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Reddit Reviews
sgtnoodleYes. You can get an S75QR with subwoofer used on eBay for like $150. Nobody notices a minor ding or dent on a soundbar. I just got an S95TR off eBay and love it. I just ordered an S95QR to upgrade another room too.
thelifeofpomI have had my set up (qned81 50" with an s75q sound bar) for a couple of years now. The wow orchestra works *ok* for the most part, although it can sometimes make speech sound echoey. The most annoying thing for me though is that 9/10 I'll need to manually go through the TV settings every time I switch it on to find and activate the soundbar. Otherwise, despite having everything enabled correctly, it just defaults to the built in TV speakers which are terrible.
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