What do you think of soundbars compared to speakers?


I'm interested to hear your thoughts about the benefits of modern day soundbars compared to the days of surround sound speakers and other inventions.

For me personally, growing up in the surround sound era, it was a neat little thing to have surround sound to show off to people when they came round to watch a movie or tv show. However, I think nowadays soundbars are my personal preference purely because of a lot less clutter and also multi functionality with the fact a lot of them can also play music etc through bluetooth. 

What do you guys think? Do soundbars create enough of a room filling audio for your tastes?
soundg159
if I couldn't have surround for movies, to reduce clutter I would go 2.1 or 2.0 with an integrated amp 
Sound bars are OK - I use one in the master bedroom.
In our family room we use a 5.1.2 Dolby Atmos system & there is no comparison. 
They sound better than the speakers in the tv for sure . Anyone hear Paradigms or Legacy's ? Any real high end one ?
One of the most maddening things. I really like the Sonos sound bar, but it turns out to have very limited inputs. You can find the problem in the reviews online. Arrrgh. :)

Best,


Erik
Yes i popped my cookies on my Bose sound bar just use it for movies and tv.