Customers frequently mention the S45H S Class 2.0 Channel Sound Bar's impressive sound quality, praising its loud and clear audio with great bass. Many also highlight its budget-friendly price, making it an excellent choice for those seeking an affordable sound upgrade. The soundbar's Dolby Atmos feature is well-received for its immersive sound experience, while its easy setup process is appreciated for its simplicity and convenience. However, some customers note the lack of bass, which may be a consideration for those seeking a more robust low-end response.
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Pros mentioned:
Price, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Nice
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This soundbar is pretty solid. I’m not an audiophile or anything, i just needed something afordable for movies/music after work and i was pretty impressed. I also like the voice feature that let you know which settings you’re using.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price, Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good value and quality.
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Good price and good sound quality. No complaints and love the slim design.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Easy setup, Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good Simple Sound Bar
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
TLDR: Easy to use and effective in small to mid-sized spaces. Good price point for many situations.
We just received and setup our TCL S45 Class 2.0 sound bar yesterday. Initial thoughts are that it's easy to setup and easy to use. The factory settings are effective in our 22ft x 15ft living room. It's probably worth noting our home is not an open floor plan and that we have 8ft ceilings. This soundbar is VERY effective in our space, but I can see how it could struggle in a larger area or a room with 10ft or vaulted ceilings.
We have a TCL Roku TV so to get started the steps were essentially 1. plug in power and ARC HDMI, 2. turn on TV, 3. follow instructions on TV, 3. start control volume with the TV remote.
Once we wall mount it, adjust the settings, and use it for a while we will update this comment.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great sound and great price!
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Wanted to upgrade my TV set up at home but not spend a million dollars doing so and after reading the positive reviews other buyers left I decided to go with thi sound bar and it’s perfect! It was incredibly easy to hook up to the TV and it sounds 10x better than the TV speakers, I wasn’t expecting it to sound so good. You don’t have to use a separate remote to control the volume or turn it on which is really nice. It looks high end and didn’t break the bank. Definitely recommend!!
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from TCLExpert
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Hi MegM,
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. We're thrilled that you are enjoying your soundbar thus far! Our soundbars are designed and engineered to have a quick and easy setup, be user friendly, and provide a great audio experience. We hope you continue to have a great experience and explore more of the great features our soundbars have to offer. Enjoy!
Thank you,
Sara TCL Customer Support
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Cons mentioned:
Bass
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent at this price point
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Just received and connected it 24 hours ago. Connection was easy both on a TCL QM8 and a Sony X85J using the HDMI eARC ports and included cable. Sound is surprisingly immersive for the price point, clear, crisp and loud. Slightly lacking in bass but I expected this being it was a 2.0 speaker bar. I recommend it as a soundbar for under $200.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from TCLExpert
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Hello, Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. We're thrilled that you are enjoying your soundbar thus far! Our soundbars are designed and engineered to have a quick and easy setup, be user friendly, and provide a great audio experience. We hope you continue to have a great experience and explore more of the great features our soundbars have to offer. Enjoy! Thank you, Sara TCL Customer Support
Pros mentioned:
Easy setup, Sound quality, Wireless feature
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Sounbar
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Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Easy set up sounds awesome wireless feature way to go
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Killer Soundbar!
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I researched various soundbars right after I got my 55" TCL. The price was on point and I cannot imagine the ones that cost >$200 sound any better.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from TCLExpert
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Hi DBCcigar,
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. We're thrilled that you are enjoying your soundbar thus far! Our soundbars are designed and engineered to have a quick and easy setup, be user friendly, and provide a great audio experience. We hope you continue to have a great experience and explore more of the great features our soundbars have to offer. Enjoy!
Thank you,
Sara TCL Customer Support
Pros mentioned:
Easy setup
Cons mentioned:
Bass
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Nice soundbar
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Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Hookup to TCL Roku tv was simple. Wish the sound had a little more bass but overall works well for bedroom tv.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Easy setup
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
TCL S45H soundbar
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I think for the money this soundbar is s good choice I hooked it up to my TCL tv and is was easy and flawless. It even had an included HDMI cable. It makes everything sound better voice music and special effects.The only thing that might make you not choose it is that when you turn on the tv it announces HDMI earc. I contacted TCL and they advised it was normal and you can’t turn off.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from TCLExpert
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Hi Rgar18,
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. We're thrilled that you are enjoying your soundbar thus far! Our soundbars are designed and engineered to have a quick and easy setup, be user friendly, and provide a great audio experience. We hope you continue to have a great experience and explore more of the great features our soundbars have to offer. Enjoy!
Thank you,
Sara TCL Customer Support
Pros mentioned:
Wireless feature
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Very nice. Especially at the discount.
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Nice Bluetooth and very reliable. Hooked it up to my projector and it’s made the movie watching experience even better.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Bass
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good stereo separation, bad audio processing
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Decent soundbar for the money, but required some tweaking out of the box. Super easy pairing with an existing TCL tv and is definitely a huge step up over the tv speakers.
I recommend running your devices in stereo with the soundbar settings not allowed to do any surround sound effect. There was very distinct fuzziness during dialogue that resolved once any and all audio processing was removed and the soundbar just plays stereo.
There is very little bass, but you should buy a speaker-only soundbar expecting this. Stereo separation is surprisingly good, which is all you can really ask for.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from TCLExpert
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Hi NickS,
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. We hope that you are enjoying your soundbar thus far! We are always looking for ways to improve, and your feedback is greatly appreciated! If you need any assistance please contact us at [email protected] with your contact information and a description of what you need help with. Someone will get back to you as soon as they can. Enjoy!
Thank you,
Sara TCL Customer Support
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good soundbar for the right place
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I got a TCL 65" for the bedroom and the sound was not good at all on the TV. Got this soundbar (has no woofer which I did not want) and have it installed behind the TV. Now I have really good sound. If this is your main soundbar for a den or living room I'd probably upgrade from this one, but a small room or bedroom it's fine.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Easy setup, Sound quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good sound bar
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
sounds good, easy to use, earc was easy to connect with our tv
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best purchase
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Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Good quality sound and very inexpensive for how great it is!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Cons mentioned:
Mounting
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Mounting not so great
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Sound is great, mounting is lack luster. The only options for placement are on a shelf or using the wall mounts. The keyholes in the back are plastic and not strong. You just slide it onto a plastic slot(weak). This needs some inset screw points for secure mounting on the bottom and back.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from TCLExpert
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Hi SamS,
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. We hope that you are enjoying your soundbar thus far! We are always looking for ways to improve, and your feedback is greatly appreciated! If you need any assistance please contact us at [email protected] with your contact information and a description of what you need help with. Someone will get back to you as soon as they can. Enjoy!
Thank you,
Sara TCL Customer Support
Pros mentioned:
Easy setup, Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
soundboard
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
great channel sound board for my tlc tv. nice sound easy to use
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from TCLExpert
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Hi Manny,
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. We're thrilled that you are enjoying your soundbar thus far! Our soundbars are designed and engineered to have a quick and easy setup, be user friendly, and provide a great audio experience. We hope you continue to have a great experience and explore more of the great features our soundbars have to offer. Enjoy!
Thank you,
Sara TCL Customer Support
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
TCL Soundbar
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Works great and was an excellent choice for replacing my old soundbar.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great add to TV speakers. Quality for good price!
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I was surprised at how good this soundbar worked. Sound is great and really enhances the puny TV back speaker. Also, it paired quickly and easily with my LG TV-even better than the LG soundbars that disconnect all the time with LG TV's. Hard to beat for the price.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from TCLExpert
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Hi Planetcat,
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. We're thrilled that you are enjoying your soundbar thus far! Our soundbars are designed and engineered to have a quick and easy setup, be user friendly, and provide a great audio experience. We hope you continue to have a great experience and explore more of the great features our soundbars have to offer. Enjoy!
Thank you,
Sara TCL Customer Support
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great sound, easy connect !
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I just bought a TCL TV and the sound of that TV is terrible so this sondbar is the the tv is missing.
Installation was easy but measure the distance between holes carefully and drill the holes carefully: even a 1/16 will give you a hard time to pop the bar in place.
Connection was easy as the TV has an HDMIARC - it was perfect as I was already using the other two ports.
Just like other soundbars, you will have yet another remote to lose somewhere... at least the TV remote takes over the volume :-)
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from TCLExpert
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Hi alexd,
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. We're thrilled that you are enjoying your soundbar thus far! Our soundbars are designed and engineered to have a quick and easy setup, be user friendly, and provide a great audio experience. We hope you continue to have a great experience and explore more of the great features our soundbars have to offer. Enjoy!
Thank you,
Sara TCL Customer Support
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great sound quality and volume.
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This is a great soundbar! Plugged it into a new high end Samsung 75" 4k TV in the E-ARC HDMI slot and am leaving all the adjustments at the factory settings for now. It transformed the poor factory TV audio into rich, clear 2 channel sound with plenty of volume; if you are needing the vol - I really don't. To avoid all the personal data entries and looking at the myriad of small print data and choices on the Samsung HOME screen (reminds me of the "bloatware" on the early desktop computers), I installed a new ROKU 4K ultra and this soundbar synched right in with the ON/OFF/VOLUME on the ROKU remote. I have a full Dolby Atmos system in the media room with a giant screen TV, and this TCL soundbar actually has more pure sound although not as full since it is 2 channel. Highly recommend.