Hisense AX5125H 5.1.2Ch Sound Bar with Wireless Subwoofer, 500W, Dolby Atmos, Bluetooth 5.3, EzPlay, 4K HDMI Pass Through, Roku TV Ready, DTS:X, HDMI/AUX/eARC/Optical/USB (2023 Model) (Renewed)

Update from a few days later: Unfortunately, although turning the Virtual:X to "OFF" did appear to eliminate the "static-y echo" from the rear surround speakers, I noticed that there was still a noticeable amount of sporadic "digital sounding" white noise from the rear speakers. I ended up returning this soundbar and getting an LG soundbar, but it had the same issue. I suspect my house has way too many sources of wifi/bluetooth and that it is causing any wireless rear surround speaker to have interference. I went as far as to try to turn off the 2.5 Ghz band in my wifi router and tried specifying multiple wifi bands on the router, to no avail. I ended up just keeping my LG soundbar but disconnecting the rear surround speakers. I wish that at least some of these soundbars came with an option for wired soundbars/woofer, to avoid this static. If I had it to do over again, I would have chosen a soundbar without wireless rear speakers. ----------------- Good upgrade from my old receiver. The eARC HDMI port works well when connected to the ARC HDMI port on 4-year old Amazon Fire 43" LCD TV: TV audio is sent to soundbar through the HDMI connection, the soundbar turns on/off when I turn my TV on/off, and I can adjust volume of the soundbar using my Fire TV remote. However, I had to adjust two things to get the sound right. At first there was a very low-level short "static-y echo" that I would hear from the back surround speakers whenever I would stop playing a video. I was able to resolve that by going into the soundbar settings and setting the "DTS Virtual:X" to "OFF" (it was "ON" by default). Also, I turned off the "Bass Boost" since I don't need as much bass as I was hearing.

First unit I received had a defective rear speaker. Speaker would continuously slow flash indicating failed Bluetooth pairing. Hisense customer support was not helpful to resolve this issue, so I ended up requesting a replacement be shipped to me from Amazon. In fact, the Hisense customer support was delighted to know that I was still within my return window. I get the feeling he just didn't want to process a fix. After that mess was sorted out, I am liking the soundbar. It integrates well with my new Hisense tv. I could probably pass on the little startup and shutdown noises the sound bar makes. Kind of a silly thing to have when you can see the display light up as it turns on. But that's just a minor nitpick.

Sync's right up to my Hisense 65" U7K and one control works for most everything but keep the soundbar control handy for tweaking. Overall good sound, not much adjustments but fine for the money. Atmos effect is very good and a nice surprise. Sub-woofer had some pops when I received the unit and I contacted the seller thru Amazon and they had a replacement out that week. Great service.

With the wireless surround and sub, it was an easy choice! The sound from this budget system is amazing! Connectivity is great! You can turn the screen off in front or dim it. Excellent!

Easy setup. Ok for the price. You only get one single HDMI input so you’ll have to use an HDMI switch if you want to use more than one device. Kinda lame even at this price point. Difficult to find a speaker stand the way the back of the speakers is set up with the power cord in the way. Would send back if this weren’t so cheap.

Junk. Will not pair to the subwoofer or satellite speakers. I install technology for a living. This is one of the worst systems I’ve ever encountered.

Sounds compressed and nasty. Actually sounds quite a bit worse than the tv did, only now it surrounds you.

So far the system exceeded my expectations starting with the small 6” bass it fills my room with out distorting obviously I’m not going to push it to the max because then it will but on level 2 or 3 sounds perfect. The sound bar and the surround speakers are excellent. Connectivity it was a breeze since I have a Roku TV. And the best is that if the system fails I have 90 days. A few days in and the rear surround speakers started to malfunction, requested to replace the surround speakers, I will update later