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expired221b posted Nov 1, 2023 8:57 PM
TCL Alto 5+ 2.1 Channel Home Theater Sound Bar w/ Wireless Subwoofer
$49
$129
62% off
+ Free Shippingat Walmart
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This thing is TOTAL TRASH.
It has a slight delay, even with simple analog aux, especially to the trash wireless "subwoofer".
"The crossover is screwed up" this is an UNDERSTATEMENT. How can I describe it... with the bass all the way down, the "sub" is still too loud and while it plays lows (sh!tty "mid boomy" lows) it passes everything else thu, and kills everything coming from the bar. If this thing was free I *might* use it over a cheap TV's internal speakers with the sub unplugged. (okay I take that back.. no I wouldnt)
Im hardly an audiophile, but I do have some exp with both expensive (generally nice) and ghetto fraken-setups.
Its almost worth eating the $50 as a loss just to take this thing out to the field with baseball bat office space style... almost.
Return line here I come! Its already re-boxed and sealed, basically looks new (not that the Walmart people would notice/care)
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From the TCL website: Inputs: Aux/Audio (3.5mm) Cable, Optical/Toslink, USB
Sounds lackluster, but what do you expect for this price.
https://www.rtings.com/soundbar/r...lto-5-plus
My biggest issue, however, is with the voice that tells you when you're powered on/off and what input you've selected. You can turn it down but not off, and it's very annoying.
I just pulled the trigger on the Alto R1 from Amazon; I'll compare the two when it comes and return the one I like least. This is for a bedroom TV, so I really don't care about bombastic bass.
Downsides to the R1 - it may not offer enough bass for a living room home theater, and you must have a Roku operating system to use it.
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From the TCL website: Inputs: Aux/Audio (3.5mm) Cable, Optical/Toslink, USB
I ordered it yesterday and it was delivered today but decided it was too big for the 32" TCL Roku TV in my living room that I mostly watch. I'd look at the box to see if it showed the ports but it is sealed in a plastic bag which I don't want to open to make it easier to return to the store.
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I ordered it yesterday and it was delivered today but decided it was too big for the 32" TCL Roku TV in my living room that I mostly watch. I'd look at the box to see if it showed the ports but it is sealed in a plastic bag which I don't want to open to make it easier to return to the store.
Shows OOS now.
You might as well open your box if you want to confirm, since Walmart will probably open it anyway to make sure it hasn't been tampered with and all parts are present.
Also, it's still available for shipping & pick up from stores near me, so it's not OOS everywhere.
I expected after all these years for this stuff to at least be equivalent to an Amazon Echo 4th gen but now I'm tempted to just get one or two more of those and pair them up with the tv and call it a day.
From the TCL website: Inputs: Aux/Audio (3.5mm) Cable, Optical/Toslink, USB
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You might as well open your box if you want to confirm, since Walmart will probably open it anyway to make sure it hasn't been tampered with and all parts are present.
Also, it's still available for shipping & pick up from stores near me, so it's not OOS everywhere.
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