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Still, Bowers & Wilkins confidently suggests this is a soundbar that has absolutely no need of an external subwoofer – which will be quite a selling point if it turns out to be true.

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By any soundbar standards, these are big, bold drivers – and they need almost all Panorama 3’s internal volume in order to do their thing. Those other, bigger drivers also visible through the top panel of the soundbar are 100mm subwoofers.

Look, there they are – two 50mm drivers, carefully angled. You can just about see them underneath that perforated top grille if you squint. This is an actual, proper Dolby Atmos soundbar – which means it uses actual, physical Dolby Atmos Elevation speaker drivers to reflect sound off your ceiling and create that all-important sensation of sonic height. It’s hard for a product like this to look authentically expensive (unless Bang & Olufsen built it, in which case it is authentically expensive), but no one is likely to feel short-changed by the way Panorama 3 looks and feels. The top and bottom of the bar are mostly plastic (perforated on the top panel), while the portion sandwiched in between is covered in acoustic fabric that extends to the side panels too. Because it’s a Bowers & Wilkins product, and because it’s relatively expensive, Panorama 3 is built from tactile, expensive-looking materials and is put together without flaw.

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