Polk SurroundBar SDA Rattle Your Bones With Single-Speaker Surround Sound

Polk's "Instant Home Theater" handily rules the solo-surround roost—and, unsurprisingly, commands the highest price. Though a dearth of inputs prevents it from being the nexus of your home theater, the SDA masters the most important feature: all-enveloping, glass-smashing multidirectional emulation. The bar delivers a deep and complex sound field, rounded out by punchy bass from its wireless sub.
WIRED Solid performance across all types of audio. Phenomenal 50-foot range on the wireless subwoofer.
TIRED BYO remote; it doesn't come with one. Lack of display leaves you flying blind. Bland design. One RCA jack—that's it.
$550, Polkaudio.com