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I've experienced a few times where the center channel of speech gets a little lost, but that's happened less with this SurroundBar than with other multi-piece systems I've had.The bottom line is that, despite sometimes being slightly on the bright side, the overall sound from this bar matched with the PSW111 is very good. I've got it on very small feet and it looks great.As far as sound, for movies and TV it works well, though make no mistake that there's no way anything sounds like it's coming from behind you. However, I have heard sounds from beside me, which was a cool feeling. I've got this SurroundBar 50 hooked up to a Sony mid-range receiver, a Polk PSW111 sub, and a Sharp 52" LCD in a cathedral ceiling, trapezoidal room. My dad is a professional classical musician and commented that the system playing digital cable music was exceptional--that says a lot. The overall effect is very good and I'm happy with the piece. Basically this was the only thing that would work. It's not insignificant to me that this is a very attractive piece of A/V equipment, with easy hookup and three mounting options out of the box.
I then played the same movie with individual Polk surround speakers. The Surround 50 bar by Polk provides little or no surround sound. I am returning the bar to Electronic Expo as a result. They provided true 5.1 sound. I installed it with my Pioneer Elite Receiver and a Polk sub-woofer. All sound seemed to come from the sound bar.
What a great speaker company. Not surprising, Polk Audio delivers once again. Never thought I would like a single speaker surround solution. Unfortunately the wife's opinions on interior design made finding one a necessity.
It is not true surround but probably as good as you can get without rear speakers. I haven't tried it on many DVD's yet but so far I am satisfied with the quality of the sound. Easy installation. Nice sound.
The sound is pretty good as well. The wires that come with this speaker are extremely thin and I had problems with them cutting out on my receiver until I installed banana plugs. Not quite as good as a full 5.1 system, but a lot better than I expected one speaker to be. I got this for a killer price compared to the rest of the internet. Even though it is silver, it still blends in pretty well with my black TV.
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