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Browse the full range of used soundbars on eBay → Prices move fast. See the biggest price drops across every category this week →eARC is the specification that dates these. Plain ARC carries compressed audio and eARC carries the full stream, which is the difference between Dolby Atmos as advertised and Atmos as an approximation. A bar from before about 2020 will usually be ARC only, and no firmware update fixes it because the socket itself is different. Check the port markings in the listing photos rather than the description.
The subwoofer is half the system and it is wireless, which is a warning not a feature. Bar and sub are paired at the factory and re-pairing is a menu dance that occasionally does not work, particularly on an older Samsung. Buy the pair together, and treat a bar sold alone as roughly half a product no matter how the listing is worded.
Missing remotes are the commonest fault and the most annoying. Many of these have three buttons and nothing else, so without the remote you cannot change input, adjust the sub level or reach the settings. Some makers let a phone app do it and some do not. If the listing does not show the remote, assume it is gone and price a replacement before bidding.
Rear speakers are usually a separate purchase and rarely interchangeable. The systems that advertise 7.1.4 or 9.1.4 get there with a wireless rear kit, and that kit is model-specific: an LG rear will not talk to a Samsung bar, and often will not talk to a different year of LG. If surround is why you are buying, buy the complete system rather than planning to add to it later.
Up-firing drivers need a ceiling, and a flat one. The .2 and .4 in those channel counts are speakers pointing at your ceiling to bounce sound back down. Sloped, beamed or very high ceilings scatter it and you have paid for drivers you cannot use. In that room a good 3.1 bar with a real centre channel will do more for dialogue than a cheap Atmos bar will.
Match the bar to the television, not to the room. A bar much wider than the screen looks wrong and a much narrower one sounds detached from the picture. Measure the stand clearance too, because plenty of bars block the bottom of the screen or the TV's own remote sensor, which is a tedious thing to discover after delivery.
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Usually but not always, and it matters more than anything else on the page. Most of these ship as a bar plus a wireless sub, and a bar on its own is roughly half the system. Check the photos rather than the title, because sellers list a bar-only as the full model name.
It matters if you want Atmos properly. ARC carries a compressed stream and eARC carries the full one. Bars from before about 2020 are generally ARC only and no update changes that, so look for the port marking in the photos.
Assume it is, unless you can see it. A lot of these have almost no buttons on the bar, so without the remote you cannot switch input or set the sub level. Some brands offer a phone app that covers it and some do not, and a replacement remote runs $30 to $60 when one is available.
Only within the same system, and often only the same generation. The wireless rear kits are model-specific and do not cross brands or, frequently, model years. If you want surround, buy the complete system rather than planning to extend it.
Only if your ceiling is flat and not too high. The up-firing drivers work by bouncing sound off it, and a sloped or beamed ceiling scatters that. In a room like that, a good 3.1 bar with a proper centre channel does more for dialogue than a cheap Atmos one.
That the sub is included and pairs, that the remote is there, that the HDMI port is eARC if you care about Atmos, and that the drivers do not buzz at volume. Ask for a short video with sound rather than a photo, because a blown driver is inaudible in a still picture.
A daily snapshot of the lowest genuine eBay price for every model we track, and how good that price is right now versus its usual level, updated automatically. Prices last refreshed 12 October 2026. Tap a price to see that model's cheapest listings on eBay, or tap a model name for the full live list here.
These are second hand prices, listed by sellers as used or pre-owned, taken from live eBay US listings in US dollars. In collectible categories a sealed or unworn item is sometimes the cheapest genuine listing, and it is included. The same number works both ways: it is what a buyer pays today and the resale value a seller can realistically ask. Every model also carries a price history, the daily record kept since tracking began, which is the part to read before you buy or resell. On a day when a model has no listing that passes these filters, its row keeps the last price we recorded rather than inventing one, and drops off this table if that goes on for more than a few days.
Under each model is the actual listing that price came from, so you can see whether it is the thing you want or a bundle, a variant, or an accessory that happens to share the name.
Over the period we have tracked, this category is down 1.9%, while the used market as a whole is down 0.3%. See the Used Price Index, which is built from these prices and published as a free CSV.
| Model ↕ | Cheapest now ↕ | vs typical ↕ | vs recent |
|---|---|---|---|
JBL Bar 1000 JBL BAR 1000 7.1.4-channel Wireless Soundbar & Surround Speakers w/ Remote | $295 lowest yet | 22% under | ▼ 22% |
Samsung HW-Q60T Samsung HW-Q60T 5.1ch Dolby Atmos Bluetooth Wired Soundbar, Black | $100 lowest yet | 13% under | ▼ 13% |
Bose Smart Soundbar 900 Bose Smart Soundbar 900 | $350 | 5% under | ▼ 3% |
LG S95QR LG S95QR 9.1.5 Channel Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer | $530 lowest yet | 4% under | ▼ 4% |
Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Sennheiser Ambeo Home Theater System SB02M Soundbar/Sw02 Sub-Woofer | $735 same 10 days | about typical | ▼ 2% |
Yamaha YAS-209 Yamaha YAS-209 Soundbar Black Front Surround System | $150 same 31 days | about typical | steady |
Polk MagniFi Max Polk Audio Magnifi MAX Home Theater Soundbar - 3D Audio & Wireless Subwoofer | $180 | about typical | steady |
Sony HT-G700 Sony HT-G700 3.1 Channel Dolby Atmos and DTS:X Soundbar w/ Wireless Subwoofer… | $190 | about typical | ▲ 6% |
Bose Soundbar 700 Bose 700 795347-1100 Soundbar - Black | $240 same 58 days | about typical | steady |
Samsung HW-Q800C Samsung - HW-Q800C 5.1.2 ch Wireless Dolby Atmos Soundbar w/ Q Symphony "READ" | $320 same 17 days | about typical | steady |
Samsung HW-Q900A Samsung HW-Q900A - 7.1.2-Channel Dolby Atmos Soundbar w/ Power Supply & Remote | $340 same 58 days | about typical | steady |
Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Plus Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar | Plus 7.1.4ch Dolby Atmos Soundbar | $700 same 37 days | about typical | steady |
Bose Solo 5 Bose Solo 5 Wireless Bluetooth TV Soundbar - Black | $59 | above typical | ▲ 5% |
Samsung HW-Q990C Samsung HW-Q990C 11.1.4-Ch Soundbar with Subwoofer NO SPEAKERS | $650 same 12 days | above typical | steady |
Sony HT-A7000 Sony - HT-A7000 7.1.2 Channel Soundbar with Dolby Atmos | $630 | above typical | steady |