LG - 2.1 Channel 300W Soundbar System with 6" Subwoofer - Black

The LG SL4Y 2.1 Soundbar with wireless subwoofer is an interesting soundbar. It has some good features and some questionable features. From a sound perspective, the soundbar has four modes: Bass Boost, Cinema, ASC (Automatic Sound Control), and Standard. After trying all the sound modes for various video sources such as Netflix, Plex, Playstation Vue, Xbox One Gaming, and Bluetooth music through Pandora and Spotify, I now have it on Cinema mode exclusively. The other modes either have the spoken voice too low or is very dull in my opinion. In Cinema mode, everything sounds great. The Soundbar has a small display that tells you the volume which is great feature that other soundbars tend to overlook. The soundbar has no problem being cranked up to a loud volume and still maintain a vibrant clarity and stability. The subwoofer while fills in the ambiance and does a good job, at times feels like it could have been more. If you were expecting a home theatre quality of low frequencies, you may be disappointed but for the average home movie viewer, this will make movies much more enjoyable over your standard TV speakers. The soundbar works well in small to medium rooms but does require some cranking up of volume to fill out a large living room. I am not using a LG TV so I cannot speak to how it pairs with an LG TV nor do I have the optional surround rear speakers. Setup had a few annoying things that frustrated me out of the box. Having various Toslink cables lying around, I spent 5 minutes trying to figure out why none of them would connect to the soundbar. Apparently, LG has recessed the optical input port a bit which makes Toslink cables with larger grip points to not fit in the Optical Input port. If this is your scenario, you will be stuck using the very thin supplied optical cable by LG. So you will have to be sure that if you need another optical cable, you have to choose a low profile Toslink cable. The included wall mounts have this amazing feature which places the soundbar about half an inch away from the wall allowing me to run all the TV wires behind the soundbar. Since I do not have fancy options of running wires in-wall, the gap between the soundbar and wall allows me to just drop the wires straight down and not have to interfere with the mounting of the soundbar. The subwoofer linked up with the soundbar instantly and I was setup, mounted to the wall, and ready to watch a movie in less than 30 minutes. From a connectivity standpoint, you are very limited on connection options. This soundbar only has optical input, USB, and Bluetooth. There is no HDMI passthrough. In order to get the sound properly going to the soundbar, you may have to play around with your TV sound settings and the media device sound settings. I have noticed that Amazon FireTV Cube will only work if you choose a specific sound output, therefore before you go crazy trying to figure out if the soundbar sound is cutting out or not, make sure you play around with your media sound source options. Overall, if you are looking for an improvement over your TV speakers, this will do a wonderful job at the price point. If you were to pay more, you would gain Dolby Atmos, 3.1, 5.1 surround capabilities but that does have a significant price jump for those features.

Absolutely love this sound bar. Once I connected it to my TV, now it makes the TV sound like a theater or club. Lol

Excellent overall item, is just right for what I need it, makes movies sound great, will look forward to enjoy for many years to coke

Works GREAT with my LG tv, I really like that it is Bluetooth, which allows me the opportunity to leave my older system connected with the optical audio wire. I added surround sound and it is awesome! So much fun watching, golf, basketball, movies, etc!

Got this sound bar with wireless subwoofer on sale for 149. It it’s still on sale & if you are considering it, do it! You can’t beat the price on this system as the cinema Dolby sound quality is great! Bass is booming, highs are good enough in my dining room. Paired up with my LG 55 inch tv perfectly. My fire stick remote controls the volume and power with ease.

Very happy with my new sound bar. It's perfect for my new lg tv.

Awesome sound for a great experience. Small but absolutely sounds amazing!!!

Pros: I have BOSE Sound Bar at home which i got couple of years of back. Before buying BOSE i tried many brands sound bars like LG, Samsung etc. But I was not happy with those because for me Dialogue Clarity is more important when i am watching movies, usually many sound bars just keep their focus on songs and sounds part but not on Dialogues except BOSE, but again not all BOSE products good on dialogue part. You maybe wondering why i am talking about BOSE here, Yes I have to do that, Because now the time has come to beat it. I am very happy with the current LG Sound Bar with Subwoofer. The Cinematic mode is simply superb, Some how i like this mode for songs, Sounds and Dialogues. What a change in LG in just few years. Dialogue clarity while matching movie is top natch. This is BEST for People who wants to use it for watching movies on TV.If you want to use only for audio music then this is not superior for sure compare to other big ones, But again, if you want best superior audio quality just for audio songs purpose you have to spend minimum north of 8 or 9 hundred dollars. Considering the price, I would surely recommend this product for everyone who wants best Cinematic Sound experience. CONS: Non Cinematic modes like BASS etc... are not that great. Just Good. But again you need think price point as well when you are comparing with other ones. Let me focus on What is Inside the box and Installation Setup. 1) Sound Bar 2) SubWoofer 3) All required Cables Including Optical Cable. 4) Remote and Batteries needed for the remote. 5) Wall mount brackets and screws with simple mounting instructions guide. 6) Simple user friendly manual - Very easy to read and understand. 7) You can do Installation in less than 10-15 Mins. Very easy setup. 8) Very Easy Auto pairing. 9 ) Super fast bluetooth connection. No interruptions. I used bluetooth to play songs from my phone. My Final verdict : Just Go for it. You will like it. I will be happy if my review helps you to pick your choice :).