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And that’s due to physics.

Both of these require more space for the speaker to sit in, though.

A Bose soundbar and a Dali separate speaker

Good bass is supposed to be directionless, so it can just go somewhere else; easy.

Same principle, they’re just cutting out having a separate unit.

(Not all of this is useful surface area, but you get the idea.)

Sonos Arc Ultra

Capable, but not the hardcore stuff.

And again, you might have multiple of these drivers per speaker.

It all comes down to area.

Bowers & Wilkins 607 S3 loudspeaker

The size of the speakers, the volume of the air moved.

Soundbars have bigger and better-quality drivers than TVs do, and dedicated home theater speakers step it up again.

But obviously, there’s a huge convenience factor to all of this.

The KEF LSX II LT speaker against a pink background showing the Uni-Q drivers

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