Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I started with a tight budget capped at $1000. I knew this money was not getting me an audiophile grade system. Atmos or a 7.1 in that budget was a tight assumption. I tried to mix and match several AV receivers and speaker systems. I stay in a rented house so wiring rear and surround speakers would have been a challenge. I don't like to do a shabby work, so finally I decided to have a wireless woofer and rear speakers. A 7.1 non simulated sound bar with wireless subwoofer and rear speakers sounded awesome because it saves me space, extra stands for front and mid-surround speakers. What I also liked about this product was just one connection to subwoofer unit and it has leads for rear speaker. This subwoofer system amplifies audio for the woofer and rear speakers. It receives subwoofer and rear channel signals wirelessly from the soundbar, allowing you to have all this setup at the back. I set the center speaker volume at 4, rear channels at 10, subwoofer volume at 0 and movie (audio eq) mode. All of this settings work good except there is no auto volume levelling. I have to keep the remote handy to compensate for lack of auto volume levelling. My sound bar is mounted on top of TV which has not degraded listening experience by too much (They recommend the sound bar at your ear level). The subwoofer is adequate enough and crisp. I have damped it to my needs. It's an honest 7.1 setup (it has discrete 8 channels and can be tested - not one of those phony simulated surround setups). The soundbar has adequate stereo separation to figure out the surround. left, right and center channel audio and it decodes DTS, DTS HD and Dolby multichannels. It's a good replacement for an entry level 5.1 system at $500 that will save you wiring and space. You will not be able to appreciate the true wideness of 7.1 experience out of this, since the center-surround speakers placement in reality in still close to your left and right channels in the sound bar. Overall, one of the best sounding soundbar that shames an entry level $1000 5.1 home theater setup. [Updates] 1. Speaker materials are good since there is no degradation of audio 2. HDMI ARC is the way to go. I have plethora of devices and HDMI ARC is the input source of choice. 3. I updated firmware two times. Second update improved decoding support over optical cable. [BUGS/ISSUES] 1. If my SAMSUNG TV is switched off using a remote, the soundbar also turns off. The CEC control has some issue. It might be nakamichi or it might be Samsung and it was so irritating till I got myself a logitech harmony to automate the sequence. For now, just switch off Nakamichi before switching off the TV. 2. If it were not for logitech harmony, I would not have discovered more "equaliser" options. The nakamichi remote is not future proof. It does not list all equaliser options, which otherwise is available on logitech harmony. It makes sense because the nakamichi sound bar and logitech are both software updatable. Remote is hard-wired. Devices connected: 1. Apple TV via optical (i have a 3-to-1 optical switcher automated via harmony) 2. Roku, Raspberry, Chromecast and Smart TV audio via HDMI ARC 3. PS4 via optical (i have a 3-to-1 optical switcher automated via harmony)