Polk AudioSigna S2 Sound Bar for Smart TV with Subwoofer, Wireless – Exclusive VoiceAdjust Technology, Ultra-Slim Design, Works with 4K & HD TVs, HDMI & Optical, Bluetooth, Wireless Streaming

I got the S4, if you're teetering back and forth just stop, get it. GET IT NOW! I love it, I think you will too. Don't get me wrong, this thing is not so amazing that the walls our going to vibrate it's gonna sound like a concert in your home; no soundbar out of a box is going to do that. If you want that effect, prepare to fork out four digits on a system with superheavy speaker magnets and an independent amplifying system. What sets this apart is the clarity and simplicity, not to mention quality. And btw, it is loud enough to piss off any inhabitants in the same dwelling or sharing the same walls as you. Here's what I had to do to set it up, I opened up the box put the batteries in the remote, plugged the power cord of the soundbar to the wall outlet, did the same for the subwoofer, turned on the soundbar, activated the Bluetooth on the soundbar, pressed the button on the back of the subwoofer for it to connect to soundbar, got the tv to check for any Bluetooth items nearby and it saw the S4 immediately and I selected it on the screen. VOILA, the system was set to go. Seriously, that easy, 5 min! For basic sound, my tv remote was able to function the volume automatically. Now basic functions for the remote that comes with the soundbar, this is everything you'll need to know about controlling the sound: There's the volume up and down and there's the bass up and down, pretty basic. There's three available preset eq's set up (each of those buttons has icons). 1- movies/cinema, 2- night mode (which controls the highs and lows for a steady volume and tone, that's to avoid pissing off others late at night), and 3-Music mode. That's it, it's not like a fancy equalizer or amplifier, that's all the control you get. At the very bottom of the remote you'll see buttons with the numbers 1, 2 and 3. That's basically treble, it control voice clarity. If you're having trouble understanding what people are saying just take it up to 2 or 3 and voices are louder and more clear. And that's it! Now, if you want to get fancy, you can put it on a bracket and attach it to the tv (which, I did) or there are two holes already provided on the back to mount it to the wall with screws. It does come with HDMI and optical cable if you want to hard wire it to your tv, but hey, I'm happy with the Bluetooth; only cables I had to deal with are the power cords for the bar and the woofer. It's choice! Stop fidgeting, for the price point, get it!

This was the 3rd soundbar I tried as the first wasn't compatible with my tv, the 2nd had great reviews but to me, had a very empty sound and added little value above the tv speaker. So when I connected this, I was skeptical. Not only does it have absolute fullness of sound, but I literally did not have to do any setup at all with the tv settings. It connected seamlessly via the HDMI arc. I appreciate that you have the option to select the level of voice clarity you want, as well as the ability to control the bass independently. I highly recommend this soundbar. The only change I would make is to include Alexa compatibility.The only disappointment was that I ordered the 2nd one during prime days and by the time I connected it and realized it did not have the quality I wanted, prime days were over and I paid a higher price for this one. But in the end, it was worth it.

My first soundbar!This is definitely a big improvement in sound (volume, clarity and bass) over what were already pretty nice sounding built in television speakers which I listen to at about volume level 9 (of 100) for casual daily YouTube videos. I can bring it to level 13 when wanting to be more immersed in Netflix and such. I don’t need much volume in my home (though in my car I have a 12” subwoofer and play music at 75% volume LOL).VOLUME: The sound bar can get much louder and with that extra volume it stays more clear without being distorted unlike the built-in television speakers that start to sound distorted when it gets 50% and above in volume.REMOTE CONTROL: This soundbar CAN be controlled with my TVs remote so long as it’s connected not just with the optical audio cable but the HDMI cable as well going into an ARC HDMI port on the tv. The soundbar turns on when I turn on my tv and turns off when I turn off my tv.I don’t see a volume level on the soundbar which is my first complaint about the soundbar. It’s also not on my tv when using the soundbar. I just see a + or - on the tv when I press those buttons.EQ (ISSUE 1): Sadly there is no real EQ settings on this. There are several buttons on the REMOTE ONLY (not on the soundbar itself) that have 6 custom sound settings: Movie, Night, TV, voice 1, voice 2 and voice 3. I’m not sure if you can combine these. I switched to “night” and then “voice 3” thinking that maybe it would simply enhance the voice on night mode but when I press night mode again it resets the voice setting. So I think it’s either or. And as a 7th choice you have your bass volume. Thats the extent of EQ options.When using the built in speakers the TV had tons and tons of options with 5 frequency sliders (for sub bass, bass, mids, high mids and treble), surround sound, magic sound, add bass, add treble… so much. That’s all greyed out when using the optical audio out to this soundbar. I don’t know if all of those settings would still be there if I got an LG sound bar with my LG television. But considering I don’t know what brand of television will be my next, I couldn’t worry myself with matching the soundbar brand.So far, I guess it doesn’t matter that there aren’t as many EQ settings, the speaker sounds pretty good as is. I leave it on “Movie” for everything. I have my Apple Music hooked up on the television but haven’t used it for music yet, I presume I would want to put the soundbar on the music setting for that.ISSUE 2: I am not sure is an issue with the speaker or the television but when watching YouTube for example, if you are on the YouTube menu, there is no audio signal being sent to the speaker and thus you see single white dot of light. When you have clicked on a video and the audio signal is sent to the sound bar, the single white light turns green. The PROBLEM is that there is a fraction of a delay after the video has started before the sound starts on the speaker. There are many videos I watched that for some reason has someone speaking from the very first frame of video and the sound bar always misses it, the sound turning on 1-2 words late into the video. It has nothing to do with speaking specifically, whatever the sound is in the video, the speaker doesn’t activate until a fraction of a second after the video starts. It’s a bit jarring, and a little more annoying. If I rewind the video to the beginning I’m just repeating the situation because rewinding means there is no audio signal going to the speaker and so I see the white dot again, that once again doesn’t turn green until a fraction of a second after the video starts again.But aside from those issues, it really does sound good and I haven’t felt a need to crank up the base much because it sounds pretty full as is, without sounding too bassy or muffled. I experimented with the voice enhancement buttons. I’ve settled on “voice 2” to bring just a little bit more clarity and audibility to the voices when I have the volume a bit lower so as not to disturb others.It sounds good, I can make it louder than ever before if I want. I can control its volume and on/off without needing its remote (though I need its remote for the other EQ settings). I got it “open box” but it looked brand new I must say for $143.80 which is a good price for what this is. And I trust the Polk brand.

This is a very nice product. If you've ever had a real home theater system, 5+ surround etc., this won't match up, (and neither will the price😂) but it comes pretty close. I just wanted to improve the sound for a Samsung TV we had and this is great.What's better, is it's fairly easy to set up and it just works. It knows when the TV is turned on and tracks the volume from the TV. Not much adjusting needed. I simply had to go into the TV settings and turn off the TV speakers. So far, I'm very happy with this.One thing, the voice adjustment, I can't hear any difference. It's so much better than the TV alone, maybe that's why, or maybe it's just not very effective. Small matter. The sound quality is excellent for the price.