Sony HT-A5000 5.1.2ch Dolby Atmos Soundbar

I purchased this to pair with a new Sony BRAVIA X90L 65" TV, and was nothing but disappointed in the quality from the get-go. I'm not sure if this was damaged in transit, a low quality lemon, or just a product over hyped by a number of reviewed that it "blew them away right out of the box" but whatever the case may be the best I can muster is "MEH". There are plenty of sparkly and fancy features on this device and it does some cool things during setup but in the end the sound quality was worse than both of the other audio devices I compared it against. First up for comparison was an old set of relatively cheap (less than $150 when I bought them years ago) desktop speakers. These sounded as good or better in every type of media than the sound bar. Next up, an Ultimate Ears Megaboom 3 wireless portable speaker I bought for my wife. This $200 portable speaker was superior to the sound bar in every single type of media which, for me, was the ultimate deal killer. If this fancy soundbar can't even compete with a portable speaker what am I ever paying for? Also, as usual, UPS best the living hell out of the box and left it leaning against the front of my house in a puddle rather than under the covered porch. This is why I stipulate that it may have just been damaged in transit. However, the general sound quality was tinny and boring. The bass from the soundbar couldn't even outperform a portable speaker. So maybe look past this one.