VIZIO - Elevate 5.1.2 Soundbar SE (SL512X-0806)
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Last updated: Dec 18, 2025 Scoring
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"A good robovac is a life changer. Even a $350 basic S8. It is a great place to start. ... I promise you that you will not be disappointed by a basic S8. It will change your life even if it can't fit under every piece of furniture you own. ... My two S8s just finished vacuuming our entire house in about 46 minutes. ... While my floors were being cleaned, I sat comfortably on our patio in the cool shade with a slight breeze and composed my far too long response to you while sipping a diet soda and relaxing. ... I will have to spend about four minutes maintaining my two S8s. This will be my entire contribution to my home floor cleaning effort for today. Four minutes!"
"Like 500$ these robots are currently the steal of the century ... You can get a mova p10 pro ultra (cannot remove its mops), equivalent to the l40/x40 for 500$ after a discount code"
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"Noble fokus rex5 best sounding change my mind. ... Five drivers per ear bud game changing for sure ... Yes, you're so right. They are by far number one. ... There may be a few airbuds that get better battery a little bit, better ANC but right now my two cents worth, there's nothing on a planet that sounds better than these. ... I have all the heavy hitters. The techniques 80/100 Sony 4 and 5 sennheisers 3 and 4 and the Devialet gemini II. ... Ronontech on YouTube did a review on the Aviot a few days ago. I belive he liked the Nobels better. ... Also on YouTube, check out Flossie Carter review on the Nobles, he went absolutely nuts. Best sounding wireless earbuds he has ever heard."
"As for gaming I'd probably rank them 1. A50 ... As for music I'd rank them 1. A50 ... And for movies I would rank them 1. A50."
"these fifth generation A50s sound better than anything I’ve ever used. ... New DAC, new Graphene drivers, really nice sounding."
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"Dialogue is leaps ahead on the Samsung for example. ... The dialogue again for example was clearly more clear and louder overall even at the lowest volumes for the Samsung. ... I 100% noticed it was harder to hear dialogue at the majority of volumes compared to the Samsung. ... the Q990D was another step up from my personal experience and opinion."
"Besides the center channel on Samsung is fantastic even on my Q800 which is not as good as the 990. It's so clear it's crazy, glass breaking in movies sounds real as well because of the center channel."
"blew me away with the level of detail it has ... nothing I've had even sounds remotely close ... none of them are even close to the Ambeo in terms of detail to the sound ... it's truly INCREDIBLE!!!"
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"It sounds great ... It sounds very crisp and bright, with plenty of bass."
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"The surround effects that come out of this thing are practically otherworldly. ... Just watching music videos on YouTube is an eyeopener. ... The way the sound follows you as you walk around the room or even just turn your head while sitting still are like something that I've never experienced. ... It's that " sound mapping " feature, I forget the official name of it, but it's worth every penny for that effect alone. ... magical surrounding audio bliss this unit conjures up on the spot."
"Little details appear in movies I've seen multiple times that I've never heard before. ... In Pearl Harbor, during the big invasion sequence that must go on for twenty minutes... lol But I swear, you could feel the shell casings hitting the ground below your feet. An actual tactile feeling. So real it was almost disorienting. Color me impressed"
"The rear speakers make a huge difference along with the upfiring speakers for Atmos content."
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"Footsteps are terrible"
"everything is muffled regardless of which eq setting you use."
"The Nova pro doesn't and if I use my IEM's in the line out jack and swap to them they're max fucking volume. And I can't change that unless I bypass the base station."
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"auto-shutting off while playing audio ... If I don't run steelseries GG, it'll default to the setting that is shuts down after 30 minutes. ... The only way to circumvent that bullshit then, is to actively use the microphone, that registers as "being used". Not the fucking fact that there's audio playing through the headphone :( ... I sometimes manage to get the auto-shutdown to 'never' via a profile in steelseries GG, but it usually only works a limited time :("
"Uninstall their software. Just get your os to recognize the audio input and output and get rid of their trash. ... Worked for me as their software was awful and causing issues like you described."
"the bar bugged in the store ... a total disappointment"
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"The app for accessing and retrieving the videos off the device remotely is a pile of crap!"
"The app. It's a complete pain in the ass to view any footage ... it won't update the firmware because the dashcam connects to my phone via wifi and if it's connected via wifi, there's not any actual Internet access from the cellular signal so it can never update 🤣 what a joke."
"Red tiger has the same issue. You can be connected to one WiFi connection at a time and since CarPlay connects Bluetooth and WiFi, if you connect to the camera, you disconnect from CarPlay. Then the Bluetooth kicks you back onto CarPlay again, booting you out of the camera. Basically you can only access the camera data by disabling Bluetooth and then disconnecting CarPlay to connect to the camera."
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"Yeah that really pisses me off. ... Sometimes I turn the TV on at night while my wife's sleeping and blow the walls down because I can't tell where the volume is set. ... Lately as it turns on I just hold the volume down button lol"
"Except the fact that there is no volume level indicator."
Do not get the lg soundbar. I have an lg oled and upgraded from the same vizio soundbar to the lg 85tr, and I hated it. Went back and got the vizio 5.1.2 elevate, and I'm so much happier. Much better quality than the v series, but they are both really good value for the money. Lg just doesn't punch enough.
r/Soundbars • LG vs Vizio soundbars. ->Find the original elevate.. only thing beats that your spend 2k … best budget sound bar I ever heard… you can probably find one on amazon or eBay
r/Soundbars • Best 5.1/5.1.2 Soundbar $400? ->Congrats OP! I did this early last year. I went from a basic ass Bose sounds to a Vizio 5.1 with atmos. Had to get a sound isolation pad under my subwoofer because I’m in an apartment building
r/Soundbars • TV speakers were my default for 10 years and finally switched to a budget 5.1 surround soundbar; best investment I made in a few years. ->Did you have a budget in mind? I'm quite happy with my Vizio M-Series Elevate.
r/LGOLED • Soundbar recommendations for LG C4? ->Under $500 puts you firmly in Vizio territory for best bang for the buck. Again, I love the M-Series Elevate. This is the newer model: [Elevate 5.1.2 Soundbar SE](https://www.vizio.com/en/sound-bar/sb/SL512X-0806). The rear speakers make a huge difference along with the upfiring speakers for Atmos content. I think it's about $420. As for the wiring, you're going to have to plug it in and connect it to the TV (eARC). The rears connect to a wireless sub.
r/LGOLED • Soundbar recommendations for LG C4? ->I just replaced an M-Series Elevate with the Q990F. The Vizio was a terrific 5.1.2 soundbar but the Q990F is in a different league. I bought it on Woot for $967 with an Amazon Prime Visa (5% back in Amazon rewards) and RetailMeNot gave me another $50. I doubt you'll save much more over that on Black Friday.
r/Soundbars • Is the Samsung HW-Q990F/D/C that good or it's just a "Reddit" hype thing? ->I live in an apartment and i have neighbors, to me soundbar is the way to go in my case but there is something that i would love to change in a future soundbar (currently i have the vizio elevate) and is a way to have a more separate front left and right channels. It annoys me a little bit when something that is supposed to be in the left or right front channel just sound like the center, unless i sit really close to the soundbar. Is almost a nitpick but something that i’ll consider next time. Other than that i think soundbars are great when you don’t have all the privacy that you’d like.
r/Soundbars • Are high-end soundbars like the Samsung Q990D really that far behind a proper home theater? ->Same here....I bought Vizio elevate system. Wow, never going back.
r/Soundbars • TV speakers were my default for 10 years and finally switched to a budget 5.1 surround soundbar; best investment I made in a few years. ->I have a Vizio elevate sound bar etc....more than happy with it.
r/Soundbars • I’m a surround sound snob that believes soundbars do indeed bar good sound. Change my mind. What’s an actually good soundbar? ->Definitely check used Market first the 2 soundbars im using in bedrooms and a Den smaller living type room i got off Market place for stupid cheap to point I almost felt bad 2 had been out almost a year 1 the Vizio Elevate was a little older. A JBL 9.1 which now i use as a blutooth speaker in my garage/basement can’t beat there 10” sub and the other back at the end of 2021 a Nakamichi 9.2.4 eArc version which sounded better then the Arc. With 4 surround then the 2 10” subs sounded better then any in 2021/22 wgen it came out id still put it up there with the all channel stereo and upmixsurround in a bigger room.
r/Soundbars • Getting Discouraged ->I went to Best Buy and listened to the LG soundbars. I was not impressed. I went with the Vizio Elevate 5.1.2. I'm very happy with it. Except the fact that there is no volume level indicator. Your right, the LG didn't have enough punch.
r/Soundbars • LG vs Vizio soundbars. ->I have this and love it! I have it paired with my C3 and I couldn’t be happier. I don’t want to upgrade eventually but for not I’m enjoying the elevate
r/LGOLED • I need suggestions with soundbars ->I just bought mine several weeks ago. I love it. There were and still are some issues; I could never get into the app to control settings, so I bought the remote. I prefer a remote anyhow, and this one has a backlight. The other issue is I’m unable to turn off the LEDs in the up firing speakers. Not a big deal as they are not bright. It’s the one option the remote control does not provide
r/VIZIO_Official • Vizio Elevate SL512X (2024) ->Who knows. It would show up in Bluetooth and connect for no longer than a minute or 2, but the app wouldn’t populate any models to connect with. Then other times in Bluetooth the speaker would show up along with a ‘vizioapp’ connection. Same issue, would connect and disconnect and never show the model in the app. I don’t know how many up clicks is the max for leveling my settings. I feel like it might be 6-7 clicks tho
r/VIZIO_Official • Vizio Elevate SL512X (2024) ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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