paiyda 2.1 Channel Soundbar with Subwoofer, 120W Soundbar for TV, 120 dB Strong Bass Surround Sound System, Remote, Optical/AUX/Coaxial/USB Connection,Home Cinema Sound System

Ok, I'll start by saying I'm not an expert when it comes to soundbars, I can only comment based on my own experience.I've got two 23" TVs in the bedrooms which both had dreadful tinny sound so purchased soundbars for them that were less than £20 each and did a great job and made the TV's watchable, and more importantly, listenable.I had a 13 year old Samsung 37" in the living room that used to have excellent, built in 'tru surround' that most certainly never needed a soundbar, but sadly, the picture started to fade away and it needed replacing. Oh dear, I thought, here we go, modern super skinny TV with rubbish speakers. Sigh.We replaced our old TV with a 43" Samsung that cost £550. So whilst not up there in the thousands, not a cheap and cheerful TV either, and sure enough, the sound was awful. Beautiful picture, dreadful sound. I don't get this passion for super skinny TV's that mean you need to buy a separate speaker for them. To me it's like buying a car and having to buy the seats separately. Why? But there you go, it is what it is, so a soundbar we needed.Now then, we couldn't afford a lot having just had to shell out on the TV as well. Back in the day, we had 2 JVC 5.1 home cinema systems that cost about £400 and £600 respectively. We're going back about 15 years here, when I was younger, brand names mattered and the only jeans I would wear were Levi's and wouldn't be seen dead in supermarket jeans (how things change!) So anyway, I remember vividly buying those systems, and from the get go, I dreamed up 'the Titanic test' - I said to my husband (then boyfriend) that if we watched Titanic and didn't feel like we were going down with the ship, they were going back! Both passed! They were awesome!So, back to this soundbar then. I didn't buy it with any intention of subjecting it to 'the Titanic test' - I just wanted to make the TV sound ok and be watchable, and again, listenable. It's a 2.1 system after all, not 5.1, and a fraction of the price of the JVC systems of old. But it was pretty much all I could afford and got good reviews, so I decided to go for it.It arrived well packaged in an interesting, L shaped box, no wasted cardboard here, but no extra necessary. It came with the necessary cables for connection to the TV, great! No batteries for the remote though so you need a couple of AA's or you'll end up doing what I did and stealing them out of something else to see if it works!We'd already decided we would use the optical connection as apparently that gives better sound, but it was a good job we'd made that decision as it turns out the new TV has no headphone socket so we couldn't have connected it that way even if we'd wanted to! Something to note on this subject - upstairs, my two cheap and cheerful soundbars are connected to the headphone socket and therefore are controllable by the Sky remote. Using the optical connection means you CANNOT use your standard TV/Sky remote, you have to use the included remote control for the soundbar. If using a different remote for the soundbar is going to be an issue for you, this is not for you. I was fine with it. Hubby was a bit sulky before it arrived but now he's fine with it too!Set up was easy peasy. Connect soundbar to back of TV (optical connection), connect soundbar to subwoofer (WITH a cable, it's NOT wireless, again, no issue for me), plug in subwoofer to mains, turn on. READ THE INSTRUCTIONS! If using the optical connection you need to make a change in your TV settings! It's written in the booklet and another review mentions it here too. Don't miss this step! Job done!I think there are three modes to choose from sound wise, and I think I use the second option, whatever that is. I can't remember and I'm not by my TV right now to find out! Sorry! But we like that setting and use it for everything, regular TV, sport, movies, the lot. It's great!I don't use the Bluetooth connection so can't comment on that. I also don't use it for streaming music, I use it for improving the TV sound, which it does, and does very well!It's a solid piece of kit and seems very well made. It's attractive as soundbars go, but not attractive enough for me to stick it in front of the TV going 'LOOK AT ME!' I'M A BIG SOUNDBAR BECAUSE YOUR TV SPEAKERS ARE RUBBISH!' Instead, I have it located behind the TV on the stand, and it's absolutely fine. It's more discreet that way and the remote still works fine.So, the volume caps out at 34. It's a 120w system, my £600 old JVC was I think over 600w. I didn't expect much, but it sounded so good, I just had to . . . The Titanic Test! We downloaded it from Sky and kept giving each other forlorn looks. We thought this was going to be a step too far. What were we doing to it? Poor thing. It didn't sign up for this! Movie downloaded, skip forward to about 2 hours in where Jack is handcuffed to a pipe down in the lower levels and the water starts seriously gushing in. Here we go, volume up . . .It's doing well we thought! Up some more! It got to the bit where the now freed Jack and Rose are desperately trying to escape the ever rising water, when a door gives way to the pressure and the water comes booming in! CRASH!!! SPLASH!!! BANG!!! THE SHIPS GOING DOWN!!!! And shiver me timbers, SO WERE WE! We'd got to volume 31 and couldn't imagine why anybody would want it louder? When those doors broke and the water smashed through, no kidding, the sofa shook! IT SHOOK!!!!! Eyes wide, mouths gaping, we looked at each other and smiled the silly smiles of the 20 something's we were all those years ago when these things really mattered! Turns out, even just a little bit, it still matters. Who knew?As I said, I'm no expert in soundbars, and of course, a 2.1 system is never going to give you that fully immersive experience of a 5.1 system, but I'm over that now. I'm 47, I wear supermarket jeans, and I have a soundbar that cost me £74.99 (it's currently even cheaper!) that rocks! It's absolutely brilliant! Neither me nor hubby can fault it! We're really THAT impressed!Just remember, you need 2 x AA batteries for the remote control. If using the optical connection you will need to use the remote it comes with to change the volume, and don't forget to change that setting on your TV!My advice - JUST BUY IT!

This sound bar is for our TV - and the difference it's made is like night and day. My wife was dubious, fearing that it would just be loud, but volume isn't the issue - it's clarity - and even she says now it's like being at the movies.In fairness, as it's the first sound bar I've ever owned, I have no basis for comparison, but we got this on a deal for under £80 and we're delighted with the sound.It was very easy to install and works as promised straight out of the box. (Make sure your TV has an optical out socket for best audio).Niggles? The instructions are poor - they look like a slightly better than average translation, presumably from Chinese. Whilst you won't need much in the way of instructions, bits you do need are hard to find. E.g. what's the difference between the four EQ settings? (Eventually found this on the page illustrating the remote control functions).And the unit's display would have been more helpful if there was more than just two character spaces in the centre for everything, (mode, volume level, EQ setting), and the fact that the device goes into standby after 20 minutes idle with no LED to tell you if it's on or off.The remote control gets 4 stars for its odd layout. Volume +/- is on a ring. Bass +/- are on buttons facing left and right whilst treble +/- have buttons one under the other. The EQ function is where it is for no obvious reason, and I haven't dared press the central button marked "reset" because I don't know what the "manufacturers defaults" that I'd be resetting it to are! There's no mention in the instruction booklet.But these are very minor. It performs perfectly and has transformed our viewing pleasure. Having the bluetooth function means I can also play music from my phone is an added bonus, and has pretty much made the old hifi system obsolete.

I bought this soundbar for the TV in the kitchen. I wasn't expecting much as I purchased it on promotion for less than £80.I just wanted a warmer, more realistic sound than the down firing speakers on the TV so I wasn't expecting much but I am incredibly surprised by the bass clarity. This thing sounds better than my Samsung sound bar in the living room!There are a few drawbacks of course. It says wireless but it isnt. It has Bluetooth for streaming music from your phone but literally everything else is a wired connection. Not really a problem as all of the wires are pretty much hidden.The remote is very basic and you can't connect it to your sky remote so separate remotes aren't perfect and some people will hate this.The preset EQs are actually really good. I've gone to EQ 2 for the Formula 1 as it sounds a bit richer. I'll probably leave it on this for all TV though to be honest.A friend of mine was asking a couple of months ago, what to go for in a Bluetooth speaker for his living room. Upon some questioning, it turns out he doesn't have a sound bar for his TV. For this price, I'm confident you can't find a better quality bluetooth speaker and this can be used with a TV so i've sent him the link to this.