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hey I'm Matthew Muscovy AK at CNET and we're gonna take a look at the higher SPE v40 slim this is a budget sound bar system and it's currently selling online for about two hundred and sixty dollars this is probably the thinnest sound bar I've ever seen it's just one point one inches thick and that really gives it an impressive slim profile it's propped up by sturdy metal feet on the bottom and there's wall mounting hardware included to the subwoofer to is surprisingly small and it has a narrow profile that's just five point six inches deep and subwoofer is also wireless so you can place it nearly anywhere in the room although it does need to be plugged into the wall there isn't appear to be anything else on the front of the sound bar but if you press a button on the remote the display lights up from behind the speaker grille it's a really great design because you get the uncluttered front panel but you can also see what input you're on or how loud the volume is when you're making adjustments you can control the higher either via a series of buttons that run along the back or via the included remote the remote is okay but the buttons are laid out horizontally which is a little unconventional flip the sound bar around and there are two HDMI inputs on the back which is pretty nice considering most sound bars don't have any HDMI inputs at all the higher also includes an optical audio input and a mini jack input so you should be pretty set for connectivity on the other hand the higher doesn't have built-in Bluetooth or airplay so you can't wirelessly stream audio from a smartphone or tablet although you can easily add that capability with an Apple TV or a Bluetooth accessory while the highest than this is impressive it's even more impressive that it manages to sound pretty great even though it's so slim the solid sound quality is mostly due to the fact that the subwoofer and the sound bar really blend together nicely so everything sounds pretty natural you're not going to get a ton of deep bass from a system like this but it handles both movies and music surprisingly well and overall it performs better than budget competitors like vizio as VHT 215 or the yamaha ys 101 with great sound quality in ultra slim design in a healthy set of features there's really a lot to like about the higher especially for the price if you're looking for a budget sound bar the higher should be at the top of your list I'm Matthew Muscovy ak and this is the higher s vev 46