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Audio-equipment used in decent pub (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

soundbar

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'audio-equipment used in decent pub' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'audio-equipment used in decent pub' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'audio' could be 'sound' (synonyms) and 'sound' is present in the answer.
'pub' could be 'bar' (both are drinking establishments) and 'bar' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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