 "Great system for a smaller space" | 2009-10-30 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3EQAVDHON06IT |
| I have a smaller family room space for a surround sound system, and this system more than meets my needs. Also, I did not want wires and boxes all over the place. It is a nice clean look with great sound. |
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| "4.5 out of 5 stars" | 2009-08-12 |
| - Reviewed By stuhall@san.rr.com |
I did a lot of research on this item. I also purchased a separate receiver and Polk RTI A3 speakers. Using both setups in the same area I am going to stick with the SurroundBar 360. The RTI A3's sound great, but the extra hassle of a separate center channel and a really complicated receiver setup became more than I wanted to deal with for this space.
The surround sound effects work well and the overall sound is very clean. I was very pleasantly surprised when I compared the SB360 directly to the RTI A3's and a Harman Kardon receiver.
If you're on the fence, don't worry about it. This is a good purchase. You'll be happy with the SB360. |
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 "Best sound quality after Bose" | 2009-07-27 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1HFJDU1MZEVNZ |
I've been shopping around for a good sound quality sound system for a while. Of course, the Bose system is the best no doubt. For $2000, it better be. But I wasn't ready to pay that much. I've heard and tested endless system, and the search came to an end after I heard this PolkAudio 360 SurroundBar. I was practically blown away from the sound quality. I think it's the best quality after the bose system for less than half the price.
I have a PlayStation 3 and the game that i have been playing for months is a brand new experience now with this sound system.
It can get very very loud. I can barely keep the volume at 30. Anymore would drive my neighbors crazy. No movie or video game has yet tapped into the potential of this speaker system. Nothing can make it start scratching. What really amazed me, is that even though it doesn't have a subwoofer, it does not need one. I was feeling the base sitting on the couch across the room. Amazing. But you do have an option of plugging one in anyway.
Also, I am using Optical Audio source cable to plug it in my TV. That's the best connection possible for a sound system It makes a big difference than regular AV cables.
I highly recommend it.
However, when i bought it, the DVD console would not power up!!!!! I had to take it back to Best Buy and replace it with another one. So beware of that. |
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| "Great system" | 2009-03-11 |
| - Reviewed By User: A34VN3O9QIFX61 |
This is a great product for people who can't have a true surround sound system with speakers behind them. I have hard wood floors so i couldn't hide the speaker wire and i didn't want to have to drill holes in my walls and run wire.
Also, since i had a HDTV and a blu ray player, i didn't want to pay for a system that included an additional blu ray player, i wanted most, if not all, the money i was going to spend to go towards sound quality. This is the closest thing i could find for that.
Very easy to hook up. All you need is digital optical cables (it comes with one). Ran one from the polk box to my blu ray player and another one from my cable box to the polk box. Plug it in and you are ready to rock.
Even though the 360 theater system says you don't need a subwoofer, i disagree. If you don't care about bass or don't like to watch action movies, just want nice and clear sound, then no subwoofer is needed. Me, i like action movies and wanted the true 'rumble' for the explosions. I went with a polk 8" psw111 speaker. Great addition. You can control the volume from the speaker so you can use it when you want, or turn it down when you don't want it. It's small and doesn't take up too much space. All you need is a speaker wire (the subwoofer does NOT come with ANY wire to hook up the sub. get a good RCA cable, the polk 360 has a "sub out" output, connect both and you are ready to go)
The sound quality is really amazing. I'm not sure if it gives you a true '360' feel since i have never owned a sound system with speakers all around, but i do know it's a HUGE improvement from your tv speakers.
This is a great product for people who don't want, or can't have, wires and speakers everywhere. A+ product. |
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| "GThe Polk 360 surround bar is a fantasticreat speaker bar" | 2009-02-20 |
| - Reviewed By User: AVNSSTRIIHKYJ |
| The Polk 360 Surround bar produces a fantastic sound in my living room. It is a very complete sound system when you consider the included receiver/dvd player. |
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| "Polk SoundBar 360 vs Bose 121GSX vs Yamaha Ysp-4000" | 2009-02-16 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1RJFFU284TQF3 |
The living room at my girlfriends place where this system is at & where I spend alotta time, has no back wall & plus has only hardwood floors. There really just isn't a non-ghetto way to have rear satellite speakers of a true surround sound system in this room. So, I had to decide between these three; so I went and listened to all three at Best Buy. In the store, the Bose sounded better than either the Polk soundbar, or the yamaha ysp. I found this counter-intuitive, so I waited to learn some more before deciding. I now attribute that to the fact that all three were in a big open room, which puts the sound bar designs at a disadvantage.
One of my workmates has the Bose at his house, so I made the special trip to go and hear his all set up correctly. Just not enough Bass, and not full enough range. Voices were loud enough and clear enough, but music & background sounds were just not full enough for my tastes. Plus, As i have my own Polk RMDS-1 System at home, I was just pretty disappointed with the Bose 121 GSX by comparison. While I do think Bose makes good stuff & I'm pretty impressed with my Bose sound dock portable; I still wouldn't want it to be my theater system.
Plus the Bose had to be eliminated for their screwy wiring. Every wire originates from the subwoofer bass module, then to the satellites & the receiver. The wires from the bass module to the two satellites aren't long enough out of the box... Even after, either buying more wire, or splicing them; they still would be a nightmare to hide. A "gotcha" design in my opinion..
So now I was down to the Yamaha & the Polk surroundbar. I like the fact that the yamaha has 3 hdmi inputs which gives far more future expandability. but, I found the controls and menus to be clunky like a car stereo & i didn't feel like my girlfriend would be able (or willing) to go through like I would and figure out what each of the countless menu items actually does. I never could get anybody at Best Buy or Queen City to give me any kind of decent demo on it; so I don't know that the Yamaha was fairly represented from a sound standpoint in my comparison. In the end, it wouldn't mount nicely above the 50 inch plasma (due to its weight & needing to be mounted to the wall) or to the top of the Plasma, and I didnt want it hanging off of the front of her Mantle where the TV is in order to mount the Yamaha ysp below her TV's screen.
I ordered the surroundbar from Amazon, & then I went to crutchfield and ordered the Polk Brackets for mounting it to the top of the TV, and now you can not see any wires to or from the Polk's receiver or the DishTV HD receiver. I'm surprised that even without a subwoofer, that it was able to give me a full range of sound, acceptable surround, and actually rattles this good sized room a bit. Now that i've since paired it with the wireless JBL 12" subwoofer, I've got to say that it has probably 90% of the sound of my full polk 5.1 system at my place; but without any of the wires or rear speakers.
I'm happy with my purchase & feel like I got my money's worth. If I had it to do again; I believe I would have looked at the Yamaha a bit harder, but feel like I still would have come to the same conclusion in the end.
My only con is that I wish the SurroundBar 360 system I purchased was avilable as Blue Ray and not just DVD only...
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