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Setup was quick and relatively painless. All you have to do is unbox four speakers, a subwoofer, and a subwoofer, connect their power cables, and connect everything. Pairing happens through the LG ThinQ app, which allows you to set up the Sound Suite and adjust it to exactly where you’re sitting in the room using your cell phone’s microphone.
You can also set up each speaker to play music and group them with any other LG smart speakers you may have in your home, such as less expensive soundbars $250 M5 A bookshelf speaker, to create a whole home system.
Once all the components were synced, I connected the soundbar to the C5 OLED via HDMI, and was able to control everything easily via the volume and mute buttons on the TV remote. More in-depth settings had to be done in the app, but if you’re like me, this won’t become a regular chore. You’ll set it the way you want it once and move on. Although the pairing function with the LG TV was great, it’s not required – the eARC port allows the Sound Suite to work perfectly with any modern TV.
The bar itself powers the display, with a black-and-white screen on the far left showing the mode and your volume level, among other settings. In the center of the bar and below each speaker is an LED light bar that also shows you the volume level as you change it, which is a nice touch.
Get musical
Photo: Parker Hall
LG Sound Suite sound is full and cinematic, thanks in large part to the additional dedicated speakers. Most competitors lack the front left and right, choosing to simply use tweeters for these channels. As such, the width and breadth of the soundstage was greater than most competitors I’ve tried, if only Samsung flagship phone HW-Q990F As a real competitor. Even Samsung lacked the low-frequency sound quality that these LG speakers provide.