Polk Signa S2 Soundbar Review—and Giveaway

What makes a movie a true blockbuster experience? Is it the slick visuals, the great acting, the meticulous storyline? I mean, it's not like those things don't matter, of course they do. But what sets apart the truly memorable, from the more mundane?

It’s the music and sound effects.

When it comes to movies, and increasingly these days TV, sound is what matters. What you hear is at least as important, maybe more so, than what you see. And while your TV may look great, it may sound terrible.

So today we're talking about this soundbar, the Polk Signa S2, and what it can do for your home theater experience. I featured this recently in a video in which I compared the top two best selling soundbars on Amazon. And today I'm gonna dive a little further into this one and the experience you get on this device.

We're gonna talk about what's in the box. What you get for the cost.

Plus hang in there. We're gonna be given one of these away.

Let's talk about what comes in the box. You have the soundbar, the subwoofer, a remote, and every cable that you need to hook it up.

You even get batteries for the remote, something that was missing from the cheaper soundbar in that pair that I tested earlier.

So if we look over the buttons on the top of the bar, you can see that it will not only hook up to your TV, it also has bluetooth capability.

So if you wanna sync up with your phone, and play some music while you're doing the dishes or whatever, it should be able to do that just fine.

All right, let's hook this bad boy up and see how it goes. I'm not gonna drill any new holes in my wall. I'm gonna put up a little impromptu shelf here and set it there, and we'll give that a shot.

They've included an HDMI cable. So we're gonna connect that to the ARC input on the back of the TV. ARC, A-R-C, stands for Audio Return Channel, and basically, that means that a signal can travel both ways through the cable. So you can control the volume on the soundbar with your TV remote.

Don't throw away your Polk remote just yet though, we are gonna come back to that in a little while.

All right, the subwoofer connects via Bluetooth and it does that automatically. Which works just fine for me, and it does save cable, which I'm all about. Okay, so now that we're all set up, let's give it a whirl.

Okay, I did a sound test on the previous video, and the same thing is coming through here. When we compare it to the TV default speakers the Polk sounds amazing. Essentially what it comes down to is you're getting a lot more noise, because the wattage that's being pumped through the speakers is quite a bit more. And you're also getting a more well-rounded sound. Because you've got that subwoofer, it's going to get you better lows.

Even though it's louder, this makes it easier to listen to. So you don't feel like you're listening to something quite so loud. As if you were to crank up the TV default speakers, it gets really, really loud.

And then under EQ modes on the Polk Signa S2 sound bar remote are three presets for voice adjustment. This is so if you're having trouble hearing the dialogue, or if the dialogue is too loud, or something, you can adjust bringing out that dialogue sound a little bit better. And that's pretty much it.

This is not a complicated soundbar, but it does have enough functionality to make it worthwhile, definitely. This is among the best entry-level soundbars out there as far as I'm concerned.

Yes, there are better ones for a more premium price. And yes, there are cheaper ones out there, but you're gonna sacrifice on sound quality which is kinda what we're here for in the first place.

So you don't wanna sacrifice too much of that. And this is even more important now that movie theaters aren't really a thing, and they might never recover, I guess we'll see. But our home audio, our home theater experience, is more important than ever.

Whether you wanna watch the latest releases, or a classic, sound is going to be extremely important.

So anytime you're shopping for a new TV, here's what I want you to do: factor in the extra 200 bucks. The 200 bucks for a soundbar is going to go a long way with your TV.

If your sweet new 4k Roku TV is 500 bucks, no it's 700, because you're gonna wanna spend about 200 bucks on a soundbar to go with it for that new TV.

If you want one of these soundbars, again check the description below. There is a link for how you can go about entering for a giveaway.

What we're gonna do is allow people a certain number of people to enter. Like and share, and you’ll get entries for the giveaway.

So go ahead and hit that link and good luck to you. And on your way down there make sure that you give your thoughts as well.

This is my favorite soundbar for the price, but I'm curious. What are yours?

Give us some suggestions, maybe from further down on the Amazon bestseller list if you think it's actually better. And don't forget to like, and subscribe, if this video was helpful or interesting in some way.

Thanks for watching everybody. I'll see you next time.