Roth Audio SUB ZERO III Wireless Soundbar - Black

An extremely stylish soundbar with great sound that is very easy, even for a complete technophobe like me, to set up. Great value for money.Added 9th Feb -2025 Beware ! When trying to register this soundbar for warranty, I was unable to contact Roth Audio, I subsequently found that the company have ceased trading, hence no warranty or support.

Having tried another make and model (hitachi) with poor results, i had better hopes with this one.Although it "only" has 90 watts (RMS) power, it's plenty for your average sized living room.Sound quality is very good considering it's a soundbar with it's limited speaker space - Roth have done well with what's available.Bass is very good, the unit almost bounces and sometimes struggles to contain itself, a thicker foot pad would help cushion it a bit more, but there's no denying it has punch.. (Wall mounting would fix this).Obviously a Sub would improve bass, but if - like me, you wanted just a 2.0 unit, then i can confirm it really does well delivering a broad spectrum of sound.Music mode is to me the best setting with the nicest balance (- having tried the other modes which were a bit too brash).Very smooth sound when playing music, well controlled, just the right amount of clarity without being to "bright" (sometimes things can sound a bit too "trebley"?) .- Great movie dialogue too - nice a clear without overpowering any particular sound range..Top tip - Keep the volume over 15 to prevent automatic switch offs when watching / listening.Tried HDMI and optical, both sounded superb..I took another tip from other buyers and bought an angled TOSlink adaptor when I ordered this, it helps with surface mounting, but not needed if wall mounting.The SZ3 does come with a 90 degree angled HDMI adaptor included in the kit which is a thoughtful touch.I have a dedicated 7.2 movie room so know a little about home audio - the SZ3 was bought just to add a bit of "weight" without clutter to a stand-alone TV in another room.For this purpose - it fills the brief superbly.Works brilliantly with Echo, though to pair it you have to be quick - about 3 seconds is all you get..Others have said the remote is a bit clunky, but i found it fine - yes there's about a 1 1/2 seconds delay here and there, but as i'm not switching around every 5 seconds then it's fine.The LCD screen, turns off after 5 seconds so it's not obtrusive when viewing.Recommended..

Bought this for elderly mum but speech is not great even on the appropriate setting

I bought this product, my first soundbar, on the back of 5 star reviews and because it's British made and very reasonably priced. It was promptly delivered and was as described, and to be fair is not a bad looking piece of equipment. The instructions were simple and set up should have been easy so so far so good but by way of review I will list the good and bad.Firstly the bad.The instructions say, along with most technical advise, that the best way to connect the soundbar is through HDMIrca, OK gripe one is that after an hour or so of fiddling around I had to come to the conclusion that this bar will not work using the HDMI port with my (year old) LG TV, according to an engineer I spoke to it could be down to a program conflict. Gripe two is that, if this is the case why is this not listed as a possible problem? I bought an optical lead (£30.00) and once I had changed the settings on the TV I had a working soundbar. Minor gripe three is a tiny lag in lip sync, but I mean tiny and I am probably being over critical. The last gripe is, I would have liked more control over tone not just the three default setting (speech, music and movie).The positive points are, once I got this running and synced to the TV it did improve the sound slightly. The bar looks good, with good bass and without the need for a sub. It is worth remembering (and having read many reviews lamenting that their new soundbar didn't turn an ageing TV into a state of the art hi-fi system) that you only get out what you put in and if you've got less that perfect input to your TV you're not going improve the quality coming out, you just make it louder but when I put a blue-ray DVD on, changed the settings to movie, the bar came into it's own with great sound, tone and volume, and if you stand a little back it's really very very good.All in all this is a good soundbar and worth the money I just would have liked to have been given the cabling to hitch it up in the first place, and been told that HDMI does not work with every TV and saved myself a few hours of messing about.