Wharfedale Vista 200 Soundbar

Wharfedale’s Bluetooth-equipped TV soundbar is sleek and slender yet packs a terrific sonic punchher you’re watching a movie or listening to music, enjoying your favourite TV drama or playing an exhilarating video game, Wharfedale’s Vista 200 soundbar greatly enhances the experience in comparison to your TV’s built in speakersfedale’s new Vista 200 stereo soundbar is an ideal affordable solution, delivering a major sonic upgrade despite its low-profile design and thoroughly modest £150 price tag. 90cm in length and just 6.2cm high, its long and slender form sits unobtrusively beneath the screen without spoiling even the most stylish TV aesthetic. Whether placed on a TV stand or mounted on a wall using the supplied bracket, its smart, gloss-black finish always looks the partling behind the metal speaker grille is a pair of high-quality dynamic driver assemblies, positioned at either end of the soundbar’s length to ensure spacious stereo sound and augmented by two reflex ports to aid bass response. These drivers are powered by 2x30W stereo amplification, producing a sound that is crisply detailed yet tonally rich – a powerful, highly intelligible delivery that ensures voices are clear, sound effects are impactful and music is full-bodied and engaging. In addition, three equaliser settings labelled ‘Movie’, ‘Music’ and ‘News’ provide a degree of sonic tailoring to suit whatever the user is watching or listening to Vista 200 comes supplied with its own remote control which covers all functions. For added convenience, those connecting the TV via HDMI (ARC) can use their TV’s remote control to adjust volume (assuming the TV is HMDI-CEC compliant). When connected in this way, the soundbar also powers up or down automatically when the TV is switched on or off.