VIZIO - SL512X-0806 (Elevate SE)

At the $500 price point the TCL Q85H is the best imo I've listened to both the Vizio Elevate and the TCL q85H and I think the TCL q85H is better

Check eBay for some food soundbars. I just purchased an open boxed Vizio elevate se for 299, I believe

Q600c or vizio elevate SE if you are wanting atmos. Polk has atmos but only pseudo-atmos in their lower end models. upfiring drivers are not really polks thing. I believe only one of their bars has upfiring and the rest of them are pseudo-atmos.

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

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

Man ima tell you right now. As someone who had the elevate since its release, it’s not worth the headache bro. It’s a great sounding soundbar, but it’s like that EX that seems so good at first until over time you start to actually see more about them to the point that you just despise them and wondered what you even seen in them at first? Yea lol. Too many software ridden issues, I actually just went through a mini crash out phase. The soundbar just decides it wants to take a vacation time to time and doesn’t respond to you no matter what, won’t even turn on. Will have to wait a few days for it to decide it’s ready to come back. Man I could go on but long story short, look elsewhere for a soundbar, especially for the price. Sounds great, horrible software and customer service.

Sorry I seen this so late, also I don’t have any good recommendations as I haven’t looked at any soundbars since 2020 release. Though I am curious if you ended up getting a setup and which system did you go with?

Did you have a budget in mind? I'm quite happy with my Vizio M-Series Elevate.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

I own a 5.1.2 Vizio sound bar (M512E-K6), and I had a 5.1 Polk prior to that. Personally, I think the .2 is worth it. Is it going to sound as good as discrete down-firing ceiling mounted Atmos speakers? Of course not. But, the .2 does add a sense of verticality, especially if you choose the right system. As a Vizio owner, I’m biased, but there are a plethora of reputable reviews out there praising Vizio sound bars for their Atmos performance, especially for the price. If you’re going to pick between the two you have in the screenshots, I would definitely go with the Vizio Elevate. It’s reviewed well, and discreet height speakers are always going to be an improvement over none at all, even if they’re up-firing.

Yeah, like I said, it’s nothing like down firing ceiling mounted but for certain models, you can definitely hear overhead effects, with mine you can especially if LFE. I think it also depends on room, size ceiling, height, and all that. Even if they don’t produce overhead effects, they do improve the sound stage vertically, at least a little bit, and in OP’s case, that Elevate is the better system, especially for $100 less. Like I said if he had to pick between those two, I would definitely get the extra drivers, especially for less, why not?

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