Polk Audio Signa S2 Soundbar with Subwoofer, HDMI ARC, Soundbar for TV with Bluetooth, Dolby Digital, AUX, Optical Input, Black

I can't understand some of the negative comments for this product. I bought it to replace a damaged Bose Solo 5 which was £210 but now reduced to a similar price to the Polk S2.Yes it shuts down after 15 minutes of non use but it only takes one press of the controller to fire it back up again.The main point is the sound, which for the money, is very good. Perhaps not surprising as it's longer and has a wireless sub, it's significantly better than the Bose. Much louder with excellent frequency spread and solid base. It can't compete with a surround sound system but can still bring explosive soundtracks to life.I have age related hearing deficiency and I find the clear speech settings very useful and effective. Again, better than the Bose, for me at least. There are some comments suggesting the three different settings have little or no effect. Play music and try them and you will be surprised just how much difference they make. Used in conjunction with the base control the frequency response can be adjusted to suit all my requirements.For TV I'm using the digital input from a Virgin box. The Bluetooth also works exceedingly well playing music from an iPhone.Great value for money,

Needed to replace our old Panasonic HTB680 soundbar and wireless sub because the LCD had failed on it. We didn't want another LCD, not everyone's cup of tea but I know but we love the minimal display LEDs on the Polk.Sound hooked up to our 65" Philips Ambilight is fantastic in our 3m x 4m room. It sounds much more realistic and rich than the aging processor on the Panasonic. Bass is punchy and fills the room on action scenes. The small bar seperates out instruments and effects well. The full left to right, up and down soundstage isn't quite as big as larger more expensive systems. However the ease of set up, minimal looks, price and great sound is excellent.Can't wait for the neighbours to go out, so we can push up the volume a bit more on film nights.

Easy to set up, nice clear sound with just the right amount of bass. This "WAS" a great soundbar until it suddenly decided to stop working. Tried switching to optical, then back to hdmi arc but still no sound. Its driven me crazy trying to fix whatever problem it is. Have contacted the seller and will be asking for a refund. Only had this for about 6 weeks.UPDATE!! forget to say i got it working, and now 3 years later(2021) it's still working and a fantastic speaker.

looks and feels and sounds good quality. I'm really glad i didnt spend more. You are spoilt for choice with sound bars. This was easy to set up. if you are looking to improve the sound of your tv while watching movies and tv, without going crazy mad, you wont be disappointed

Great quality sound bar and sub woofer - excellent sound reproduction.Great service from Amazon

I'd never heard of Polk before but the reviews seemed ok and I placed an order. I'm glad I did.The sound bar and subwoofer came with and optical cable as well as a HDMI cable. As my new TV had an arc/HDMI connection I used that so I could control the volume from the TV remote. The sub-woofer paired up to the main sound bar as soon as the power was turned on and the TV audio settings picked them up the moment I seleceted them. The sound is good and definitely of a better quality than the TV speakers. I would definitely buy this brand again and recommend them if asked about them.

Polk sound gear is great quality. I have Polk speakers on my audio set up so when I was looking to replace my sound base I was pleased to see this available on Amazon. To achieve this quality you would expect to pay double the price. I did not want speakers all around the longe so this is perfect. The different settings give you plenty of options and the bass is good. If you want the full Dolby atoms experience this falls short but not by much. This is way better than my previous Sony setup.

Superb sound quality, solid enough build quality, small size, good remote, and nice minimalist design for such a reasonably inexpensive soundbar... almost completely ruined by a 15 minute auto-power-off feature that was not disclosed on this page, nor on Polk's website when I checked it prior to purchase. I have also complained to the manufacturer directly about this feature.I bought this soundbar mainly to use with my desktop PC used mainly for online gaming, VOIP, and almost constantly for podcasts/music/YouTube/Twitch/Netflix/PrimeVideo streaming, as my Yamaha AV Receiver that I run my TV/Blu-rays/DVDs/CDs/MP3s/Sky/FireTV/mediaPC-streaming/game-consoles through has a more expensive Yamaha soundbar on it.I decided to stop using headsets on my PC when I bought a desk mic, mainly due to not liking wearing headsets, or having to keep recharging them as I preferred wireless, and most gaming headsets having terrible build quality (it was getting expensive to keep replacing Corsair/TurtleBeach/SteelSeries ones annually at £200-£300 a pop for decent quality ones), but my old Creative 5.1 speakers were not fit for purpose anymore, having picked up an annoying static hum. So I decided to look for a sub-£200 soundbar that would do the job, having been impressed by the soundbar on my home theatre set-up when I replaced an old 7.1 speaker set-up with that and barely noticed a difference in sound quality or surround sound accuracy.My Yamaha AV receiver+soundbar has an 8 hour powersave auto-shut-off, which still irks me sometimes when I've been listening to music all day on it, then decide to watch a movie and the receiver/soundbar switches off halfway through the movie or during climactic scenes because I haven't touched a button on the device/remote in 8 hours. However at least 8 hours is an understandably customer-friendly (if not eco-friendly) period for a powersave feature, taking care of those occasions when you genuinely forget to switch it off once you're done with it or have gone to bed.The 15 minute powersave on the Polk soundbar is unbelievably short and annoying - if you pause a stream or movie/TV to go make a cup of tea/coffee or go to the bathroom, or answer the phone/door, it is highly likely that the sound will have switched off when you sit back down to resume watching/listening. If you don't realise then that's a few seconds of playback you have to rewind once you actually get the soundbar switched back on (which takes 10ish seconds from pressing the button to sound being output).I've even had live game/podcast streamers need to go afk mid-stream, or a friend go afk in VOIP, for 15ish minutes, meaning no sound was output, and because I was occupied with other things (surfing the net, or playing a game on my tablet, waiting for the audio to resume) I did not realise that the soundbar had switched off, even though the stream kept playing throughout, and when the streamer or my friend returned I could not hear them and missed part of the livestream, or looked like I was being rude and ignoring my friend, because the stupid soundbar had turned off.So I've knocked 1 star off the 5 stars this soundbar would have got because of that stupid powersave - it's lucky I didn't knock 2 or 3 stars off for such an annoying "feature".Also once in about every ten switch-ons, if the sound source is already active when the soundbar is turned on, the sound will be very grainy/distorted with a loud hum emanating from the speaker, necessitating turning off the soundbar and turning it on again to "fix" the problem. I knocked another star off for that.As soon as I can afford/justify replacing this soundbar it's gone, straight in the skip/bin, and good riddance.