VIZIO - M512a-H6
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Last updated: Aug 1, 2025 Scoring
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"The Vizios are by far the best bang for the buck. ... I have two of the M512a-H6 and they are excellent. ... Easily the best budget soundbars on the market. ... without taking price into account the Vizios are very noticeably better."
"It's considered a budget soundbar but punches well above its class."
"Great freaking soundbar for the money. ... Heck, it rivals my Samsung Q850 which is normally a $1000 system."
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"In terms of full surround sound, immersion, 5.1.2 clarity etc., the Vizio."
"soundbars are a MUCH better option than TV speakers -- even if your TV comes with its own Atmos setup. ... my soundbar easily beats it."
"Great freaking soundbar for the money. ... Heck, it rivals my Samsung Q850 which is normally a $1000 system."
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"This m series h6 does not have receiver,it just the sw to rear. ... The wire did it for me tho. I don't wanna wire my living room front to back so I have to always be careful that me or a guest won't tip off of it."
"The only wiring required is running the cables from the subwoofer to the surrounds. ... The subwoofer itself is wireless and the bar connects to the TV via HDMI. ... The wires used between the subwoofer and surrounds are regular RCA cables and are included."
"My Vizio M512a-H6 soundbar is 5.1.2, with upfiring Atmos speakers in the bar plus rear surrounds connected by wires to a wireless subwoofer to avoid running wires across the room."
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"No bugs for me after updating initially"
"But I still have an M512a-H6 in my cave and no desire to replace it because it's just that good."
"The Vizio M512a-h6 and the Elevate series are the best bang for the buck available currently. ... But the ones already out like the M and Elevate are solid."
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"In terms of full surround sound, immersion, 5.1.2 clarity etc., the Vizio."
"I would go with Vizio if you want surround sound (Left, Center, Right, Rear Left, Rear Right, Subwoofer)."
"Either m series is good but the one with up firing speakers does Atmos a bit better imo."
Disliked most:
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"After setting up unit, it would not switch to the hdmi port consistently. ... Once it did, it would continue to switch from whatever imput to a random imput. ... it was determined the unit was faulty out of the box. ... This company sold me a lemon. ... broken BRAND NEW unit out of the box!"
"The only issue I've encountered is one where it shuts off randomly"
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"the sub is tiny compared to the Nakamichi subs and although it has excellent sound it's too small to provide real bass that is much closer to a movie theater experience"
"the bass was just adequate"
"none of these are even CLOSE to my all klipsch 5.1.4 system w/ the new klipsch rp1200sw sub"
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"the rear speakers are utterly atrocious to where I unplugged them"
"The Dolby Atmos speakers are on the bar towards the center so it's kinda hard to make out over head effects without doing it virtually"
"I usually have it on Duel setting so sound comes out of all speakers Nakamichi has All Channel stereo mode which can be used in upmix surround so back/side speakers are much more active."
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"The Dolby Atmos speakers are on the bar towards the center so it's kinda hard to make out over head effects without doing it virtually"
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