Can’t hear what’s playing on TV? It’s not your ears, it’s the flat screen. These affordable soundbars can help

Get rid of subtitles to hear what movies and TV shows are supposed to sound like – for as little as $130I tested 42 pairs of wireless earbuds to find the best in the US, and I never want to listen to Fast Car againSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsYour TV sounds awful. That’s not an indictment of your shopping skills, your budget or even the TV’s manufacturer. It’s just basic physics.The tiny speakers crammed in modern flat-screen TVs simply can’t reproduce the physical sound waves as well as the larger