Polk Magnifi MAXSR Soundbar

Pros

sound quality and real 5.1 at a moderate price

Cons

creaking sound when reproducing some content

Review

I say right away, I am very pleased with the purchase !!! The wife is also very pleased with the result! Choose this soundbar with rear columns or another with virtual: Honestly, I didn’t compare, but common sense and cockroaches in my head tell me that no soundbar with “virtual” columns is compared with physical ones ... with this soundbar (home cinema), I got the effect of “diving” in my opinion no worse, no worse, than in the cinema. About the publicized Dolby Atmos, I will partially touch on, here I will say briefly - Russian -speaking content in this format IMHO virtually no. My "technical assignment" and the alleged options looked as follows: The soundbar, for use with the Sony 65x93J TV, is also sometimes for music in “compressed” quality, with Yandex music. Interested in models with rear satellites. Use rarely, but I would like to serve for a long time and the sound was “detailed”, and not quite a tambourine. The estimated budget is up to 50t. rubles. The question about the supported codecs, the switching of the support of sound formats for withdrawal from the TV through HDMI-REC (a very interesting point in which I did not understand the end, for example, Sony 65x90J offers sound output only in Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus or). For myself, I examined: - Polk Audio Magnifi Max SR soundbar - price 49990 rubles, you have a discounted window for 41990 rubles, two negative reviews of customers are embarrassed, there are no other reviews on the Internet at all, only DTS, Dolby Digital from codecs. Phazoindve - Sound panel JBL BAR 9.1 True Wireless Surround - Price 79990 rubles, from codecs DTS X, Dolby Atmos. But what about the older codecs? The batteries are embarrassed that will fail over time, whether it is possible to “freely” replace them on their own wi - Samsung HW -Q950A/RU soundbar - price 84990 rubles - support for “all” codecs, visually the rear Satelites are more “serious”, confuses a large number of speakers in the soundbar (no longer mean) and negative experience with the sound of Samsung TVs, th - Sony Sony HT-ZF9. Due to the reason not the possibility of acquiring the rear satellites in Russia or not an adequate price for them (soundbar 45000-50000 rub + 25,000 rubles rear Satellites). There are only 3 speakers in the soundbar itself. - “budget” options (it may, taking into account the fact that I am not a meloman and we will watch films no more than once a week, or even once a month, then prefer some of these options): - LG SN5R - Price 25270 rubles - Sony HT -S40R - Price 34990 RUB (office of Sonya). From codecs only DTS, Dolby Digital. Soundbara columns are connected by a wire to the amplifier located in the subwoofer, an amplifier on the rear speakers in a separate box with a fibe-file transmitter Support for reproducible sound formats, sound in the cinema. I watch movies from KinoPoisk HD or download films from torrents. As I understand it, Films with Sound 5.1 recorded the Dolby Digital codes with sound, everything is perfectly reproduced. Films from torrents - all films with sound 5.1 have a sound track in Russian AC3, 5.1CH, up to 620kbit/s, which is perfectly reproduced by this Saudnbar. From what I downloaded in the first few days of ownership of the device (these were mainly films nominated for Oscar for sound), several films had a DTS-HD MA track in Russian (2 of the films of 15 downloaded), while the AC3 track was also the first number, 5.1CH, up to 620kbit/s (I drew attention to the fact that the publicized Dolby Atmos did not even meet for me). In other formats, the sound in Russian seemed to have not even met. I repeat I'm talking about the path in Russian, in English there are Truehd -atmos and DTS-HD MA in abundance ... Bottom line: IMHO at the moment the need for other decoders in the soundbar for Russian -speaking content is absent. Music reproduction: - I connected Yandex Mini through AUX, the sound “pale”, not expressive. Perhaps the problem is in a complete cable through which I connected (I also left it). I set up a chromkast (you can configure through Wi-Fi or a wire; it was not without shamanistic Through chromcast and AUX the sound is stereo with a subwoofer, the rear speakers are not involved. When playing from the TV, including Yandex Music from the HD KinoPoisk application, the sound goes with “laying out” to 5.1. Moreover, when playing from the TV, pressing the “Music” button on the remote control, does not turn off the rear satellites. Jambs: He drove the device in different modes, trying to identify any bugs ... What was discovered: - When watching a film from the film “1+1” with Omar SI, creaking is published in the rear speakers, and a change in the modes of the “cinema” does not affect the situation in any way. The recording does not have a sound 5.1. I think this is a feature, a

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Pros

Compact, wireless subwoofer and rear speakers, ARC management, good sound in DD mode

Cons

The backdrop of rear speakers in all modes, except DD, does not automatically configure sound. Overpriced

Review

Audio Magnif Max SR (movie mode) Connected to the TV Sony KD-65XE9305 according to HDMI —ACR, to the HDMI soundbar, the NTV+satellite receiver is connected, and Sony Wh-L-L-l headphones (cinema mode) are connected to the optics. There are no questions for headphones, they work perfectly, but there are questions about the rear speakers for the soundbar, it seems a weak signal processing algorithm - We get good sound only when the DD signal comes from the satellite receiver (the icon - Dolby Connect lightly lights up on the soundbar And when watching the Connect IVI from the TV, although the DD signal does not show on the soundbar (that’s why in this case the sound is good, although not DD?) In other modes (digital TV, analogue TV, a signal from a satellite receiver is not DD) depending on the TV channel in the rear speakers or a chic, or a quiet gurgle, similar to a distorted voice (television) or the sound of a film, but with the auditions of quiet distortions ( Especially audible when on the voice of the voice). In general, this is not a big problem-if the signal is not DD, then there is a music button on the soundbar, with a single press, silence in the rear speakers is t. e stereo mode, repeated pressing-in the rear speakers a pure sound (something like a quado mode), but I am uncomfortable. The reviews on foreign sites are the same questions. Support on polkaudio.com is still my question about this operating mode of the soundbar and sound distortions several times, they sent to the Russian dealer to the question of E-Mile, wrote silence to Email-in response. By ease of use, not very much - there is no microphone for automatic tuning, the buttons on the remote control are hard.

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Pros

Good pure sound.

Cons

Sometimes (very rarely) in the rear columns and subwoofer are heard cracking

Review

For films and games the best option. If you turn on the maximum (by the way plays almost without distortion), wait for your neighbors from the bottom! It costs 20 m2 in the room. Very convenient connection. Before that, I took Onkyo HT-S 7805 in the sound in my opinion Polk is much better.

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