LG – 3.1-Channel 420W Soundbar System with Wireless Subwoofer and Dolby Atmos – Black

First things first since this is not well-documented anywhere: this GX OLED model-matching soundbar matches the width dimension of the 65 inch GX OLED only. This was perfect for me since I have that TV on the wall as well, and aestehtically it does match the GX beautifully on the wall (see pictures). That is the main selling point of this soundbar, and should be the only reason you’re considering purchasing it. If you don’t have a LG GX OLED, don’t purchase this, there’s better soundbars out there! As for the negatives, the sound quality is not the greatest in the world. Specifically, ALL low frequency sounds are offloaded to the subwoofer, which means no natural bass or low frequency sound comes directly from the soundbar speakers. Part of this is just raw physics given how slim the soundbar is in order to sit flush against the wall, which makes it impossible to engineer speakers that produce satisfactory low frequencies. The downside of this, is that if you turn the volume of the subwoofer down to avoid disrupting rumble, you’re also turning down low frequency in things like speech/voice as well, since the sound output is so intrinsically linked as a single engineered system. Another negative is how difficult LG makes it to find the correct smartphone app to control this unit (the one you want is LG Music Flow Bluetooth); however, once you do, the app has all the settings you’d need, including independent volume controll of the subwoofer and optional rear LG speakers (which I purchased and paired with these, and they work great). Finally, LG does not do a great job documenting which of the Sound Effects work best for certain situations. Through trial and error, I’ve found the “Movie” setting provides the most consistent sound quality for my 5.1 setup with the optional rear speakers (I don’t particularly like how the AI effect consistently makes the rear channel quieter than it should be with non-Atmos content). Overall, these speakers look fantastic when paired with a GX OLED, but are very mediocre in every other way, which makes it hard to justify the very high price tag for average consumers.

I have read the reviews good and bad , my experience with this sound have been nothing but good from playing movies or listening to music I have no complaints.I think that it is very important to move the subwoofer away from sound bar I have mines behind the couch.

Bought this in conjunction with my LG G1 65 inch tv and while it does look good as it does have a slim profile and it is exactly the same lenght of my Lg G1 65 inch oled and it does appear to have the same construction materials and look of the tv that is where the positives end and the negatives begin. I bought it because it looks really good asthetically talking but the performance of this speaker and base for a surround sound system leaves alot to be desired. The sound is muffled and terrible compared to a sonos arc or even Bose 500 or 700 soundbar, which were the options i should have gone with but i wanted something pleasing to the eye and something that sounded well i guess i cant have everything in life. The base is wireless which at first i thought it to be a benefit as i can position it anywhere in my living room, that turned out to be a huge let down, as the base because its wireless it tends to loose reception at times and sometimes when i am listening to a good action film this is beyond frustrating as it takes away the whole feel of the sorround sound and it just makes me focus on that ever so slight second that i lost reception to the base and ruins the movie for me, i am an audiphile and i have systems from bose and sonos and even sony to name a few and although by no means was i expecting perfection i was however expecting something usable at the very least something that would enhance my viewing experience in my gorgeous oled tv not something that would ruin the experience all together. Overall i am very disappointed and frustrated with my purchase as the one month return window has closed for me and i am now left with a bad purchase and a bad experience.