Denon today unveiled its latest home audio offering, the Home Sound Bar 550, with a key feature for Apple users to get AirPlay 2 support for wirelessly streaming music to the soundbar from devices like the iPhone , iPad, and Mac.
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In addition to AirPlay 2, users can wirelessly stream music to the Home Sound Bar 550 via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, allowing music to be streamed from services such as Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, TIDAL, and others. The sound bar can be connected to a TV with a single HDMI cable, and “Roku TV Ready” works seamlessly with Roku TVs.
With a line of six drivers and “expertly tuned” digital signal processing, Denon says the Home Sound Bar 550 is built to “deliver best-in-class audio quality.” The sound bar supports both Dolby Atmos and DTS: X audio formats, and a feature called HEOS allows wireless multi-room audio with other Denon speakers.
The Home Sound Bar 550 can be controlled with the built-in remote or global notifications, the HEOS app for iPhone and iPad, or the illuminated control panel that lights up automatically. moving as an outside hand approaches. Denon says users will also have the option to enable Alexa voice control on the soundbar starting in spring 2021, and says the built-in microphones will not be enabled without specific user permission .
Denon says the Home Sound Bar 550 will be available for purchase at authorized retailers starting February 2021, priced at $ 599 in the United States.