The 6 Best Harman Kardon Speakers

Editor's Notes

October 23, 2026, by Ezvid Wiki Editors:

The Onyx Studio 9 now leads this list. It replaced the Onyx Studio 8 at a lower price, adds a way to link several speakers, and both RTINGS and T3 rated its sound well for a midsize home model. The Luna 2 joins as the pick to carry outside, since it's the only current Harman Kardon sealed against water.

Most of the old list is gone. The SB26 Advanced Soundbar, Enchant 10-Inch, Enchant 1300 and Esquire Mini 2 have all sold out for good, while the High Performance 5.1 and Astra Wireless Extra Bass have vanished entirely. The Onyx Studio 6 is discontinued, and the old Go+Play Mini gave way to the Go + Play 3, which we couldn't find in steady stock, so it moved to Special Honors. The HK SoundSticks 4 and Aura Studio 3 stay as older, wired-friendly options beside their successors.

Independent reviews are still thin on the ground. We read RTINGS and T3 on the Onyx Studio 9, What Hi-Fi and StereoIndex on the Luna 2, and RTINGS and DXOMARK on the Aura Studio 3, and leaned on published specs for the Aura Studio 5 and SoundSticks 5. We found no current Harman Kardon soundbar sold new here at a fair price, so the TV slot goes to the SoundSticks 5.

Earlier notes

November 9, 2020, by Daniel Imperiale:

While the company has moved away from certain model lines, they've upgraded some notable others, like the HK SoundSticks 4, which may be their most iconic design to date, and that was certainly overdue for an upgrade. This iteration has a nice signal to noise ratio and comes in a bright white color, but the placement of its pairing and power controls on the back of the subwoofer makes them tough to access.

Users looking for a single purchase that might tick all the boxes without breaking the bank should consider the Enchant 1300. It can act as the main speaker for your entertainment center whether or not you choose to augment its low end with a subwoofer like the Enchant 10-Inch. It creates a kind of virtual surround by bouncing sound vibrations around your room, which might make it the next best thing to the complete home theater package offered in the High Performance 5.1.

March 26, 2019, by Daniel Imperiale:

Given the fact that everything on this list comes from the same manufacturer, the focus when evaluating their lineup was on sound quality above all else, but it was also certainly influenced by the potential uses of a given product. For example, the Go+Play model at number four could arguably be said to possess superior sound stats than our number one pick, but the differences between the two were slight enough, and the superior portability of the latter so obvious, that it failed to compete for the top spot. The Invoke was something of a surprise, as you might not expect a Microsoft model to gain ground over something tuned for Alexa, but it genuinely outperforms its Amazon-oriented cousin.