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expiredTattyBear | Staff posted Nov 23, 2022 03:38 PM
Monoprice SB-600 Dolby Atmos 5.1.2 Soundbar w/ 8" Wireless Subwoofer & Speakers
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I don't love it.
Edit : wireless sub is right next to the soundbar and drops connection at least once an hour. It's super annoying.
My decision is based on my experience with TV HDMI port and this SB-600 does not support DTS audio. With my blu-ray directly connected to TV via HDMI and the audio passthrough to sound bar via HTMI eARC, it's pain to change TV audio passthrough settings every time if I play blu-ray with best audio on DTS (e.g. my Tenet blu-ray disc only has DTS-TrueMaster audio, no Dolby Atmos). So, I want the sound bar can decode all or most audio format and TV only need passthrough whatever it gets. M512a-H6 handles that well but costed me $350. Had M512a-H6 for less than a week now and set it up in my bedroom. Really happy so far.
If your contents are mostly from online streaming, SB-600 should be fine as those contents are mostly Dolby 5.1 or Dolby Atmos.
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I don't love it.
Edit : wireless sub is right next to the soundbar and drops connection at least once an hour. It's super annoying.
My decision is based on my experience with TV HDMI port and this SB-600 does not support DTS audio. With my blu-ray directly connected to TV via HDMI and the audio passthrough to sound bar via HTMI eARC, it's pain to change TV audio passthrough settings every time if I play blu-ray with best audio on DTS (e.g. my Tenet blu-ray disc only has DTS-TrueMaster audio, no Dolby Atmos). So, I want the sound bar can decode all or most audio format and TV only need passthrough whatever it gets. M512a-H6 handles that well but costed me $350. Had M512a-H6 for less than a week now and set it up in my bedroom. Really happy so far.
If your contents are mostly from online streaming, SB-600 should be fine as those contents are mostly Dolby 5.1 or Dolby Atmos.
I don't love it.
Edit : wireless sub is right next to the soundbar and drops connection at least once an hour. It's super annoying.
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I had been looking for deals on the Vizio M512a-H6 (although I just remembered about the surround speakers needing to be connected to the sub which means wires will cross the room front to back - given that the sub should, ideally, be placed at the front of the room for best acoustics, in a single sub setup).
Anyway the SB-600 $195 price is a key factor now when the Vizio M512a has a $499 regular price and is still $399 when on sale which is still more than double the SB-600 deal.
We have a dedicated separates HT setup in our main HT room, but at the $195 price, we are buying 2 SB-600 soundbars - for secondary viewing rooms.
IMHO it is not worth spending $800 + tax (when on sale) for 2 M512A-H6 for secondary rooms.
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I had been looking for deals on the Vizio M512a-H6 (although I just remembered about the surround speakers needing to be connected to the sub which means wires will cross the room front to back - given that the sub should, ideally, be placed at the front of the room for best acoustics, in a single sub setup).
Anyway the SB-600 $195 price is a key factor now when the Vizio M512a has a $499 regular price and is still $399 when on sale which is still more than double the SB-600 deal.
We have a dedicated separates HT setup in our main HT room, but at the $195 price, we are buying 2 SB-600 soundbars - for secondary viewing rooms.
IMHO it is not worth spending $800 + tax (when on sale) for 2 M512A-H6 for secondary rooms.
M512A-H6 has been $350 for couple of weeks now
My decision is based on my experience with TV HDMI port and this SB-600 does not support DTS audio. With my blu-ray directly connected to TV via HDMI and the audio passthrough to sound bar via HTMI eARC, it's pain to change TV audio passthrough settings every time if I play blu-ray with best audio on DTS (e.g. my Tenet blu-ray disc only has DTS-TrueMaster audio, no Dolby Atmos). So, I want the sound bar can decode all or most audio format and TV only need passthrough whatever it gets. M512a-H6 handles that well but costed me $350. Had M512a-H6 for less than a week now and set it up in my bedroom. Really happy so far.
If your contents are mostly from online streaming, SB-600 should be fine as those contents are mostly Dolby 5.1 or Dolby Atmos.
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Vizio M512a-H6 is 5.1.2 system which have 2 upfiring speakers to let sounds bounce down from ceiling. But I found it's hard to find movies with those sound effects. So most of time, it's just more like regular 5.1 sound environments. So, for $220 cheaper than M512a-H6 I probably give Hisense soundbar a shot.
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