VIZIO SB3651-E6 vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550 review

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Rating 5 5

VIZIO SB3651-E6 vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550 comparison chart

Overall
VIZIO SB3651-E6
7.6
Denon Home Sound Bar 550
7.4
8
9

VIZIO SB3651-E6 vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550 review

VIZIO SB3651-E6
vs
Denon Home Sound Bar 550

An affordable soundbar is always a good option to consider, so VIZIO SB3651-E6 vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550 comparison definitely makes sense. Based on our rating, SB3651-E6 has a total rating of 7.6 out of 10 versus 7.4 for Home Sound Bar 550. The competitors' control buttons are different: power, input, Bluetooth, volume down, volume up and power, source, demo, volume down, volume up, respectively.

Audio features

Both soundbars have active amplification type. A significant difference between the units in the number of channels, the VIZIO SB3651-E6 has 5.1 versus 2.1 for the Denon Home Sound Bar 550. Competitors do not have a built-in subwoofer. The SB3651-E6 has a wireless connection to separate subwoofer, and the Home Sound Bar 550 - wired. The VIZIO SB3651-E6 got our rating of 7 out of 10, and the Denon Home Sound Bar 550 4 for its audio features and specs. Spotify is available on each of the soundbars.

Connectivity

These models have the ability to connect to the Internet via WI-FI. Rivals from our review have Bluetooth support. The VIZIO SB3651-E6 has 1/0 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, each of the soundbars received a rating of 8/10. App control is available in every soundbar. A built-in microphone is present in each model. 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 VIZIO SB3651-E6 got a rating of 4, and Denon Home Sound Bar 550 6 out of 10.

Advantages VIZIO SB3651-E6 over Denon Home Sound Bar 550

  • Separate subwoofer in package

Advantages Denon Home Sound Bar 550 over VIZIO SB3651-E6

  • Compatible with Dolby Atmos
  • Compatible with DTS:X
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Common

Product

VIZIO SB3651-E6
Denon Home Sound Bar 550

Model

SB3651-E6
Home Sound Bar 550

Brand

VIZIO
Denon

Reviews

419
0

General

Placement type

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

Connection to source

wired, wireless
wired, wireless

Soundbar buttons

power, input, Bluetooth, volume down, volume up
power, source, demo, volume down, volume up

Audio features

Built-in channels

5.1
2.1

Amplification type

active
active

Output power, W

53 (overall)

Separate speaker (in package)

2
0

Separate speaker connections

wired
has not

Subwoofer

Built-in subwoofer

Separate subwoofer (in package)

Separate subwoofer connections

wireless
wired

Streaming services

Apple Music (AirPlay)

AirPlay

Amazon Music

Spotify

Other streaming services

Pandora, Tuneln, Deezer, Chromecast
Pandora, SoundCloud

Connectivity

WI-FI

Bluetooth

Ethernet (RJ45)

1
1

NFC

HDMI input/output

1/0
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

1/0
0/0

Analog audio input/output (RCA)

1/0
0/0

Headphone output

0
0

Subwoofer output

0
1

Features

Voice control

Google Assistant

App control

Microphone

Remote control

Multi-room

Multichannel surround

Dolby Atmos

Dolby (other)

Dolby Digital

DTS:X

DTS (other)

has not

User manual

Manual

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

91.4 x 5 x 7.6/36 x 2.1 x 3.2
65.7x7.3x11.9/25.9x2.9x4.7

Weight, kg/pounds

1.8/4.6
3.5/7.8

Other

Release year

2017
2020
VIZIO SB3651-E6
Denon Home Sound Bar 550
VIZIO SB3651-E6
Denon Home Sound Bar 550

Soundbars SoundStrokes Art comparison rating

  • better
  • worse
  • 7.6
  • 7.4
  • 7.6VIZIO SB3651-E6
  • 7.4Denon Home Sound Bar 550

VIZIO SB3651-E6 competitors

Denon Home Sound Bar 550 competitors