I tested Denon’s top-of-the-range soundbar and it’s everything you’d expect from an audiophile brand — but there’s a catch

The denon home sound bar 550 with a gray mesh casing and touch controls for bluetooth on the top with a remote and smart home integration.

The Denon Home Sound Bar 550 is definitely one of the best soundbars I’ve tested, especially when you take into account that it’s just a 2.0 soundbar. This isn’t even a 3.0 — that means it only has as many channels as the super-basic $99 soundbars you might find on Amazon.

However, this performance doesn’t come cheap. For $699, the Denon Home Sound Bar 550 is incredibly expensive for a 2.0 channel setup. When used with the rest of Denon’s Home series, the overall price goes up to almost $3k — and you only get 5.1 channels.