Hisense - AX5125H

I recently tried 3 soundbars, including that Hisense. The sound is decent but the thing that made me return it was that scenes that are supposed to get much louder were kinda level with the prior scene. Almost like night mode on a lot of soundbars. And the bass wasn't very good. Ended up getting the Q990D and am very happy with it.

If you haven't decided yet, I highly recommend the Hisense AX3125H. 440w, 3.1.2ch, Dolby Atmos, 4k HDMI passthrough-- the whole 9 yards. $250, currently $230 on sale as of 09/02/24 Currently have it set up with a fifine wireless karaoke DAC bc it also has 3.5mm input and the bad boy sounds beautiful. It's bigger brother the AX5125H-- 5.1.2ch (includes 2 rears), 500w which is priced $350 is also on sale for $300 as of 09/02/24. :)

Hisense AX5125H can be found as cheap as $199 and IMO is probably one of the better sounding bars at that price range. $249 is the usual sale price.

EDIT: Holding the SURR button will allow you to adjust the rear speaker volume. Not the play/pause button. Thank you Spechh for the correction. Got mine yesterday and noticed the same thing. The rear speakers are quite quiet by default, but can be adjusted. Hold down the play/pause button and you can get to the setup menu. From there you can turn the surround speakers up and down. Use the forward and back buttons to navigate through each setting and the plus and minus buttons to change the settings. You also want to make sure that the surround functionality is actually on. If you press the SURR button you can cycle through the three surround profiles there’s off, surround pro, and pure. Off is off, surround pro “enhances” the surround effect and pure looks to stay as true to the intended surround experience as possible. This is not the manual for the exact model, but it does provide some good info on pages 21 & 22: https://assets.hisense-usa.com/assets/ProductDownloads/484/d30c38f4be/U5120GW+_User-manual.pdf As for a review on if it’s an “upgrade.” For my purposes, yes it was worth the price. I added the setup to a room that previously was only using the TV speakers. It’s a huge improvement. The sub isn’t anything special and it’s not the most pristine surround experience you’ll ever hear, but it’s solid enough for the price. Once you get the speaker placement right and the settings tuned to your liking, it can add quite a bit over a typical tv speaker and is quite comparable to some more expensive options. I think it’s a nice setup for the price. Easy to setup and decent sound quality. I only wish the bass was a bit more punchy.

Haven't had the issue with Bass Boost turning off by itself. But I do agree that the sub is not very loud even when bass is turned to 5. I only really notice it when the volume is cranked pretty high up.

Great! I apologize. Tried to write the explanation from memory. You are 100% correct. Holding down the SURR button is the fix. Holding down menu does get you to some settings, but the only one that I found to be useful was bass boost.

It was the in-home guys who said it was defective. They told me that I should just get a whole different brand because this whole release of bar 500's were defective and have been seeing it around for a while. I ended up getting a Hisense AX5125H.

When I had the Beam it did work but only for about 30 minutes at a time before shutting off because it wanted to be set up. When it worked it synced well with the TV, the only issue I had with it was it forced HDR on but I just manually turned it off. The guys who did the site survey confirmed it was defective and told me to just go to Best Buy and talk to a manager. The Geek Squad guys were really nice and so was the manager. I ended up exchanging it for a Hisense AX5125H and I can't find many people having issues with it online so I'm optimistic this one will work out. Is there any reason you wouldn't recommend Hisense?

That one doesn't have rear or upfiring speakers. I have a Vizio M-Series Elevate. If you can find one still available I'd jump on it. It's been replaced with the Elevate SE. That said, Hisense seems to have replaced Vizio in the bang for the buck category so check this out: [Amazon.com: 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/ARC/Optical/USB, 7 EQ Modes : Electronics](https://www.amazon.com/Hisense-AX5125H-Wireless-Subwoofer-Bluetooth/dp/B0CBRXTWGP/?th=1)

So, I bought this unit yesterday and returned it this morning. I set it up and tested it out prior to doing the firmware upgrade and will say that after the upgrade, the sound was much clearer and not so muddied. However, I found that dialogue, even with the ‘voice enhance’ on was particularly low, especially when using my Sony UBP-X700. This was even when watching Atmos content from the UHD player. I messed with the settings for a few hours, trying all different combinations, but still couldn’t get it to my liking. The sound coming out of my Apple TV 4K (latest model) was better, but nothing that really blew me away. Playing music through it wasn’t good at all. It sounded very ‘thin’. I get much richer sound out of my JBL Flip speaker than this setup. I am coming from a Vizio V51, which in my opinion, sounded better, even if the sound field wasn’t as wide. I ordered a Hisense AX5125H and am going to see how I like that. It’s gotten much better reviews than the TCL, so hopefully it’ll be a worthy replacement to the Vizio. I was really hoping to go from 5.1 to 7.1.4, hence the reason for the TCL purchase, but we’ll see how the 5.1.2 fares. I’m trying to do this on a budget and didn’t want to spend more than $500.

Amazing! It has a very rich sound with a lot of depth. It’s much wider and richer than the Vizio and the bass is something you can really feel. Atmos sounds great, Dolby Surround sounds great and dialogue comes through loud and clear. I’m very happy I bought it.

No, non ho problemi con il volume basso degli altoparlanti posteriori e non ho avuto alcun problema con il crepitio. Tutto è stato cristallino da quando ho iniziato a usarlo. Non parlo italiano, quindi sto usando un'app di traduzione. Mi scuso se la grammatica è fuori o la lingua non è chiara.

I bought the Q85 yesterday and returned it today. I didn’t like the sound at all and dialogue was especially low. I’m coming from a Vizio V51 and thought the sound from that was better, even if not as ‘wide’. There was a firmware upgrade for it right out of the box which made it sound better, but again, not great. I have a TCL 75Q650 and was hoping pairing it with that would be a winning combination, but it wasn’t. I just ordered the Hisense AX5125, which is 5.1.2, but has gotten much better reviews than the Q85 and is still within my budget. We’ll see how that goes.

I like it a lot! It has a very rich sound with a lot of depth. The bass is much better than the Vizio I was coming from and something I can really feel. I have it in Movie mode with the bass at +3 and the treble at +4 with the surround mode set to ‘pro’. Atmos sounds amazing coming out of it and so does Dolby Surround. I’m very happy with the purchase.

Yea I see a refurbished vizo m 5.1.2 for 308 on ebay. I tried to buy a hisense 5125h from aliexpress and got burned (paypal will refund since they gave fake tracking). I signed up for a college got a edu email and got the q990c but should have waited? I've been enjoying it for quite a while tho and didn't want to keep waiting. I think the vizo m or hisense 5.1.2 would have been fine I just didn't want wires behind me

It's a beast for the cost. I bought the American version of this just to hold me over until I put built in wall speakers and WOW. I have a 12x12 room and it's hooked up to my 100 u7 hisense makes and even with a fully opened wall it shakes the windows at about 30%.

Tbh ill probably get allot of down votes for this but I bought the hisense ax5125h. It's insane how well it performs. I came from a older 5.1 samsung and the difference is night and day. The sub is very powerful handles anything you throw at it. Only complaint is the satellite speakers are not that loud in comparison to other more high end models. but for the price u can't beat it. I paid under 250 for it on sale. Bestbuy generally has it for about 300 on sale.

At that price range it will be very difficult to beat the Hisense AX5125H 5.1.2 soundbar system that you can get for $270 on Amazon renewed in excellent condition or $350 new. [Rtings.com](http://Rtings.com) considers it to be the best soundbar in that budget as well. Next step up is like a Q800D+ SWA-9500 at $700 and then finally Q990D at $1000.

I did a s*** ton of research over the last couple months, ended up going with the Samsung q990d. But the one that kept popping up was the Hisense ax5125, it's like 350 bucks but it gets great ratings in that price range and even punches a bit above its weight class in some of the ratings

I just couldn't get the hosense when the 990 was only a couple hundred more for room correction, wireless rears and 11.1.4 vs 5.1.2. plus I have Samsung phones and watches so the ecosystem is already in place for me.

I bought a Samsung HW-M450 for $130 in November, 2017 at Best Buy and I still use it. In fact, I purchased a Hisense 75" TV in January, 2025 and thought I need to get a new soundbar, that fits my budget, for the new TV. I bought the Hisense AX5125H for $300 from Amazon. Initial thought was it's awesome. But, about a week in for the new soundbar, I noticed distorted sound in the subwoofer and the 2 rear speakers and all 3 are wireless. This really bothered me because once I heard the distortion, I could not unhear it. So I returned the AX5125H to Amazon with the intentions of getting another one (same model). But, I have not purchased another one because I reconnected the old reliable, 7 + year old model from Samsung. My suggestion, go with a low price Samsung which you can find almost anywhere. Try that one and you'll probably get several great years of happy listening then when circumstances get better and you can upgrade to something else, do so. That's exactly what I considering. I might consider another Hisense soundbar in the future, but I'm leaning towards a major step up to Samsung like the Q990D or something similar.

So I bought the Q600C with rears and the Hisense AX5125H and plan on returning one of them. So far we've been more impressed with the Hisense actually. The Samsung does get louder, but being in an apartment, the Hisense is still plenty loud. But the key difference is that Hisense seems much more immersive with its own dedicated rears. The extra rears we had to buy for the Samsung never seem as in sync with the main speakers as the seamless sounding Hisense. Like yes they work and there isnt any audio lag, but the Samsung still feels like separate speakers in comparison with the Hisense. Our rear speaker placement isn't the best though (on top/side of our couches).

I have the Hisense 5.1.2 ax5125h and am super happy with it. Especially for the price.

It depends on what you're using it for on the desktop, if it's for gaming then the 3.1.2 is more than enough, if it's more movies/shows then having the 2 surround speakers adds a more immersive experience. Here is the review for the [AX5125H](https://www.rtings.com/soundbar/reviews/hisense/ax5125h), which overall has good reviews considering that it's a Hisense. the AX3125H has not been reviewed by [rtings.com](http://rtings.com) but assuming it would have lower overall ratings given that you lose out in the surround sound experience.

Please go with the Hisense AX5125H sound bar. It's Dolby Atmos compatible with rear speakers. Or the U5120gw +

Nah. The Hisense just has better specs

Highly recommend it bro

Please get a 3.1.2 soundbar it has upfiring speakers vs DTS virtual X. If you don't need the rears it will work fine as long as you don't have vaulted ceilings. Hisense sells one for the same price. It will sound much better. If you don't, Hisense also sells a 5.1.2 for about 100 or so more dollars. That will match yours, except it will have upfiring speakers.

JBL Bar 500 Klipsch Flexus Core 210 Vizio Elevate SE (Does not come with soundbar remote, it’s controlled by an app on a smartphone or tablet) Hisense 5.1.2 is actually really decent. Its sound is good and for the price it’s a great budget option. LG S90TR or Samsungs 930D are great options for more premium setups The Sony Experience as I like to say it if you want to go all out Bravia Theater Bar 8/9 with the SA-SW5 and SA-RS3 or SA-RS5. Sonys other option is the Bravia Theater Quad but add the the SA-SW5 subwoofer Hope this helps!