you and save $230 in the process with this solid setup. The YHT-5960 system comes with front, rear and center speakers as well as a powered subwoofer, all running out of an 8K AV receiver with four HDMI ports. This baby supports all of the hottest sound formats, including Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, Hybrid Log-Gamma and BT.2020. The 5.1-channel 725 Watt surround sound is clear, immersive and flexible, with an included microphone to drive the Yamaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer and determine the best placement for each speaker.
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