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

This sound bar is unbelievable value for $200. The installation was quick and easy. The sound is full and punches above its price tag.Just a couple growing pains:1. ABSOLUTELY ENSURE you have TruVolume turned 'ON' in the settings. Without this future turned on, some movies sound like you're listening to them underwater. You'll notice the volume is incredibly muffled, and even at 100% max volume the movie audio still doesn't sound right and the volume doesn't get loud. I'm not sure why this is only an issue with some movies or YouTube videos and not all of them. Maybe it's an audio formatting thing. In any case, this issue cost me a couple hours of troubleshooting, but having figured it out, it's no longer an issue for me.2. Note that the unit does not come with a remote. Audio adjustments (equalizer, TruVolume, surround sound, and AV delay) are performed on your smartphone by downloading the app and signing in with a free Vizio account. I'm happy to do this, but this might turn some people off.Despite these couple issues (that I no longer consider to be issues), I would 100% recommend this unit!

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.

I'll start with just good general advice: if the key features of a product can only be accessed via an app, do not buy it.If and when you can hook up to the app you can get pretty good sound. But you'll have to remember your magic trick for connecting to the app, because you'll need to do that each time you watch TV.My trick is:Close the app completely. Shut it down, no background processes.Forget the device in my phone's Bluetooth (BT)Turn BT off to clear the cacheWhile my BT is off, turn off the speaker by holding the "-" and "ᛒ" for 5 seconds. Wait for it to cycle back on.Press and hold the "ᛒ" on the speaker for 5 seconds until a blue like starts up.Turn BT back on for my phoneGo back into the Vizio app and hope to god it worked.Why the fuss each time? Because if you're TV has any brains at all (aka, has an ARC/eARC HDMI port, most smart TVs will nowadays) it'll just reset any of the speaker settings you worked hard on earlier. So that narrow, tinny sound that comes default out of the box will continue to great you each time you use this speaker.What if your TV doesn't have ARC/eARC? Well, the speaker will still get reset because it lost its connection to the app.Does that seem like a paradox? Yes it sure does.If that doesn't convince you, I'll leave you with the most infuriating characteristic a sound system can have: an unreliable Mute function. You can mute the sound in one app, like YouTube, but if you decide to go to YouTubeTV your sound unmutes automatically. It's almost as if the mute will only work if there is a constant input from an app, and as soon as you close or switch apps, that flicker of input off/on tells the speaker to come back on.If you find Vizio systems with a controller, check them out, I love my old system. I can't and won't buy Vizio again unless remotes make a return. I reiterate my general advice, don't trust when key features can't be accessed on the product itself.

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.

I love this Soundbar’s sound, so much so that I replaced or acquired the same model for 4 other smart TV’s. For $159 for 5.1.2 it shreds a $2500 Sony 3.1. Works great with Sony, Samsung, and TCL, however with Pioneer, the TV often and unpredictably loses the sound bar and switches itself to internal TV speakers. It’s rarely used in the basement and mostly it’s the kids who don’t even notice the sound difference, so I haven’t had the inclination to debug it.The subwoofer makes the windows shake.The super long cables for the rear speakers plug into the subwoofer and are literally magnets for the robot vac’s that prowl the house. I swear they are programmed to always engage any wire or cable in sight. I find them doggedly trying to get around whatever obstacle I’ve put in place to stop them attacking the wires.Packaging was well constructed with thick cardboard and ensured a dent and ding free delivery.Setup was intuitive and relatively painless.I am still wondering what the HDMI Out does on a soundbar? I connected it to one of the only 3 HDMI In’s ports on the TV, but when I select it, nothing happens. No Signal. At the very least they should have a banner landing page and a GUI interface to the soundbar’s controls.When we got a new TV, I mistakenly thought I had found the best brand and Holy Grail of Soundbars, and bought a pricier Vizio with 225W that came with NO HDMI Out port and NO remote, only a QR Code link to download the remote app. It’s got nowhere near as crisp trebles or smooth base that this model features.If Vizio had a “Suggestions” box, I would recommend that they add a cheap but useful webpage interface to configure the devices. Functionality similar to routerlogin.net, if you’ve ever configured a Verizon home WiFi network away from it’s default settings.

Given it's remarkably low price point, this Vizio astounds with it's top notch room filling immersive sound and Atmos performance. Is it on the level of Sonos or Bose or other high end models? Of course not, it's a Vizio that costs less than a nice night out. But, and I say this as an insufferable, pompous audiophile, I was nothing less than gobsmacked after setting this one up.... which is easy, although I recommend using a better quality HDMI cable than the one that comes in the box, by the level of quality sound. The bar itself along with the surround speakers and the Sub are well built, heavy and solid as bricks.. I could ramble for days about the almost perfect existence of this product (if only the surround speakers were truly wireless... they're not, they plug into the wireless subwoofer, which means dealing with wires and hiding them and trying not to have guests trip over them sending them flying out the nearest window, rolling into the pool and ending up sharing a rather vigorous weekend with the pool boy......🤣 But I digress. Just buy the darned thing.

Lots of wires but for the price it’s really good and the bass is amazing

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.Update: After using this for a while, I've encountered a few other issues I wanted to note here.First, some content causes the sound bar to get quiet randomly. It seems to happen the most with YouTube videos that have periods of absolute, bit perfect silence between someone talking and less frequently with games that have chiptune music. I believe the sound bar is changing modes (like switching from Dolby to PCM or similar) due to the quiet audio, then taking a moment to switch back when audio resumes, however I can't say for sure. This has happened with multiple different TVs and source devices.Second, the wireless sub will occasionally (as in once every several months) disconnect from the sound bar. Unplugging both and reconnecting them fixes it 95% of the time, and manually reconnecting them fixes it the other 5%.Both of these issue have lost this an extra star from when I first reviewed it.

Excelente servicio, llego antes de lo esperado y todo funcionando bien

J’ai acheté ce système pour remplacer une ancienne barre de son que j’avais. Dès la mise en marche, quelle différence!!!!! La connectivité est facile et le fait de pouvoir utiliser la télécommande de la télé est avantageux. Via l’application vizio sur le téléphone, encore mieux: on a accès à une panoplie de réglages qui permet d’ajuster le son en fonction de ses préférences.Le son est puissant et filtré. Tous les éléments jouent leur rôle. Le caisson de graves est incroyable pour sa taille.Un vrai délice d’écouter des films ou de la musique avec ce système. Pour le prix, c’est une aubaine. Je recommande à 100%!

Tiene buena fidelidad y es fácil de vincular con la TV. Me hubiera gustado que las bocinas fueran completamente inalámbricas

Absolutely great sounding system. What a difference between just having a soundbar and having a 5.1 system. Super easy to set up (part of the reason I purchased this unit) with very few cables to run. The sub-woofer came unpaired and literally took seconds to pair up with the central soundbar. Highly recommend.

They sold me a version with outdated firmware that is in circulation still. Unable to connect to Samsung TV because of old firmware . They also sold me a unit that doesn’t match the model name in the description.But the Bluetooth works and sound pretty nice