Bought this as a replacement, since we were tired of always getting up to turn down or up volume on old surround sound system, and we could never be happier! The sleekness of the unit, the ease of setup, and the performance is just unparalleled! The crispness of the sound, the alley design, great speakers, that have outperformed my old klms, make this a choice worth buying! And for the price, Wow, who can argue!

This unit was much easier to set up than the first one. I did have to buy an optical cable to get better TV sound. Read and follow the instructions to make it easy. DVDs and BlueRay sounds are much better. The wireless surround speakers are not really, they do hook-up to a receiver but not directly to the player.The FI HI was easy and picked up to network the first time and I now have movies and internet on demand. (my old unit did not have this). Again read the instructions.The FM receiver has better reception than the first unit but the sound is about the same. Both units set in the same place but this one is not as high and fits better. My first unit lasted 4 years plus and it was used when the TV was on which was from 11am to 12pm daily. This one I do not plan to run 12 hours a day. Only on TV movies and DVD and BlueRay and some CDs. I look for a longer life in this one.

1st this system was sortta disappointing from the start. weak, tinish sounding, no adjustments to see if you are taking the sound from the tv. 2nd the never ending boot cycle started.this can't be fixed? so what was a fairly costly disappointment has turned into a useless piece of trash! should have known better. i also own a samsung smart tv that is the dumbest thing ever. try loading an app that was not part of the thousand useless apps that were bundled with the tv in the first place.

Worked great for about a year, then the center speaker started cutting in and out. The rear speakers started randomly disconnecting, and my Samsung smart TV would stop connecting to it, I would have to factory reset it every time for it to work. I really want a new system but I am waiting for a 4k DVD surround system. I am surprised Samsung has not put one out yet.

This is a great system and the price was even better. The system replaced an older model from another company, and this out performs is every way. The set up was fairly simple, the only complaint is the depth of the hanging mount for the rear speakers required much longer wall screws.

A good sound system, easy to hook up, except it did not come with a HDMI cable so that required an additional trip to Wal-Mart. Picture quality is very good even with dvd blue ray is even better. Overall the price , quality and ease of use a good deal. Plus the free 2 day shipping was an extra bonus.

We have had our system about three weeks now and just LOVE IT!!! Very easy to install, almost just plug and play! It has so many options available! We have had a number of systems in the past, i.e., LG, Sony, RCA; and this is by far the BEST one yet! We used to have a recording studio years ago and are both very particular about how sound is produced. This is way beyond what we have experienced in the past with other systems! Being able to adjust the EQ settings was very important to us! We love a sound that will make you jump when you hear the deep bass tones and matches up so well with our Plasma tv, our Dish Network set-top box and our other components! Had we know Samsung produced such high quality sound systems in the past, we would have purchased one years ago. This is truly a BANG for your BUCK!!! Won't ever have another brand as long as Samsung keeps producing this type of system!!! Thank you and keep up the great work, Samsung!!!

Most default settings were fine, only had to tweek a few personal settings. The hardest part was getting all the bends & kinks out of the speaker wires. Could really tell the difference in sounds and added features were greater than my old set, which was 5 or more years older.

I love my new Blu-Ray player. The surround sound is perfect for my apartment. I had a older version and it finally broke after several years and several moves. The two rear speakers are wired into a seperate box, which I love because my old one had a wire stapled from the unit across the ceiling to my rear speakers. I was able to hide the wires on this one. It turned my Samsung tv into a smart tv. I don't have to use my chromecast anymore. It also has mirror image so I am able to play anything from my Samsung Note 4 to the TV. It also has blue tooth. Very easy to set up and use. It has several sound modes. I'm super happy with this product and I always choose Samsung products and they work well with each other. I'm loving the quality of the sound and picture of the blu ray dvds.

Two months ago I was up until four or five in the morning unpacking, wiring and testing my new Samsung HT-J5500W-ZA system with its wireless surround speakers. Everything worked out of the box without any adjustments or problems. Then I became creative. I added about ten feet of wire to the left front speaker and ten to the right rear. Then I started changing out the speakers. I was totally surprised by the 5500's ability to drive my power hungry KLH 10 speakers when I connected them to the front right and left wires. I substituted the factory front speakers for the surround (rear) ones. At times, the 5500 was embarrassingly loud but always clear sounding. That is true until the center channel speaker began to break up and sound... cheap. Bottom line... 1. Beautiful 3D movies on my LG 60PZ550 using active glasses. 2. Great sounding 5.1 audio from ANY source a. Music files modified to be 5.1 (wav and mp3) from LAN, disc and USB inputs b. CD, DVD, Blu-ray discs movies c. ANY audio signal from my LG TV (streamed music, ALL over the air TV channels) This is probably a function of the TV's sound processor and optical output. 3. Plays 2.1 sound from it FM tuner and any two channel sound that is produced by the 5500 4. Irritating fan noise when my entertainment stand door is left open. The rear of the stand is totally open. 5 Can be embarrassingly loud during explosions and car chases. 6. The LG TV HDMI cabling allows the 5500 to turn on the TV (when off) and the TV can turn off the 5500 (when it is on).