For one thing, large sound bars take up a lot of space and are not designed for close-up listening. And since space is often at a premium on your computer desk, there’s no better solution than a sound bar.īut not every sound bar is ideal for use with a computer. There’s not enough room in a laptop (or even in a desktop chassis) for high-quality speakers, so if you want good sound, you need to get that audio information out of the computer and into an external speaker. Great audio simply isn’t in its wheelhouse.

Your computer shares a key, albeit unwanted trait with your TV: tiny built-in speakers.