Definitive Technology - W Studio Soundbar with 8" Wireless Subwoofer and Wi-Fi Music Streaming - Black

Great sounding sytem, with a study build and great options to expand and adapt. Ease of set up and use for both home theater and wireless speaker home systems across all platforms. Great continued customer service and system support through product updates both in functionality and system issues if any. A few things perhaps future improvements through software updates could expand the options to create a full remote app. for use with the system that can also mirror and see the system menu options through evey output, currently hdmi only accessible to view to adjust options with included remote, but as I stated fully functional but, options with the current expandability would greatly make for ease of use. Also perhaps abilty to pair other w series speakers not just as additional sets but to expand as in a truely 5.1 or 7.1 adjustable soundstage. Again all about the consumers versatility and tastes, but fully satisfied definitely recommend and worth evey penny. Very efficient system in all uses. Great production of sound quality wirelessly vs Bluetooth compression of sound. 5 stars all around.

Hands down the best solution for both Music and TV. The sound quality is so much better than Sonos. Sonos started the wireless space by leveraging their technology, but you cannot beat the sound quality from the W Studio. The W Studio soundbar and the subwoofer are so much better than anything Sonos has. From a technology standpoint, Def Tech uses of DTS Play-Fi just give more support that Def Tech knows the importance of have great sound and using DTS Play-Fi technology provides that with uncompressed audio. Yes, Sonos App is much better. As many of you know, technology changes all the time I am sure Def Tech will add more music streaming support (I hope) to their app, regardless great high quality audio equipment is harder to find.

I have owned this sound system for about six weeks and it is has met my expectations. My home sounds like a movie theater.

The Definitive Technology W Studio series is truly ambience of pure joy - unparalleled highs, well balanced mids and steamy low end bottom to make any movie going experience amazing. Definitive Technology has been manufacturing incredible audio speakers at an affordable price. First let me state my background to my review. I have experience working with many incredible reference speakers in audio/studio industry. My background has been in professional studio consultation dealing with Tannoy, Mackie, KRK and Yamaha just to name a few. I worked along side with Dr Dre, Richie Sambora, The Wallflowers, Joe Sample, and Mary J Blidge. Why am I taking the time to write this review? I believe this product by Definitive Technology is by far the best sounding surround unit to compliment your movie experience. The center bar is bright and well tuned with the mid-frequencies that it makes this product easy to just plug and play directly into your entertainment system in your entertainment room. The setup is clean, well built, and durable through wear and tear for years to come. However, if you are a Bluetooth addict and love Bluetooth pairing - it won't have that feature. It does however support WiFi streaming inside your home network for a better stable connection with less latency, lag, and noise. Cleaner richer and fuller music and movie experience including a wireless subwoofer that can be placed anywhere in your entertainment room to be immersed in rich clear distortion free balanced lows. Definitive Technology definitely built a great sound system that will last way past other systems at similar or lower cost products. Only visual impact I feel about the product is that cloth finish lowers the overall built quality put into W Studio. The remote control could have used infared technology response and built more durable. It just feels so flimsy and cheap that it takes away the incredible craftsmanship in technology your ears experience.

I have the W Studio system set up in my living room, wired to my 65inch TV and also utilize wifi (wireless) through the PlayFi app. I bought three of the Polk Audio S2 speakers also, and they are currently in my dining room, kitchen and bedroom. One of these S2's is rechargeable, so I'll also use it outdoors once the weather breaks. If you are looking for a wired, wireless or multi-room system, then these are the ones to buy. The set up was relatively easy for me, an average Harry Homeowner. I have Verizon Fios and had to initiate the wifi connection a couple of times. I play these speakers often and ongoing connectivity has been consistent. The sound is unbelievable while listening to music or watching movies. Using the free PlayFi app, I have set up the multi room "zones" and I'm able to play the same song or different songs in each room, with functionality such as switching songs & volume controlled directly through the app. I mainly play music using my Samsung (Android OS) phone and my wife plays iTunes and Internet radio via her iPhone or iPad Mini. WE LOVE THIS SYSTEM! Kudos to Definitive Technology for an awesome product.

Firstly sound bar sounds great and subwoofer gives you enough rumble to shake the walls of the room you put it in. Undoubtedly this product will please your ears and fool your brain into real-like but simulated 5.1 surround sound experience. But it really lacks in several other things such as connection interfaces, extensibility and seamless integration with T.V. Below are the things that I think would prod you to pursue other options: 1. No 4K passthrough - This means you have to connect all your devices to T.V. and connect sound bar T.V. with optical fiber cable. This leads to several other problems such as you can not view your soundbar menu on t.v. screen and you have to just assume that click of the remote button works :) 2. Def tech app sucks - App sucks so much that it takes away the pleasure that you experience while listening to this well-crafted sound piece. You can only use app when you are streaming content through app otherwise you have to use remote. App does not seamlessly integrate with several US music apps and not at all with music apps of other countries. 3. No Bluetooth - App does not integrate with several of the music apps and soundbar does not have BT. If you use anything other than Spotify, Pandora and few other apps then you can not stream content to soundbar. Spotify free subscription does not allow you to stream to soundbar as playfi technology that soundbar uses (as a BT replacement) is only accessible under Spotify premium. 4. No Airplay - PlayFi technology that soundbar uses has Airplay specification built in but DT did not choose to implement it and this takes away the freedom of streaming music wirelessly from Apple devices. IMO DT has never made any upgrade to this product post its launch around 5 years ago and hence it does not provide new features and hence IMO it won't be future proof either. 5. Limited extensibility - you can extend soundbar with small def tech speakers that sync up wirelessly with your soundbar but , but ,but all 5 speakers work only when you stream content from its sucky app. You won't be able to watch your movies with real 5.1 experience. IMO there are 2 reasons for this: 1. Soundbar already simulates 5.1 experience for you, which is actually magical and very precise but IMO it can not beat real 5.1 speaker system. 2. App groups speakers as PlayFi device groups and can control what each group plays whereas soundbar does not have any such capability when it comes to its digital optical input signal processing. 6. Does not turn on/off automatically - Its not intelligent enough to turn on and off with your T.V. by sensing signal on its optical cable. All these compromises at the price point of $1200 is too much to stand with.

I had never heard of this brand until the sales guy at Best Buy took me to the Magnolia theater to listen to it. I was blown away. Easy set up. Better sounding than similar HK system which this replaced. Sleek minimalist design. Powerful clean bass. Easily the best soundbar out there.

The is probably as good as you can get as far as soundbars, and that is reflected in the price, which is substantially higher than other soundbars. The noticeable differences from what I've had in the past include more distinguishable voices, and louder voice as compared to background noise, overall clearer sound, much louder while clear, and deep bass. This soundbar also allows you to use a DT app on your smartphone to play music through. It operates through WiFi and not Blutooth, as many other music players do on soundbars. So, you have to be on the same WiFi network as the soundbar when playing through your smartphone. Some people would rather have BT. Not me, the WiFi is much more responsive, there is no lag, and as long as your WiFi is up and running, you will have quality streaming music the entire time. I have had problems with BT on soundbars as soon as I'm further than 10-15 ft from the soundbar. WiFi will work as long as you're on the same network. This app works well with music you have purchased on your iPhone, which isn't a problem at all. Some platforms out there don't allow you to play purchased Apple music - such as Chromecast - which I have in my basement. Chromecast is more set up for Pandora-style internet music player apps. The Definitive Tech app is set up for both internet music AND music on your phone which you have purchased. Although, in order to use (one of the internet music player apps) you have to be a subscribed and paying member, and not just a basic, free member of the app - although I can't remember which one, either Pandora or Spotify? Whereas, you can be a basic member of the service and still play through Chromecast. The difference is that DT is an application, in which all the music is played through. Chromecast is a way to send music to a location through the app that you're using. If that makes any sense...