Polk Audio MagniFi Mini Home Theater Surround Sound Bar | Works with 4K and HD TVs | Compact System with Big Sound | Wireless Subwoofer Included

3 reviews for Polk Audio MagniFi Mini Home Theater Surround Sound Bar | Works with 4K and HD TVs | Compact System with Big Sound | Wireless Subwoofer Included

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   – January 2, 2024 Dr. Drake Leffler PhD

   Clear, crisp audio, adjusts automatically to movies vs tv, can adjust volume and mute from my tv remote. Surround sound is not quite as immersive as I had hoped, but still pretty good without the rear speakers. Impressive subwoofer.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   – June 25, 2024 Newell Mayer DDS

   Polk has always understood both sonic imaging and realistic bass reproduction.This beautifully built small soundbar/sub combo yields first rate audio for TV movies and clean neutralcharacter for music via Apple Air Play etc.My application is a bedroom set up with a 48″ OLED TV wall mounted and the Magnifi Mini AX wall mountedbelow and the wireless remote sub woofer placed under the bed with the driver facing the TV wall.Viewing a modern gunfight scene from the 2nd season of Bosch via Prime Video, the gunshot reports had visceral impact and brass shell casings could be heard landing almost from the rear of the room despite the absence ofphysical rear speakers. I assume they do this with phase adjustments and some SDA tech as well, but the effect isimpressive. Despite the crossover to the sub likely well above 80 Hz, male voices originate directly from the screen not the sub.The soundbar unit itself is much weightier than competitors, a sign of substantial magnet structures in its 5 drivers.So no surprise that this soundbar outperforms units costing twice as much.For $399, I got around $800 worth of detailed and impactful sound. And the wall mounted soundbar is elegant andunobstrusive in a small room.My advice. Just buy it!

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   – October 18, 2024 Mr. Brett Grimes

   The Polk Magnifi Max AX SR (2023) system is a great performing system that gets overshadowed by the more hyped up systems like those from Samsung, Sonos, etc. I tested this Polk system against Samsung’s flagship Q990D and couldn’t notice the difference when it came to Dolby 5.1 with or without Atmos. Indeed, some aspects of the Polk system were better than Samsung’s. The best aspects of the Polk system are:1. Very easy setup. No app or login to the vendor site needed. Just plug in the soundbar, connect to TV with HDMI, and plug in the subwoofer and surround speakers. It just works. You may use the Google Home app to connect the soundbar to Wifi, but that’s optional.2. Easy to use remote with a substantial text display on the soundbar visible across the room. This is as simple as it gets. You may think that the lack of an app to fiddle with a lot of features is a drawback, but the system has the right controls on the remote and the minimalist design actually works well.3. It automatically responds to your TV remote. No programming of any kind needed.4. Provides 3 HDMI input ports, a rarity in this price range. With the right setting on the connected devices (I have a Fire Stick connected), the soundbar automatically switches to the right input when the corresponding device is activated. The TV is also turned on automatically via the HDMI CEC. A must-have feature if you have more than one device connected to the soundbar.5. Dolby 5.1 with or without Atmos sounds very good. The subwoofer is substantial (10 inch, another rarity in this price range), and the surround speakers, though small, are loud and make a big difference. Compared to the Samsung flagship Q990D on the same scenes, I couldn’t tell any difference. The thing to note though is that the sound quality varies as per the source material. You need premium subscriptions with Netflix, Amazon, Paramount+, etc to get Dolby Atmos, and movies from Max often sound subdued compared to these other streamers. Best performance will be with Blurays presenting uncompressed multichannel sound tracks.6. The All-Stereo mode allows you to play music on all speakers, which is a great feature. Adds life to stereo 2.0 sources. I didn’t see this in the Samsung Q990D.7. The Polk system also allows you to balance the volume between the right and left surrounds. This is a very useful feature that lets you position the surround speakers wherever there is room in your setting and just adjust the balance to suit your seating position.On the flip side, I cannot tell whether the two upfiring speakers make any difference. Not just in this Polk system, but also in the Samsung flagship, which as up and side firing speakers. The sound always seem to come from the soundbar, not magically above your head. Perhaps this depends on your setup. The surrounds do make a big difference.Overall, the Polk Magnifi Max AX SR performs well and a great value for money especially if it’s on sale. It’s solidly built, easy to set up and use, and makes a difference in your movie experience. There is no hype or cult behind Polk, but it performs as good as more expensive systems at less than half the price.For those curious about the power output, there is no specs available from Polk. We can only deduce this from the input power consumption. The soundbar is rated at 120W, the subwoofer at 200W, and surround speakers at 18W each.