Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

There are lots of reviews on this system with technical jargon about sound reproduction and quality. To me the negative reviews are from audiophiles with much knowledge and little money. It's foolish to rate this system against a high end system. This is not what it is. What it is, is an inexpensive, easy to set up upgrade to standard TV speakers. I am very pleased with sound from about a 6 year old Samsung 55" 1080P TV. I do not have wireless capabilities on this TV so I am using an optical cable. I just plugged it all in, set my TV to external speakers and away I went. Nothing more complicated than that. I played a Disney movie first to evaluate the sound and I was more than pleased with it. I had a cheaper off-brand soundbar before and the difference is night and day. I have a much wider range of sound and at a reasonable volume, good deep bass. I then watched the evening news and a game show and the dialog was so much clearer than before. I even noticed how much better the annoying commercials sounded. This was the purpose that I bought this system with no other expectations beyond that. In that this system exceeded my expectations. I have a home audio system for music so I have no need to use this for music unless I choose to. For the money I think this is a great selection. PS maybe I missed it but I could not find anywhere where it said that an optical cord was included. I bought one separate unnecessarily however the one I bought is much higher quality. There is no HDMI cord included if that is your preferred connection method. As I said earlier, I have no wireless capability with my older TV.