VIZIO 5.1 Soundbar SE, Wireless Subwoofer, Surround Sound w/Dolby Atmos & DTS:X, Bluetooth Speaker, QuickFit™ Compatible – SV510X-08 (New, 2024 Model)

I purchased this set for my new Hisense 75U7N tv. The tv is great but the sound controls are practically non-existent. So, I purchased the 5.1 Vizio soundbar with subwoofer and rear speakers. Warning: don’t try to adjust the settings in the Hisense tv. You’ll never get it to sound right. Get the Vizio mobile app and pair with your tv and then with your phone. Setup was easy. THEN you can adjust the sound from the app to your heart’s content. Easy. EQ as well as preset Movie and Music settings. After that the sound is amazing! Great price. Great sound.

I honestly was worried that I’d spend $200 and not like the sound quality. I have sophisticated ears and can be picky about speakers. But in this price range, I don’t doubt these are the best. Everything is crystal clear, the soundbar really does sound like 3 different speakers (left, right and center). I’ve experienced zero distortion (and the first thing I did was put on Man of Steel to hear it deal with intense music and a lot of action), and I’m surprised at the difference it immediately made. Once you dial it in to your taste, it’s exactly like being at the movies. And no more dialog being super quiet while music and action are super loud.It’s easy to setup, comes with everything you need right in the box. I have little side tables on each side of my couch, so the satellite speakers sit in line with the back of the sofa, the subwoofer is on the bottom shelf of the left side table. My apartment living room isn’t big, the TV is about 8 feet away with the soundbar underneath. Once I turned it all on and put the app on my phone it immediately connected to the soundbar via Bluetooth, and this is how you change settings and adjust EQ and balance. A lot of people complain about this, but I like it. I like being able to have more than a button on a remote, I like the visual representation of what I’m adjusting. Once you’re happy with the balance and EQ, your TV remote should adjust volume (at least mine does, connected via HDMI ARC). So you won’t have to use the app every time.The speakers have weight to them, even the small satellite speakers. They don’t feel cheap, even though they’re made of hard plastic with fabric over the fronts. The power cables could be a little longer (they’re standard size, 3’ or 4’), but the speaker cables from the woofer to the satellites are very long. It’s cool they included little Velcro cable ties, so you only need to unravel what you need and it stays organized.Literally my only complaint is having to create a Vizio account in the app to control this system. Love the app, hate junk emails.

The out of the box sound of this isn't super great. Highs and lows are almost non existent. Setting the EQ to direct and turning on TruVolume via the app gets it 90% of the way to sounding good. Then adjusting the various other sliders for your specific room should do the rest. If the sound was half decent out of the box, this would be 5 stars. The out of the box sound is truly terrible though.Having to set up an account for the app is annoying, but being able to use an app to tune everything is a much better experience compared to fighting through menus or worse, deciphering led blinks on the sound bar (the solution some other sound bars use).Setup is easy, and the mix of wired and wireless is nice (no cable running to the back of the room, but also no hunting down for separate outlets for the speakers). No pairing was required, which was nice. There don't seem to be any drop outs either, even in the dense area I'm in.I do wish there was an additional input option, other than HDMI (like some sort of toslink/optical) as I don't really have free HDMI ports, but for the price one port is acceptable. It does mean there isn't any input fiddling which is nice I guess.Overall, good value for the price, after some tuning.

Beyond impressed for the price of admission.We do not have a Vizio TV, but instead have an LG and the setup was a breeze. The subwoofer being wireless is a big deal as it reduces wire management considerably. With the subwoofer by the couch and the surround speakers which plug into it -- behind the couch, the wires can legitimately run underneath the couch without issue.The sound quality is fantastic, again, especially for the price of admission. Literally sounds as good as a theater in the privacy of my own home. I would recommend this setup to anyone and am strongly considering buying a second for the gameroom... whenever I have the excess funds to do so.The fact that if you have an eARC HDMI connection it all flawlessly integrates with your TV and volume can be controlled with the remote of your TV is seriously awesome. Adjusting levels through the app is nothing short of awesome.And they are constructed super well with a sleek design, couldn't be happier with this purchase.

Nice soundbar but does not include a remote control. You have to download a Visio App and register the soundbar to have access to the soundbar settings. The App works ok but I prefer having a remote control for input and settings access. If my dad is visiting or housesitting he has no way of changing the sound from movie to game or any other adjustments he may like. Just irritating.I purchased a Samsung - 75” Class Q70D Series QLED 4K Smart Tizen TV (2024) and the soundbar was kind of plug and play, seemed to automatically connect to the TV once plugged in. Sound quality is good for the price. I replaced a $700 Samsung soundbar with this one because the old one kept disconnecting from my new TV without warning, didn’t like the Qsymphony setup. If this new soundbar did not exclude the remote control I would have given 5 stars.