Definitive Technology VGBC-A W Studio Micro Ultra-Slim 3.1 Wireless Sound Bar & Wi-Fi Music Streaming System

Bought this for my office flat screen and it blows the room out! Have not yet turned it up to max, no need. When playing music if I crank it up the rest of the house hears it easily. Sounds great for TV, streaming and Xbox. The best feature is the DEVICE can learn your cable remote... Without disrupting the remote it comes with. I'll explain...It doesn't come with a 'universal' programmable remote with inputs, its remote is very simple yet effective audio management (you've seen the pics). But you can program the sound bar to respond to your remote. For me, I've got Comcast, and I have programmed that remote first to manage the TV. This way it can power off the TV. I then programmed the 'all power' and volume keys on the bar itself to recognize the Comcast remote. When I hit power the TV and sound bar come on. When I hit volume it manages the sound bar! Be warned depending on your TV you may need to force/disable internal speakers or set output to digital optical only to ensure you don't have dueling competing sounds from TV(which will not be a fair duel). I'm using a Vizio 2016 model and the first time I hit volume it reminds me the speakers are disabled but then doesn't bug you again. I'll link the Def Tech video that shows you exactly how to do it but if it doesn't come through, just hit up YouTube and find Definitive Technology page or search for program definitive technology w studio sound bar.Look, I don't know... all sound bars these days may be able to do this. I've got a 7.2 set up in my main viewing room with macro programmable remote, receiver, various split inputs etc. I'm glad it did because it made this even easier to configure and use and it sounds fabulous.

I was debating between the Bose SoundTouch 300 and the Sonos Playbar. Bose sound quality was incredible, but the wireless connectivity of Sonos was appealing. The prices on either was really hard to swallow. Then a Best Buy rep showed me the Definitive Technology W Studio/W Studio Micro and I was impressed. It sounded amazing, not as good as Bose, but better than Sonos. They also have an open source wireless connectivity. I felt like it was a good middle ground option. I felt a little bad for purchasing on Amazon, but the prices here were better.There are three apps to use. The "Definitive Technology" and "Play-Fi" apps serve the same purpose; connect speakers to the wifi and stream music. There is functionality to control the volume, but not to change the source. It looks like their focus is the Play-Fi app since that is the app for other speaker brands to use too; I see more updates for Play-Fi. The "Definitive Utility" app is suppose to be the remote app where you can control the volume or switch inputs, but the buttons do not show up.PROS:Speakers sound amazing!CONS:Functionalities are not in one "all-in-one" app. Apps are not designed well and unintuitive. The "Definitive Utility" app is useless. For real their apps are rated 1-2 stars on the Apple App Store.Some tips for future owners...1. Holding down the wifi button behind the speakers for 15 seconds will reset your speaker. For some reason this was not in the manual nor was it on their site. Googling did not reveal this important info either. I had to call in to find this out.2. If you set up surround sound on rear speakers they must be connected to 5 GHz, otherwise the setup will fail. If you have the Netgear Orbi router the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz is combined and not separatable. You will need to go in into your advance options and disable the 2.4 GHz to ensure your speaker connect to the 5GHz when setting up.Overall I can see why some people have issues with the DT Wireless Collection. You need to be somewhat tech savvy, have patience for the setup, and there needs to be some understanding with their apps (hopefully they will do a complete overhaul). I am very, very happy with my purchase and believe you will be too only if you can get thorough these hurdles.

I am the fan of definitive tech. I own two W9s and two W7s at home, and love them soooo much. Recently, I purchased the W studio micro and expect it'll work as I expected. Well, not bad at this price for the purposes of music and movie. There are some features I think are able to be improved.-Integration with TV-I have a 70" Sharp Smart TV at home hooked up an apple TV (gen 4) and set-up box. The totals are 4 remotes including this soundbar one on table. This soundbar is not intgrated with TV. In other words, you have to mute the TV, otherwise you'll get two audio outputs (TV & soundbar) simultaneously. In addition, I am not able to control the soundbar's volume through TV remote and I know it is just an inherent problem for all kinds of soundbars and receiver.-Bluetooth support--Air play support-All in all, it is a great buy for this price range. I do believe the manufacturer can improved these features in the next gen. product.

I certainly don't understand what all the fuss is about with all the favorable reviews for this System. I am extremely disappointed in every way (except set-up). I think it sounds pretty bad for the higher end price. I've heard much better, from Sony to Sharp. I just received this unit and am seriously considering returning it and go for the Sharp. The audio on this unit is lackluster at best and if it were not for the sub (the one good thing) I would think I was just listening to the regular TV with the volume cranked. Personally I think Def Tech produced this mediocre product to ride on the coat tails of it's larger and MUCH better Solo System. I want to say in retrospect that I REALLY wanted to love this bar and don't like writing bad reviews because either Amazon won't post it or everyone that reads a One Star review thinks the reviewer is either disgruntled or just plain stupid, rest assured I am neither. I feel like I should give it two stars just so readers will think I'm legit. Would definitely NOT recommend this to ant friend of mine. Buyer Beware.