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The Sharp HT-SB300 is a wide and slim sound bar which might be the perfect addition to your living room. You will be surprised to see how such a small sound bar can offer strong and vivid sound. The system contains four woofers which measure 2.25 inches each and 2 mains which measure 1.5 inches each. Their combined force will be enough to fill an entire room with sound at an output of 32W. This means that the system is not a good idea for those who have a large room, but it will work perfectly for those who want to place it in a small or medium sized area. This is one of the cheapest sound bars available and you can find it at under $300. Design The sound bar is black and it comes with a simple black grille. You will notice a basic display in the middle. Setting up the HT-SB 300 You will receive a very small remote which is perfect for basic controls, including the levels of the bass. This remote can also be used on a Sharp Aquos LCD, so if you own one, you should see this as a plus.
Sound quality There are many audio options available: Dolby digital decoding, Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby Digital, Dolby Virtual Speaker and DTS. If you plan on using this system with Blu Ray discs, you won’t enjoy the full capability of the movies you are watching, but the HT-SB 300 will perform fairly well for a $300 system. When watching a movie, you will appreciate the presence of bass sounds, but you won’t feel the action happening around you. Even at maximum volume, the sounds are not powerful and explosions or guns firing won’t seem as real as they would through a real subwoofer. If you switch to SRS WOW HD, you will get a high sense of surround sound, which is amazing when you think about the small price of this sound bar. The movie watching experience can be enhanced with this simple sound bar, but you shouldn’t expect a miracle. In the end, you will forget that your sound bar is a somewhat simple 2.1 channel system, but you won’t be fooled into thinking that you have a full surround audio unit in the room. The sound offered by this product is good, but not great. Listing to music is better than watching a movie on the HT-SB300. You won’t feel the lack of a subwoofer that much and the clear and clean sound offered by the system will make you enjoy every note. The system performs admirably when you crank up the volume to maximum, but it works perfectly if you keep the volume at a medium level. Pros and Cons On the other hand, the system is not that great if you want to watch movies and don’t plan on getting a subwoofer. Conclusion Buy Sharp HTSB300 2.1 Sound Bar Audio System with Digital Decoding
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We got this soundbar, hoping to fit it with our existing Aquos, because nothing could possibly go wrong with two Sharps put together. True enough, the quality was outstanding, matching our Aquos perfectly! We really enjoy the crisp sounds it produced.
We added a subwoofer to it, and it got so much better. I’d give it an A+ anytime.
It’s really suitable for our mini theater, usually used by my son for his video games. I set this up when he was in the midst of his exam, so I get to enjoy it first with my wife. It’s compact, and the TV in our mini theater is also just a 42” TV. We placed it beneath our wall-mounted TV, and equally has about 5” on both sides.
Looks beautiful. Even though the room is small, the soundbar does not give the slightest illusion of being a surround sound. It does, however, amplify the sounds from the TV quite well, which is good enough for the mini theater. We also plugged in our existing subwoofer to it, which helps give the bass a little “oomph”.
It’s easy to set up, there’s nothing too complicated about the wiring. Previously I had a 5.1 system at my old house, just a very simple one. But this one is even more simple!
There is good improvement to sound quality, compared to just sound from a tv. We do not have a subwoofer, but this is enough for us in our living room.
We were trying to decide between this soundbar and a low-end surround sound system, and this one won because it was supposed to be for our bedroom, not to match the home theater system. There’s one problem though, our universal remote control does not work with this sound bar. Otherwise, we’re happy about it.
It’s stylish, and matches my Sharp Aquos TV. They must be thinking about the Aquos customers for this. There are four modes to this soundbar, but I don’t switch between any of them. I just use the cinema and leave it that way.