Sony HT-S400 vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550 review

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Rating 5 5

Sony HT-S400 vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550 comparison chart

Overall
Sony HT-S400
4.4
Denon Home Sound Bar 550
7.4
4
9

Sony HT-S400 vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550 review

Sony HT-S400
vs
Denon Home Sound Bar 550

An affordable soundbar is always a good option to consider, so Sony HT-S400 vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550 comparison definitely makes sense. Based on our rating, HT-S400 has a total rating of 4.4 out of 10 versus 7.4 for Home Sound Bar 550.

Audio features

Both soundbars have active amplification type. Soundbars have the same number of channels on 2.1. The output power is different and equal to 330 (overall) W for the HT-S400 versus 53 (overall) W for the Home Sound Bar 550. Competitors do not have a built-in subwoofer. The HT-S400 has a wireless connection to separate subwoofer, and the Home Sound Bar 550 - wired. The Sony HT-S400 got our rating of 6 out of 10, and the Denon Home Sound Bar 550 4 for its audio features and specs.

Streaming services

Spotify support is available on the Home Sound Bar 550.

Connectivity

Only the Denon Home Sound Bar 550 can connect to the Internet via WI-FI. Rivals from our review have Bluetooth support. The Sony HT-S400 has 0/1 HDMI inputs/outputs versus 1/1 of the Denon Home Sound Bar 550. The HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC) feature supports both devices. Both soundbars have a USB connector. For connectivity, the HT-S400 received a rating of 7/10 versus 8/10, respectively.

Features

App control is available for the Home Sound Bar 550. A built-in microphone is present only on the Home Sound Bar 550. Soundbars do not have Multi-room support.

Multichannel surround

Only the Home Sound Bar 550 has a Dolby Atmos multichannel audio format support. A surround technology DTS:X is supported only by the Home Sound Bar 550. For multichannel surround Sony HT-S400 got a rating of 5, and Denon Home Sound Bar 550 6 out of 10.

Advantages Sony HT-S400 over Denon Home Sound Bar 550

  • Separate subwoofer in package

Advantages Denon Home Sound Bar 550 over Sony HT-S400

  • Amazon Music compatible
  • Spotify support
  • WI-FI enabled
  • App control
  • Microphone
  • Compatible with Dolby Atmos
  • Compatible with DTS:X
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Common

Product

Sony HT-S400
Denon Home Sound Bar 550

Model

HT-S400
Home Sound Bar 550

Brand

Sony
Denon

Reviews

0
0

General

Placement type

table-top, wall-mountable
table-top, wall-mountable

Connection to source

wired, wireless
wired, wireless

Soundbar buttons

has not
power, source, demo, volume down, volume up

Audio features

Built-in channels

2.1
2.1

Amplification type

active
active

Output power, W

330 (overall)
53 (overall)

Separate speaker (in package)

0
0

Separate speaker connections

has not
has not

Subwoofer

Built-in subwoofer

Separate subwoofer (in package)

Separate subwoofer connections

wireless
wired

Streaming services

Apple Music (AirPlay)

Amazon Music

Spotify

Other streaming services

has not
Pandora, SoundCloud

Connectivity

WI-FI

Bluetooth

Ethernet (RJ45)

0
1

NFC

HDMI input/output

0/1
1/1

HDMI ARC

HDMI eARC

HDMI CEC

Optical digital input/output

1/0
1/0

USB

1 (USB 2.0)
1 (USB 2.0)

Coaxial digital input/output

0/0
0/0

Analog audio input/output (RCA)

0/0
0/0

Headphone output

0
0

Subwoofer output

0
1

Features

Voice control

App control

Microphone

Remote control

Multi-room

Multichannel surround

Dolby Atmos

Dolby (other)

Dolby Digital, Dolby Dual mono

DTS:X

DTS (other)

User manual

Manual

N/A

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

90.1x6.6x8.8/35.5x2.6x3.5
65.7x7.3x11.9/25.9x2.9x4.7

Weight, kg/pounds

2.2/5.1
3.5/7.8

Other

Release year

2022
2020
Sony HT-S400
Denon Home Sound Bar 550
Sony HT-S400
Denon Home Sound Bar 550

Soundbars SoundStrokes Art comparison rating

  • better
  • worse
  • 4.4
  • 7.4
  • 4.4Sony HT-S400
  • 7.4Denon Home Sound Bar 550

Sony HT-S400 competitors

Denon Home Sound Bar 550 competitors