Amazon Quietly Offloads Its Dolby Atmos Soundbar With Built-In Subwoofer at a Near Record Low

This article features deals sourced directly by Gizmodo and produced independently of the editorial team. We may earn a commission when you buy through links on the site. Most soundbars at this price point deliver stereo sound and leave the bass to whatever your TV’s built-in speakers can manage. The Amazon Fire TV Soundbar Plus takes a different approach: a 3.1 channel system with a built-in subwoofer, Dolby Atmos, and DTS:X, all in a single bar that connects via HDMI. Amazon currently has it at $174, down from its regular $249, a 30% cut that puts a genuine three-channel audio system with dedicated bass below what most basic two-channel soundbars without a subwoofer cost at regular price. The dedicated center dialogue channel is what separates the Soundbar Plus from the standard Fire TV Soundbar in a meaningful way. A center channel anchors voices to the screen regardless of where sound is coming from around it, which is why dialogue in movies and TV shows sounds clearer and more precisely located than it does from a two-channel setup. The built-in subwoofer handles low frequencies without requiring a separate unit on the floor, which removes the cable management problem and the