Panasonic SC-HTB570

With the soundbar market exploding, Panasonic hopes its hybrid 2.1 system can catch your eye Towards the end of 2012, data analyst GfK released its figures for the consumer electronics soundbar market in the UK. The numbers were extraordinary. Sales had rocketed by 172 per cent in a year, with value up by 120 per cent. Eight out of ten of those sold were supplied with a matching subwoofer, around half offered some form of multimedia hookup (a built-in dock or wireless streaming) and 70 per cent retailed between £100 and £300.

The SC-HTB750 tries hard by offering a decent level of functionality, but suffers from below-par sound quality

Panasonic SC-HTB570 review - A flexible 2.1 sound system with a split-speaker soundbar, wireless subwoofer and built-in Bluetooth

Your flexible friend.