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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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https://www.tcl.com/us/en/product...ofer-s21bw
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FWIW, I also bought this one to compare the two and it's MUCH better sound quality (no subwoofer but... this TCL subwoofer, as mentioned, yikes).
https://www.walmart.com/ip/TOPVIS.../921623760
PLEASE READ THE ABOVE QUOTES ^
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)
Nevermind according to reviews this is total trash. The other R1 bar is ok. I wouldn't say it was any type of game changer but what can you expect for $50.
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PLEASE READ THE ABOVE QUOTES ^
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 $50 as a loss just to take this thing out to the field with baseball bat office space style... almost.
Return line here I come! Its already re-boxed and sealed, basically looks new (not that the Walmart people would notice/care)
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TDLR: Not worth 50$. Returned.
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