Sony BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 vs BRAVIA Theater Bar 7

The Sony BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 has a slightly larger form factor than the Sony BRAVIA Theater Bar 7. While this makes the former less suitable for smaller living spaces and compact TV stands, there's not much else to split them in terms of performance. Both bars have a similar frequency response that boosts the high bass to compensate for the lack of low-bass presence, while keeping the mid-range and highs quite balanced. They also rely on virtualization when it comes to 5.1 content, and their respective up-firing drivers struggle to create a sense of height, detracting from their immersiveness with these content types. With similar video passthrough capabilities, soundstage performances, and center channels, the only other factor separating them is the Theater Bar 7's lower latency across all connections and formats. If this, and its more compact size, don't matter to you, you're better off going with what's priced most competitively.