Giving this 4 stars simply because it's been an amazing soundbar. I've had it a little over a year and it was a huge step up from my previous Vizio soundbar. Movies, as well as music sound incredible throughout the house with this bad boy. Being able to have the surround experience wirelessly is also amazing. Super rich bass and crystal clear audio, it honestly couldn't get much better for the price. But then something happened... I started experiencing loud popping noises from my bass while watching content. My sub levels have never been extremely high, always around 10-13, so you can understand my confusion as to why this is happening. It's incredibly distracting and for the product to be a couple months over a year old is incredibly discouraging. Maybe I've gotten a faulty sub, and this is a rare occurrence, but it's definitely something worth mentioning for future buyers.
Bought this about a moth ago and keep having problems with it
Response from harmanaudio.comBy Rhae, Customer Support, December 30, 2018
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1) Wireless speakers won't connect back from power OFF to ON if the power is OFF more than 30 mins. It would be really good if they connect back automatically upon power ON every time. 2) During charging wireless speakers using USB cable, connect button on wireless speakers doesn't work.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from harmanaudio.comBy Mario at Customer Service, Customer Support, January 5, 2018
Thank you for your review, our sincerest apology for the inconvenience. Your feedback will be communicated to the proper department to improve our current and future product line. We would like to work with you directly to help you with your issue. Please submit a case request at https://www.harmanaudio.com/support-contact.html and the Customer Service Team will be more than happy to assist you.
This soundbar came with NO instructions other than a quick set up guide and the legal booklets. When it works, it sounds pretty good but it constantly mutes without any mute button being pressed, it goes off and on at seemingly random times and I've yet to be able to sync my phone to it. I'm sure these problems could all be fixed or at least understood if I had an instruction booklet but there isn't one and I don't find one online. We bought it because the satellite speakers have no power cords so we will most likely keep it. Without that feature, it would be going back. Really, for that amount of money Harmon can't post instructions on line?
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from harmanaudio.comBy Zoe at Customer Service, Customer Support, December 7, 2017
Thank you for your review, our sincerest apology for the inconvenience. Your feedback will be communicated to the proper department to improve our current and future product line. I can see that you've already submitted a case with us. Someone from our Customer Service Representatives will contact you for further assistance. Please reply to their communication should you need anything additional.