ULTIMEA 5.1 Soundbar Compatible with Dolby Atmos, 410W Surround Sound System Sound Bar for TV, Sound Bar with Wireless Subwoofer, Surround and Bass Adjustable Home Audio TV Speakers, Poseidon D60

I got this to replace an old Sony DAVS550 which in its day (25 years ago) was a top piece of kit!. Sadly it was showing its age and kept cutting out. Nowadays I cannot afford to spend what was effectively half a months wages on a surround system so needed something that was reasonably priced. I was prepared to settle for sound that was not as good as I was used to. WOW was I wrong. This is a doddle to set up and connected right away with my Samsung tv and I can use the tv remote to adjust the volume. The soundbar is a neat size and there are no annoying lights on during use. The subwoofer is connected wireless to the soundbar and the two rear speakers are wired to that - no more trailing cables along the room. Switched it on, chose the sound set up I liked and whacked the volume up on Lord of the Rings. Dialogue was crisp and clear with just enough powerful bass to make you feel as if you were among the orc army. A truly cinematic experience. Either technology has come an awful long way or this company just simply know what they are doing!! Can you get better systems? Probably but I doubt it at this price point. It is plenty good enough for me and my slightly deaf musical husband who insisted on playing his latest studio tracks and was suitably impressed.

I got this on the Amazon Black Friday 2023 sale for £175. The product was delivered the next day. The setup was quite easy and I connected all the speakers and placed them around my couch. I connected it to my TV using the supplied HDMI cable. This review is based on my usage for the past two days.I have a 2018 Samsung TV, with only ARC and not eARC. So I am limited only to Dolby Digital and not Atmos. Still the soundbar was recognized immediately by the TV and the display in the front of the soundbar showed "Dolby surround"I watched Avatar 2 in Disney+, animation movie in Netflix, Invincible 2 in Amazon Prime and many videos in Youtube. Following are my thoughts and feedbackPros1. In pure Dolby input like Disney+, the sound output is fantastic. The sub is punchy and the surround is fantastic. My son kept turning back for all the sounds in Avatar from the rear surround speakers.2. On action scenes, the Sub did a fantastic job. I pushed the volume to 20. Could not increase it further without disturbing my neighbors. The sound field and the surround was very well felt. My fav setting is Eq 1, Sub at bass 0 and Surround at +13. Even at low volumes like 10 or less, the surround effect was very good and the sub was doing its job. Even though there is no dedicated night mode, the same can be achieved with Bass -1 and volume less than 10.4. I am yet to update the firmware provided by Ultimea to improve the Bass. I will update this review once I update the firmware5. Songs played through Bluetooth is great. The audio is much better compared to some of the videos I saw. The surround sound (though it is simulated) gave an immersive satisfying experience. Again my max volume was only 20.Cons1. In normal audio input like from Youtube, the bar tries to make it into a 5.1 but failed sometimes. I could hear few cracking sounds from the rear surround speakers only while watching Youtube videos. Not sure if there is a fix for this or it is because of my TVOverall, this is a great system for £175 that I paid. I have not tested Dolby Atmos through it yet. I will update this review once I do.Update after two weeksInstalled the T019 firmware to tweak the bass. The system is fantastic. I enjoy watching movies and songs in this system. The firmware gave bass levels from -2 to +2. This helps a lot with night time watching where the sub is off but the surround is still on. Gives a great watching experience. Great job Ultimea

I've been wanting to replace my old Panasonic surround for a while as it had a very noticeable delay when decoding Dolby Digital from the TV when showing HD content. This syncs nicely whether the source is linear PCM or Dolby Digital.The front sound bar is quite narrow so I was a bit sceptical about how much stereo separation there would be from the front, but I needn't have worried, it sounds just fine.The sub and the satellite speakers connected without problem. The bass is reasonably restrained, but that's how I like it.The overall sound was a bit harsh when I first switched it on, but it has different EQ settings and I found one that suited me. I tried to see how loud it would go, but only got half way up before deciding not to annoy the neighbours any further!I doubt it could compete with more expensive surround systems, but it's more than fine at this price point.Update: I have discovered that when being fed with a stereo source, over ARC, that has total silence for longer than a couple of seconds then the audio is muted and when the sound restarts it takes a moment for the sound to restart, which happens a lot when there is only speech which gets annoying quickly. In case it was my TV I connected to a different one and observed the same behaviour. I've contacted Ultimea support about this issue and they are being quite responsive, so hopefully this can be resolved.