Denon Home Sound Bar 550 vs LG SLM4R review

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Rating 5 5

Denon Home Sound Bar 550 vs LG SLM4R comparison chart

Overall
Denon Home Sound Bar 550
7.4
5.2
9
6

Denon Home Sound Bar 550 vs LG SLM4R review

Denon Home Sound Bar 550
vs
LG SLM4R

Denon Home Sound Bar 550 vs LG SLM4R comparison definitely makes sense. Based on our rating, Home Sound Bar 550 has a total rating of 7.4 out of 10 versus 5.2 for SLM4R. The competitors' control buttons are different: power, source, demo, volume down, volume up and power, volume down, volume up, function, respectively.

Audio features

Both soundbars have active amplification type. A significant difference between the units in the number of channels, the Denon Home Sound Bar 550 has 2.1 versus 4.1 for the LG SLM4R. The output power is different and equal to 53 (overall) W for the Home Sound Bar 550 versus 420 (overall) W for the SLM4R. Competitors do not have a built-in subwoofer. The Home Sound Bar 550 has a wired connection to separate subwoofer, and the SLM4R - wireless. The Denon Home Sound Bar 550 got our rating of 4 out of 10, and the LG SLM4R 7 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. Only the Home Sound Bar 550 supports HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC). Both soundbars have a USB connector. For connectivity, the Home Sound Bar 550 received a rating of 8/10 versus 6/10, 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

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 Denon Home Sound Bar 550 got a rating of 6, and LG SLM4R 5 out of 10.

Advantages Denon Home Sound Bar 550 over LG SLM4R

  • Amazon Music compatible
  • Spotify support
  • WI-FI enabled
  • Audio return channel (HDMI ARC) support
  • Microphone
  • Compatible with Dolby Atmos
  • Compatible with DTS:X

Advantages LG SLM4R over Denon Home Sound Bar 550

  • Separate subwoofer in package
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Common

Product

Denon Home Sound Bar 550
LG SLM4R

Model

Home Sound Bar 550
SLM4R

Brand

Denon
LG

Reviews

0
0

General

Placement type

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

Connection to source

wired, wireless
wired, wireless

Soundbar buttons

power, source, demo, volume down, volume up
power, volume down, volume up, function

Audio features

Built-in channels

2.1
4.1

Amplification type

active
active

Output power, W

53 (overall)
420 (overall)

Separate speaker (in package)

0
2

Separate speaker connections

has not
wireless

Subwoofer

Built-in subwoofer

Separate subwoofer (in package)

Separate subwoofer connections

wired
wireless

Streaming services

Apple Music (AirPlay)

Amazon Music

Spotify

Other streaming services

Pandora, SoundCloud
has not

Connectivity

WI-FI

Bluetooth

Ethernet (RJ45)

1
0

NFC

HDMI input/output

1/1
0/0

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

1
0

Features

Voice control

App control

Microphone

Remote control

Multi-room

Multichannel surround

Dolby Atmos

Dolby (other)

Dolby Digital

DTS:X

DTS (other)

DTS Digital Surround

User manual

Manual

N/A

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

65.7x7.3x11.9/25.9x2.9x4.7
89 x 5 x 7.6/35.1 x 2.3 x 3.4

Weight, kg/pounds

3.5/7.8
2.2/5.2

Other

Release year

2020
2020
Denon Home Sound Bar 550
LG SLM4R
Denon Home Sound Bar 550
LG SLM4R

Soundbars SoundStrokes Art comparison rating

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  • 7.4
  • 5.2
  • 7.4Denon Home Sound Bar 550
  • 5.2LG SLM4R