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after a run of pretty okay products the new SB 500 is the company's best sounding speaker yet and it seems Zee Vox is now ready to take the fight to both yamaha and bose at $599 the SB 500 is a 43 inch wide sound bar which features three mid-range drivers and two bass drivers the speaker's quite tall at almost 6 inches high and is best mounted on the wall it even comes with keyhole brackets the speaker is ported to the left-hand side for deeper bass and on the right-hand side you'll see the large and friendly controls the speaker comes with a serviceable remote and features a large orange display on the right side of the unit one disappointment we had was that the unit only allows two connections at a time one digital and one analog also there's no HDMI happily will also get bluetooth for streaming music from your phone unlike some competitors you're unable to add a subwoofer to the Z box however there is a bass control if you want to tailor it to your taste sound quality is the Z box's biggest draw and the speaker makes a surprising amount of bass for its compact size this is an action-movie madman it has clear dialogue combined with deep punchy bass if you're a music lover though you probably won't buy a sound bar anyway but the Z box does a decent job of most styles be aware that if you love deep bass the unit can switch to mono mode to avoid exploding into thousands of bits or something as an all-rounder at the Z box SB 500 does a better job the most you might even find that only a dedicated speaker system and receiver could do a better job for the money