Vibe OptiSound TV5D Digitial TV Subwoofer

I received this and set it up in 2 mins very easy to do with optical cable. The bass is terrible.... Very strange and just sounds muffled and when it is set too high it just sounds horrendous. I was hoping this would be a great purchase but its going straight back. When there is talking in a film or music all you can hear is an echo and muffled speech. Not good at all which is a real shame.

This is a great little subwoofer. I was pleasently surprised by how much bass this sub actually outputs.I am surprised that it can actually rattle the door of my bedroom on some notes. Sound quality is very good and clear. Can easily attach it two a TV using the two rca connections on the back of the subwoofer. I used it a lot for watching movies and listening to music. Only problem I find is that if the dial for the bass or volume on the back of the sub is turned up to high it can have a negative impact on the sound quality. You may have to place this sub in different areas of the room to find out which position best suits the sub. This is easily done as the sub is so small and can easily fit in any area of the room. Overall a high quality, durable long lasting product at a bargain price. Another benefit was the fast free delivery. I have had this subwoofer for several months and have used it a lot and it had never let me down. 5 stars well done. Highly recommended.

For the price it produces a great bass, it goes really low; I plugged it to the sky hd box and after changing the setting (look on the audio menu for sync setting) it really changed the whole experience, unbelievable, so deep that my wife was complaining. I used both optical and RCA but prefer the optical/digital output as this is an obvious plus; the optical cable is included and it is very long (believe 2m); Also is small and fits anywhere. Just make sure you place it in the right spot (i put it behind the TV, maybe for you a different place will give you more bass, this applies with all subs, their performance depends from the size and shape of the room). Pros: - price - goes very low, good bass - excellent for a thinny TV (all new ones) - small and well built Cons: - not even close to a eg yamaha sub if you need quality bass, can't really use this if you have a good amp and speakers, for whatever reasons when I plugged it to my boston speakers and AV amp, it sounded flat, however when plugged to my sky hd box and sammy tv, it sounded big and deep. - switch should have been at the front (just being picky really) Remember for this price nothing even comes close (however I have seen a 5.1 set for £20 and my yamaha sub was £20 secondhand). RECCOMENDED!

Full marks for attacking the laws of physics with such good intentions, but with a subwoofer, however cheap, if there's nothing much below 100Hz, then it's not a subwoofer. I'm glad others are so pleased with theirs, but, as a professional sound engineer, I should have known better than to expect a hyper-miracle at the price when I got this for my daughter's TV. Perhaps if your TV speakers deliver nothing much below 150Hz, that extra half octave is better than nothing. And I'm glad the makers of this did not descend to the despicable cheat practiced by many rubbish-car-boot woofers of designing it as a 'one-note' resonator, as the response of this one is commendably lacking in lumps around the port resonance. Hopefully their bigger version goes a bit lower, but I'm not taking the risk. I'll be looking on eBay for a decent used sub.

Nice little sub, esp if your budget is small, decent soundbars or surround sound systems can be costly. This adds a little extra bass to your TV, for those low end sounds, not good at high volume, as it starts to distort, but if kept at the right volume, and you adjust your TV settings accordingly, sounds half decent. I mainly use it this with my TV for extra sound for my PS4, PS3, Xbox 360. The sub connects to the TV via rca cables or optical, which is good, as it has both analogue & digital output, overall, nice little product! I have connected a multimedia speaker to my TV also via the headphone out, that my Panasonic vierra smart 3D tv has, just to add more sound for treble & midrange, as the sub alone wasn't the sound I was expecting or wanted. With both my logitech multimedia speakers & the vibe optisound 5 sub, my gaming experience is much better!

Ordered 2 of these, returned both and reordered. Same result. I have been disappointed with the cosmetic finish of all. All sounded fine for the money and actually very good. So in principle not a bad unit, but when a unit is brand new and there is damage something is clearly wrong. In assembly I think each part one painted must be thrown into and out of a big holding box where edges are worn, scratches etc are all picked up. Once assembled faults I've picked up on are: a gap between the speaker cone and the front face where the 2 are not concentric, lots of scratches on the front face (of all places?!), deep parallel scratches on the top face of one unit and three had the same 'join' line where the control panel on the back is found. If you are at all bothered by receiving 'seconds' (an item of poor finish) then avoid, but I've found the same issue with Logitech speakers where at least something is wrong with every one. You could like me buy 4 and one of them might be good. I'm reordering for a third time and will keep 1 if 1 of them is any good. Don't get me wrong I'm not looking for perfection, but its not a cheap and cheerful unit even though it isn't an expensive unit, and well.... there is no need for it to be deliberately scratched and dropped and dented fresh out of the box. The unit wouldn't receive as much damage in a lifetime of use under a TV stand!