What this Amazon soundbar adds to your TV
- Amazon price
- $414.99
- Customer rating
- 4.1
- Customer reviews
- 513
- Typical price over 90 days
- $446.27
- Difference
- $31.28 (7 percent)
The Amazon Fire TV Soundbar Plus is a 5.1-channel system that includes the soundbar, a subwoofer and two surround speakers. Your TV supplies the picture, but this setup takes over sound duties so dialogue, effects and low-end come through the speaker array instead of thin television drivers.
A dedicated center channel is the part that matters most for everyday viewing. It gives conversation its own path, which helps when you're watching shows with dense mixes or background music. Movie, Music, Sports and Night modes let you shift the processing based on what's on screen.
We'd consider this bundle if you want an all-in surround setup from one brand rather than assembling separate parts. The 513 reviews suggest buyers generally end up satisfied with how it performs in their rooms.
How you connect the bar and speakers
The surround speakers and subwoofer connect to the soundbar wirelessly once you plug each one into power, so placement depends on outlet locations as much as room layout. That's the tradeoff of a 5.1 kit versus a single bar: more speakers to position, but also more separation.
The bar supports Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, so multichannel content can use the surround channels rather than folding down to stereo. Bluetooth lets you stream audio from a phone or tablet when you're not watching TV.
On the control side, Fire TV Ready means a single remote can handle your TV and soundbar together, and sound settings can be adjusted in the Fire TV audio menu on select models. Before buying, check whether your Fire TV model is among those, and confirm what audio formats your TV or streaming device actually outputs over its connection.
Which room setup makes this worth it
This is a good fit for a living room or media room where you can put speakers behind or beside the main seat and have power nearby. That layout is where 5.1 pays off; if your seating is against the back wall or you can't run power to rear positions, the surround speakers won't have anywhere useful to go.
We'd skip it if you only have room for a bar under the TV, since a simpler soundbar would cover that without extra boxes. The $414.99 price is $31.28 below the typical price over the last 90 days, which is a modest but real gap if you're already shopping this category.
Before you commit, measure the length of your TV stand for the bar, confirm each speaker can reach an outlet, and verify the exact remote and audio-menu support your Fire TV model offers. Those three checks decide whether the setup drops in cleanly or needs adaptation on day one.
Check that your Fire TV model supports the single-remote and audio menu controls before relying on them.
Aim for seating with space behind or beside it so the surround speakers can be placed properly.
Spec sheet
| Model | HM24BR |
|---|---|
| Color | BLACK |
