Customer Ratings & Reviews

works really well for the price. it does the atmos sound quite well considering there are no rear speakers. bass is good and clear. hdmi ARC does not work as well as it should but i hear that that is a TCL thing. also no eARC so a few nice features are not there (most obvious is the auto lip sync)

Okay, set up was a breeze. Sound is good. Not sure it’s better than my TCL 7+ soundbar. Overall it’s just okay. I really don’t like the snap sound as the sound bar registers the audio (or switches between shows or movies). Very annoying!!!! Honestly, at this point, with limited Atmos content...go with the 7+. TCL, am I missing something?

Overall very happy with this purchase. Great sound quality and the sub-woofer will definitely shake the room if you turn it up. There are better options out there, but they will cost you more money. This is the best option for this price point.

DANG! This thing is amazing! It pretty much sets itself up with my TCL Roku TV. The sound quality is impressive with a VERY wide sound stage. Sounds seem to come from everywhere like a multi-speaker system!

Sounds great and very easy to use! Very satisfied.

I've owned at least a half dozen soundbars up and down the price scale. This one has a unique style that promises extended surround performance without the hassle of rear speakers. In practice, the surround effect is barely noticeable, even in a rectangular room with the appropriate surfaces to reflect sound. In addition, the subwoofer is very disappointing; it bottoms out easily and therefore its location is noticeable and annoying while watching movies.

This has been a let down. Sound is poor and quality is dismal. Went through 3 units in 3 months.

I was expecting to be just as good sound quality while watching TV as it is with bluetooth sound is much better...

This thing sucks. Its always out if synch with the video on my TCL 600 series TV. maybe the TV sucks. One of them sucks! They are both made by TCL and they dont jive together. My movies all look like they are over dubbed because the mouths if the actors dont move at the same pace as the audio. TCL, you suck

This is my first sound bar. After using this I can never go back to just using a tv. The bass on the woofer is really great it shakes the floor gotta turn it down at night. Great value. Def recommend to compliment any TCL Tv

Finding the right sound mode can be frustrating. Had issues with the subwoofer emitting a deep muffled sound under the bass...like a static-y sounding knock. Comes and goes. Sound is acceptable otherwise. NOTE: I went from a wired 7.1 setup to this because of the Dolby Atmos and space the sound bar setup provided. Sort of regretting it just a bit.

Overall, the TCL 9030 is a good soundbar. Product support is ok. Unbeknownst to me, the unit I recieved from BestBuy was a "retail sample", which I guess means demo? It works, but getting some of the features to function properly almost made me return it to the store. Could not get the wifi function to work, therefore no firmware updates. I kept it because the sound quality is really, and the price was very reasonable.

Really really wanted to like this, but after fiddling with it for the last 3 weeks I give up....and Best Buy won't take it back any longer. I have this sound bar paired with my 2020 TCL 6 series TV through the HDMI(ARC) port. When it works the sound is pretty good, but I don't really get a surround sound experience at all. Just a bit better audio than the TV's internal speakers. The problem is, it doesn't really work all that great. It is constantly turning off on its own and regularly switches to other inputs. When it is on and at the correct input the sound and picture are often so out of sync it's not even watchable. Even the simplest thing I could think of -- over the air TV -- is awful with this soundbar. I had to switch back to the TV's internal speaker.

I had a lowered expectation for this soundbar, did a little research on it...but still expected the bare minimum. Surprisingly, it had the bottom(bass) to make the scenes in movies pop! But streaming music is less satisfying...can't win em all...lol.

The sound bar provides a nice wide sound stage with some pretty good vertical effects and deep bass punch. It is simple to set up and if you have a TCL TV it'll be a nice completion to your setup.

Horrible sound bar. Would not recommend. I bought this sound bar as I have a tcl Roku tv and I thought the integration would be seamless but that is not the case. Setup isn’t too difficult as the tv walks you through but the sound bar is constantly freezing or making weird sounds out of it. If you run something through the sound bar to the tv (blu ray, Apple TV, etc.) it will work. Sometimes. Other times you turn on your tv and it flashes back and forth from a black screen to the tv telling you nothing is connect. Must unplug all 3 (tv, sound bar, player) in order for any sound or picture to come through. This would be fine if it was every once and a while but I have found that it is quite frequently and issue and is particularly unpleasant when you have company over. As your sitting their fumbling wires trying to watch a movie. Save your money and buy a decent sound bar.

Had to replace an old Sony soundbar and landed on this beauty because it is capable of Dolby atmos. I don’t know if I have hearing the atmos effect but it’s sure is loud and satisfying.

Much better than the 8i - this one has wifi connectivity and a sub and atmos--sound is very good, recommend! On roku-had to set the audio to 'pass through' to fix an audio sync issue with voices.

Connected seamlessly to TCL 55 inch series 6 TV. Sound quality is excellent the wireless sub really adds another dimension. I was able to attach it to the bottom of the TV via a kit and gaffers tape

Sounds great looks good. Really liked the system. Just can’t get the audio to match the video. You can assist the timing on the sound bar but only in one direction and that would only make it worse. It drove me crazy so i returned it and got a Sony. Sounds just as good but it’s synced up perfectly.