LG - Sound Suite M5 Wireless Spatial Speaker with Wi-Fi and Apple Airplay 2 - Black

This is my third M5 speaker. The first two are in my living room, connected to the soundbar for a full Sound Suite system. This one lives in my bedroom as a standalone speaker that I use for music and audiobooks. Sound quality is great for the price. Very full and dynamic. The build quality is premium - it's well constructed with premium materials and looks great in the space. If you're looking for a Sonos full home audio replacement - this system has a little ways to go. It technically works with Apple Airplay and Google Cast, but it's not without flaws. Given the product is so new to market, I'll give them some grace as they work through the kinks.

THIS… IS the LG Sound Suite M5, LG’s next generation speaker that can do it all. The M5 can function as a standalone speaker to add sound to any room (able to be painted with others) or connected to your LG soundbar to complete your sound experience. With tons of features and plenty of sound, let's take a look at just how well the M5 performs. Ok so taking this out of the box and right off the start, the M5 looks fantastic. Its sleek yet super modern aesthetic allows it to blend in anywhere and with a reasonable footprint, it is easily placed on any table (or mounted on your stand/wall). The speaker has a metal foot at the bottom and a sleek metal grill on the top with a cloth wrapping around the front giving it a super premium aesthetic. The fabric does a good job at hiding dust while also being easy to clean with a lint roller and a few rolls over the fabric. On the top of the speaker, you will see its 5 button touch user interface. It has the traditional volume up and down with a pause and play button, an input button and then a heart button. The heart button is a super neat ‘customizable’ button which changes to a preset playlist, content or feature with one touch. On the rear of the speaker is a power button, a usb-c port to plug into your other device for audio such as a PC/usb and a mic on/off switch for the microphone used when calibrating your room. Something unique that LG did was the inclusion of an adjustable RGB strip at the bottom which it uses to show Setting up the M5 is really simple and straightforward. You are prompted to download the LG ThinQ app and create an account with LG which was effortless, followed by a quick pairing and poof! Done! My M5 speakers got an immediate firmware update that did take a few minutes, but otherwise, I was set up and ready to go in less than 10 minutes. LG using their top of the line Alpha 11 processor really shows in not only how these speakers respond to touch input, but in its near instant response from the app as well. I paired these M5’s to my H7 for a complete sound setup and honestly had no issues as the process was not only easy but really quick. The App allows you to control the M5’s rather easily for adjustments and enabling smart features such as its spotify connectivity. The cool thing about the M5 is that it will wirelessly connect to your newest generation (gen 5) LG TV wirelessly (2.4g/5ghz wifi) without the need for a soundbar as a hub. You can also use 4 of these in tandem (M5/M7) for any room with no other device needed, but must have at least 2 M5’s for dolby surround sound. Ok, so this is what we are alllll here for! How does it sound? Well…Really good! It is a 1.1.1 setup, So 1 main speaker, 1 subwoofer (3”) and 1 ‘height’ (up firing) speaker that does a really good job at filling up a medium sized room when in tandem. I think that these offer a really well balanced sound profile with the 3” subwoofer, and with the app you get decent control over the sound stage as well with several different modes and a 3 band EQ. LG does have an ‘AI mode’ that auto adjusts the sound profile based on what it thinks the music is and to be honest it is really good and the mode I use for everything. I think that outside of a traditional theater sound, the M5 and M7 speakers work fantastic for adding comprehensive music abilities to a kitchen or general space that doesn’t revolve around a TV. The reliable connection and easy to interface makes me want to put these all over my house due to their great sound and fantastic reliability. Wrapping this up, I was shocked to see just how good these speakers would be when not used exclusively for home theater use! Normally my wife is not too entertained by the new gizmos that I bring through the door, but having music this good in surround sound in the kitchen area while we cook has sold her on getting more of the M5’s. That's before we even get into just how good these speakers are when paired to my H7 soundbar. LG has truly hit it out of the park with these, making it effortless to recommend from a home theater standpoint, or a home audio. That being said, bestbuy has a great return policy so you are never stuck with a speaker that doesn't fit your home or your expectations. Until next time :)

Amazing set of speakers. Each one is basically a 3 in 1. They have a front and up firing speakers and integrated woofer. The have the newest Dolby Atmos flex connect feature, that you can use to connect them wirelessly and in any place, they don't have to be either just front or rears, place then anywhere and they will be tunned accordingly. The first and main feature, is if you own one of the newest LG Oled TV series 5 (I have a C5), you can add them to the TV via this system (my TV got a firmware update for this, just FYI), and the TV will work as a center speaker and these can be used as additional speakers, i.e like rear surrounds. I did test that and works good, however since I have also the H7 soundbar that works with these, I ended up pairing them with it. The soundbar does its tunes and configures them correctly to where you place them. I did put them on the rear. And each speaker, like I mentioned are basically a 1.1.1 system. They fire to the front, and up (so the sound bounces on the ceiling and hits you as if you had real height speakers) and they also have an included woofer, and this was great, I was thinking I was going to have to buy their woofer to add it (they have one you can add), but it the bass was great enough and great for me. What surprised the most, is the height channels sounds, were great and distinctive, they usually recommend for best performance a flat ceiling, and unfortunately mine is slanted, but with its auto tunning with Dolby flex connect, it was great and I was amazed! With Dolby flex connect you can add more if you want, so I'm planning on getting another pair and put them on the side, instead of a woofer (plenty of bass as it is). Amazing solution from LG that lets you flexible upgrade your sound system and easily tune it!!!

Speakers came in perfect condition from my local carrier. Unboxing is straight forward and upon opening you immediately notice the incredible build quality! Absolutely beautiful design in my opinion that could fit into any household and keep the misses happy due to its aesthetics! I also really like the design because they can fit on almost any stand or any table and fit in to anything. We paired these with our LG soundbar and our 83” C5 OLED TV. Pairing was straightforward in the app where you can make multiple sound adjustments depending but if you are going to buy this high end speakers use the sound mapping it provides via the app to calibrate your specific living area. This makes a huge difference and in my opinion is something you can’t skip. For sound we used them as stand alone and a stereo pair and paired with our LG soundbar for atmos content. I sit really close to the left rear and while listening to music in stereo it’s full blast but I’m spacial audio that’s where you win. I love the ability to control the system in multiple ways… remote, app, or my OLED TV. Still some software glitches but I’m sure updates are coming. I recommend.

This pair of LG Sound Suite M5 speakers are an absolute treat for my LG C5 65” TV. These speakers are very unique in that when paired with a compatible LG TV, you can utilize Dolby Atmos Flex Connect (DAFC) directly through the TV’s software, independently of the Sound Suite H7 soundbar. DAFC analyzes your room and then dynamically assigns roles to each speaker to create a Dolby Atmos layout. In other words, moving the M5 speakers behind you will make them function as true rear speakers. Move them to the front and it’ll recalibrate and widen the front soundstage. The TV speakers function as the center channel if you are running this setup without the soundbar. You can also run these in stereo mode, which makes them just all around great WiFi or Bluetooth speakers. The sound quality on these is absolutely incredible. They are technically considered 1.1.1 speakers, and the onboard sub produces an amazing low end. They legitimately sound like you have a small independent subwoofer in the setup, and if you add the H7 soundbar then you are really in for an experience. I have this setup in my master bedroom and I’m honestly not sure if I’ll pursue the independent sub when it’s released, simply because of how good this setup already sounds. Setup can be a bit tricky to figure out, especially if you are trying to use the app without the soundbar in the mix. If you are connecting these to the H7 soundbar, then the app is the way to go. If you have a compatible LG TV and want to utilize DAFC directly through the TV, you’ll need to go into your TV sound settings, look for External with TV Speaker, and then select the Dolby Atmos Flex Connect option. The real selling point of these speakers and DAFC is how modular the whole system is. You can start with just a pair of M5 speakers and later add the soundbar or expand further. Since DAFC adapts to your room, you can use your speakers in different configurations, just remember you need two M5 speakers to run DAFC properly. I’ll be honest, if I had to choose between a pair of M5 speakers and the H7 soundbar, I would go with the pair of speakers all day. Please don’t get me wrong, because the soundbar is a work of art, but having the pair of M5s and using the TVs speakers as a center gives a better surround experience and surprisingly strong bass on their own. My one gripe, and the same is true for the H7, is that you can only select four colors for the LED in active mode inside of the app. These speakers could clearly support more, it’s simply an app limitation, and stuff like that tends to bother me more than it should. All in all, this pair of speakers absolutely blows me away, and the fact that you can run DAFC with a compatible LG TV and bypass the soundbar is simply amazing. I’ve had some of the best soundbars and combos over the years, and this is without a doubt the best setup I’ve ever had. For reference, I’m running two M5s with the H7 soundbar on my LG C5 65” TV.