LG S95QR vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550 review

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Rating 5 5

LG S95QR vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550 comparison chart

Overall
8.8
Denon Home Sound Bar 550
7.4
6
9

LG S95QR vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550 review

LG S95QR
vs
Denon Home Sound Bar 550

An affordable soundbar is always a good option to consider, so LG S95QR vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550 comparison definitely makes sense. Based on our rating, S95QR has a total rating of 8.8 out of 10 versus 7.4 for Home Sound Bar 550.

Audio features

Both soundbars have active amplification type. A significant difference between the units in the number of channels, the LG S95QR has 9.1.5 versus 2.1 for the Denon Home Sound Bar 550. The output power is different and equal to 520 (overall) W for the S95QR versus 53 (overall) W for the Home Sound Bar 550. Competitors do not have a built-in subwoofer. The S95QR has a wireless connection to separate subwoofer, and the Home Sound Bar 550 - wired. The LG S95QR got our rating of 9 out of 10, and the Denon Home Sound Bar 550 4 for its audio features and specs.

Streaming services

Spotify is available on each of the soundbars. Both devices can play streaming audio from Pandora, SoundCloud.

Connectivity

These models have the ability to connect to the Internet via WI-FI. Rivals from our review have Bluetooth support. The LG S95QR has 2/1 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 S95QR received a rating of 9/10 versus 8/10, respectively.

Features

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

Multichannel surround

Both devices have support for Dolby Atmos multichannel audio format. The surround sound technology DTS:X is supported by devices under review. For multichannel surround LG S95QR got a rating of 10, and Denon Home Sound Bar 550 6 out of 10.

Advantages LG S95QR over Denon Home Sound Bar 550

  • Separate subwoofer in package

Advantages Denon Home Sound Bar 550 over LG S95QR

  • Microphone
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Common

Product

LG S95QR
Denon Home Sound Bar 550

Model

S95QR
Home Sound Bar 550

Brand

LG
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

9.1.5
2.1

Amplification type

active
active

Output power, W

520 (overall)
53 (overall)

Separate speaker (in package)

2
0

Separate speaker connections

wireless
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

Pandora, SoundCloud
Pandora, SoundCloud

Connectivity

WI-FI

Bluetooth

Ethernet (RJ45)

0
1

NFC

HDMI input/output

2/1
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 TrueHD, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus

DTS:X

DTS (other)

DTS-HD Master Audio, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, DTS Digital Surround

User manual

Manual

N/A

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

119.8x6.3x13.4/47.2x2.5x5.3
65.7x7.3x11.9/25.9x2.9x4.7

Weight, kg/pounds

5.1/11.1
3.5/7.8

Other

Release year

2022
2020
LG S95QR
Denon Home Sound Bar 550
LG S95QR
Denon Home Sound Bar 550

Soundbars SoundStrokes Art comparison rating

  • better
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  • 8.8
  • 7.4
  • 8.8LG S95QR
  • 7.4Denon Home Sound Bar 550