An affordable soundbar is always a good option to consider, so LG SN5Y vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550 comparison definitely makes sense. Based on our rating, SN5Y has a total rating of 6 out of 10 versus 7.4 for Home Sound Bar 550. The competitors' control buttons are different: power, volume down, volume up, function and power, source, demo, volume down, volume up, respectively.
Both soundbars have active amplification type. Soundbars have the same number of channels on 2.1. The output power is different and equal to 400 (overall) W for the SN5Y versus 53 (overall) W for the Home Sound Bar 550. Competitors do not have a built-in subwoofer. The SN5Y has a wireless connection to separate subwoofer, and the Home Sound Bar 550 - wired. The LG SN5Y got our rating of 6 out of 10, and the Denon Home Sound Bar 550 4 for its audio features and specs.
Spotify support is available on the Home Sound Bar 550.
Only the Denon Home Sound Bar 550 can connect to the Internet via WI-FI. Rivals from our review have Bluetooth support. Each soundbar has 1/1 HDMI inputs/outputs. 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.
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 LG SN5Y got a rating of 5, and Denon Home Sound Bar 550 6 out of 10.