Review on Klipsch Cinema Wireless Subwoofer HDMI ARC by Terry Kohl

There is quite a bit of white noise in my room (about 60dB average), hence it was difficult to hear dialogue in movies, even with the Vizio 5.1 surround sound system. Although the music and sound effects will always be heard, I have to turn up the volume to hear the dialogue. This resulted in me using subtitles for all media to avoid waking up my family, cranking the volume up to around 75% just to hear the characters speak. However, I recently decided to replace my old Vizio system and upgrade to this new Klipsch 400 with subwoofer and I'm really glad I did. The end of my bed is about 10 feet from the Klipsch soundbar, which sits directly below my 70-inch TV. I placed the wireless subwoofer about 15 meters away in the corner of the room. Feet away from the soundbar. The installation process was easy. I didn't even have to connect the subwoofer to the soundbar. I used HDMI Arc as the audio input. My TV recognized the soundbar immediately and played the sound through the soundbar. Delay when pressing the volume button on my Fire Stick or TV remote and the resulting volume on the soundbar. The sound wasn't tinny at all, and after listening to a tiny NPR tabletop recording, I was struck by the warm vocals delivered in dialogue mode. I then checked out Total Recall and the subwoofer's immersive effect provided a great viewing and listening experience. I can only switch on the subwoofer at medium levels because it is too strong at high levels in my 300 square meter. ft. The simulated surround mode is fine as I really didn't notice any difference at different points in the room. A minor annoyance is that you can't see whether dialogue or surround sound is enabled since it's displayed at the top of the soundbar. Overall I like this soundbar. Will update the review if it stops working.