ZVOX SB500 Soundbar for TV, Home Speaker Bar Works with 50" to 90" TVs, Soundbar with Subwoofer Built-in, 6 Modes AccuVoice Dialogue Boost, Multi-Zone Audio and Hearing Technology

We've had an SB500 for over 5 years in our den and it has worked flawlessly. We liked it so much that my family went in together to get my Dad one for his TV. When we bought a new TV for our large, open concept living room, we knew we'd need a soundbar for it too and I looked briefly at what other companies had to offer but ultimately knew we'd probably get another Zvox. I looked at the SB500's bigger brother but, other than a larger profile, it didn't look like it offered anything additional electronics and driver-side so we bought another SB500. It looks and sounds great beneath our new 75" LG QNED85. I believe I've already reviewed our first SB500 but I'll say it again, the sound quality and output is soo much better and cleaner than anything other sound bars we've tried from Sony, Yamaha and JVC. The Yamaha came close, but the deep, tight bass of the Zvox is superior. It's pretty incredible that it sounds this good without a separate subwoofer. The aluminum build quality is extremely good. Although the remote is simple, we've had no issues pairing the bar with any of the TV's remotes. The Zvox remote stays mostly in the drawer unless we need to turn down the bass when watching TV in the evening while someone is trying to sleep. Make sure you give the sound bar's speakers a few hours to "break-in". Our new one sounded kind of flat for the first few hours even with the bass and treble cranked to max but really woke up just in time to watch the latest Ghostbuster's movie. We've since dialed those settings back to the default, neutral setting and it sounds perfect. The clear voice technology is great for dialog heavy shows. This is just a great all around sound bar that should be way more popular than it is.

Bought a ZVOX 475 about 18 years ago. It was an excellent speaker. Great base, excellent separation and imaging. Unfortunately it died do to my stupidity. This unit, SB500, doesn't come close to the sound qouality, base and imaging. The old unit had a throaty sound to voices where this one is thinner with little base.After patience and more tweaking the sound has improved. The need for an addiitional sub is on hold.It does do an excellent job on voices.

If you hearing ain't what it used to be, the SB500 will be among the best investments you ever make. Even as a long-time and grateful user of other Zvox sound bars and headsets, I was surprised at the SB500's perfect speech clarity. We no longer need subtitles and the words are clear at volumes from low to high. Speech and song words are crystal clear even with heavy, complex music and sound effects. I've never been so impressed by any speakers or soundbar. This wonder of a system compares favorably with systems costing two or three times more. A+ from ZVOX. Y'all outdid yourselves this time.

Because my wife has serious hearing loss, and I have some hearing loss, we have experimented with a number of mid to high priced soundbars in order to clarify TV dialogue. At the same time, since we are both musicians, excellent articulation of music is key pritority. ZVOX products are in a class of their own with respect to TV dialogue clarification, even as compared to competitors 3x the price. With an added bass unit, the SB500 Max also performs extremely extremely well for music; we also have a JBL 1300 at another location, and I would rate both "excellent," although they each have different strengths. With a number of equalization settings, ZVOX products can be tuned to the room and also to the individual needs of those for whom hearing loss is an issue (in other words, most of the population over 65). I

If you're looking for quality sound ... not this bar! If you're a strong bass lover, this bar has deep and strong bass, cinematic bass ... I'm surprised they made outlet for subwoofer, it has to much bass on it's own. If you're looking for natural, pure sound, natural sounding dialogs and music ... this bar is just wrong! Not natural sound, muffled, unnaturally changed, harsh for ears. Even if you'll set dialog enhancement for 0 (which on the bar is 1 ... there is no 0 setting), it's still unnatural and annoying. This bar can work for you if you're really hearing impaired and don't hear mid and high frequencies correctly. If you have average ears and don't have hearing problems ... save yourself afford and buy something else. I tested sonos beam ... I returned it because it wasn't real improvement to my tv speakers, but at least it sounded 10 times more natural and less harsh then this bar ... so you can check sonos instead.

I have a sound bar system but wanted to improve the verbal clarity on movies and TV shows. With this sound bar I was able to adjust the sound without using the accuvoice feature (which turns off the surround sound) by lowering the base output and adjusting the treble. Then I connected a subwoofer to get back the base and all is great now. I did notice that the remote has changed. It no longer has dedicated base/treble buttons. You need to pull up a menu using the new "Other" button to adjust. You can also use this button to adjust the PS settings (for power management and speaker direction adjustments, etc.). This was not noted in the owners manual. Overall very happy with this sound bar.5-28-23 update. So after listening to several movies and TV shows I found an issue where during commercials at low volume I was getting some type of low level feedback. Almost like a base sound even though I had the base set at -6 for verbal clarity improvement. My other LG sounder does not have this issue. I tried to change settings but no luck and it became annoying so I had to return the unit.