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the den on heroes home cinema is one of the new category of speakers which offers both better TV sound and multi room music this is a sleek unit which comes with a wireless subwoofer and slips in just under the $800 mark the home cinema offers excellent music reproduction and support for a decent number of streaming services however it's not as good at home cinema the first reason is that the sub is kind of small and not as capable of producing deep bass as its rivals the second is that there is no remote control well you can program in your TV remote control of all the functions can only be done with your smartphone the system offers a number of different connection options including HDMI and optical or coaxial be aware that it doesn't offer bluetooth out of the box only Wi-Fi playback this is done via the heõs app which can be a little roundabout sometimes for example if you want to change the TV while you're listening to music you may find yourself swiping back numerous screens instead of just being able to press a TV button at its price level there's no real standouts as there are under $500 but the Denon is equally as capable as the pulk omni sp1 or Sony s t5 so if you'll pay less than a grand on the sound bar that's why it's at least checking out if you can live without a remote control this is ty Pendlebury for cnet.com you