The Amazon Fire TV Soundbar 2.0 Speaker is Amazon’s entry-level soundbar, aimed at anyone who’s still listening to a TV through the speakers built into the back. There are two full-range drivers inside, and DTS Virtual:X and Dolby Audio processing handle the rest, giving you a sense of surround sound without having to put speakers around the room. The bar measures 24 inches long and 2.5 inches tall, so it’ll sit in front of most TVs without blocking anything. An HDMI cable comes in the box, and Bluetooth is there for streaming music off your phone.
Head over to Amazon to get the Amazon Fire TV Soundbar 2.0 Speaker for just $85, down from its usual price of $120. That’s a $35 discount and 29% off.
An affordable way to improve your sound while adding streaming functionality
With TVs getting thinner, there’s no longer enough space to mount an adequate speaker inside the panel. As a result, dialogue turns into mumbles and explosions are flat. Soundbars fix this problem with actual speakers in cabinets with enough room for them to move air, and this one has two full-range drivers that’ll play the entire audio spectrum, from the midrange through to bass.
Setup takes about two minutes and involves plugging the power cord in, running the included HDMI cable from the soundbar to the eARC or ARC port on your TV, and turning it on. Your TV should switch its audio over on its own from that point. There’s no app to install and no account to set up.
DTS Virtual:X is the processing that creates a three-dimensional effect out of two speakers, including a sense of height for sounds that are supposed to be coming from above you. Dolby Audio works alongside it and gives you richer bass and clearer dialogue, which is really the main reason most people buy a soundbar in the first place.
Since this is Fire TV Ready, your Fire TV remote will control both the TV and the soundbar, so you’re not juggling two remotes on the coffee table. It also works with other smart TVs and with any TV that has a streaming stick plugged into it, so you don’t need to own a Fire TV to use it. Bluetooth handles music from a phone or a tablet when nothing’s on the screen.
Mounting rings come in the box if you’d rather hang the soundbar underneath a wall-mounted TV instead of setting it on a stand, and Amazon builds the thing from 18% recycled materials. At $85 rather than $120, the Amazon Fire TV Soundbar 2.0 Speaker costs about what a decent pair of headphones does, and it’s the cheapest fix there is for a TV that sounds thin.