The Polk Audio Ultra-Slim Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer redefines your home audio experience with premium sound quality and a space-saving design. Equipped with 5 powerful full-range drivers, this soundbar produces crystal-clear dialogue, dynamic sound, and deep, resonant bass from the included wireless subwoofer. Polk’s exclusive VoiceAdjust technology ensures voices remain clear and balanced, while Dolby Digital decoding enhances every scene with surround sound precision.
Standing just over 2 inches tall, this ultra-slim soundbar easily fits in front of your TV without blocking the screen or IR remote sensor. It can also be conveniently wall-mounted for a clean and modern look. Whether you’re watching movies, streaming music, or gaming, this soundbar delivers an immersive audio experience.
Connectivity is seamless with HDMI ARC, optical input, and AUX ports, making it easy to connect to your TV and other devices. With built-in Bluetooth technology, you can wirelessly stream music directly from your smartphone, tablet, or favorite apps like Spotify and Pandora.
Setting up the Polk Audio Soundbar is effortless with the included HDMI and optical cables. In just minutes, you’ll enjoy powerful, room-filling sound without the hassle of complicated installations.
Upgrade your home theater with the Polk Audio Ultra-Slim Soundbar and Wireless Subwoofer — where sleek design meets exceptional audio performance.
Sound is great especially with the voice adjustment button.
Only thing I don’t like is their remote, but that’s a personal preference
To optimize the listening experience, the sound-bar should be mounted a few inches below the TV. Wiring can be smoothly routed in a tidy bundle using a cable sleeve. The speakers arrive in unique packaging, like a musical instrument; which I suppose they are.
I bought this to replace the 12 year old $30 soundbar I had outside at my tiki bar that finally gave up the ghost. I have a corrugated tin roof which made it virtually impossible to hear anything when it's raining (a frequent dinner time occurrence here in FL). I was looking for volume because of this. It is louder than the last one, but not quite loud enough to overpower the rain when watching a movie, but when streaming Pandora or IHeart, it has more than enough power. If using in a "normal" ambient noise environment, it will be more than loud enough.
The sub is a nice addition and does add a nice dimension to the sound, but tends to be a bit muddy. I have it in a cabinet under my flat top grill and with the bass turned down it is pretty decent, adding just enough bass without overpowering the sound of the main speaker.
For my application (which admittedly is probably uncommon) it works well enough. I can see this being a decent option for someone on a budget that just wants a little more sound quality than what their tv can provide
Update: I have since moved the sub from the cabinet to a shelf up in the rafters near the main sound bar. Again, it's not optimal, but it's out of the elements, and the bass response is actually quite good up there. I have come upon a small issue, and it's no slight to the speaker as my application is not really what it was designed for, but when the humidity gets high (80% or more), it won't turn on. Once the humidity drops it functions normally.
Polk took 15 min and several failed attempts at set up. It was much more work and steps to get it working. If you buy the Polk you will see what I mean.
2. Polk doesn't have as many functions available on the remote as Vizio does.
Eg. Vizio has separate bass and sub adjustments and a cool indicator light on sound bar Polk does not. That feature is key to dialing in the sound.
3.vizio has a treble adjustment on remote Polk doesn't have a treble adjustment.
4. Vizio talks to you giving instructions resulting in a really fast set up. Just push power button on sub and a couple quick steps and voila its done.
5.vizio looks higher class in my opinion the sub is real slick looking with all rounded molded in back with the sides. It looks higher end than polkas particle board square look like most of the subs iv seen. The Vizio is half the size and sounds twice as big with much lower and powerful bass.
Well there are some facts and opinions.
Hands down in every way I could see and hear the Vizio was the one that I would choose.
I hooked them up in the same room exactly in the same spot and played the same movie Vizio sound much better in every way with killer bass.
And Vizio had a nicer more sleek remote control.
The Vizio also has the woofer pointing towards the ground and also has a port in the back of the sub box so you can put it in the corner and the port will face toward the wall creating a deep bass.
Polk speaker is inside box with just a port facing to the front so if you face the port towards the wall you end up seeing the ugly back of the Polk woofer.
So there you have it lots of facts and opinions.
It synced to the Vizio on fist try. Took a few minutes to figure out the remote. I use it of course for TV, but I use it a lot for playing music.
The sound is better than I imagined. It has more volume than I’ll ever use, and great clarity. It comes with wireless bass which worked perfectly the moment I plugged it in. The only ‘con’ is that there’s not a volume level for the bass. You have to adjust according to your taste. It doesn’t put out ground vibrating bass, but is solid.
I recommend this product. Great value and perfect for what I want.
Update: I realized that the sound bar wasn't perfectly aligned with my TV speakers and there was a significant delay or echo in the sound. My TV is about 6 years old, and that is probably the issue. There is no fix in the audio menu of the TV. The solution I landed on was to use an Aux cable instead of the Optical/HDMI combo. That solved my delay issue and I don't really notice much of a difference in the sound quality. Still very happy with the product.