Samsung - 2.0-Channel Wireless Rear Speaker Kit with Surround Sound - Black

I hesitated a great deal when in come to purchasing these rear speakers, I bought a Samsung sound bar around 5 months ago and liked it a lot but end up exchanging it for the Samsung 600 cause I wanted more power and to hook it up through hdmi arc. After that I thought of buying rear speakers several times but the reviews kept scaring me from getting them, I finally figured what the hell and I would return them if there was a problem, sure enough just like several of the reviews said I could get little to no sound, before returning them I messed around with the speaker wires, I pulled the wire out maybe an eighth of an inch and it instantly worked perfect, the other side was the same way. They are plenty loud enough, sound clear, it did however take a couple try’s to get the right mount that works to my liking. The difference is amazing, games movies, and music sounds incredible. I did however have a couple of very expensive Sony rear speakers that have 3 separate speakers in each one, the way 3 times what the Samsung speakers weigh and a pair of them is 499.99 new so out of curiosity I tried putting them in place of the Samsung speakers and to my surprise they work perfect. I never turn the volume past 25 cause I found any more then that my walls rattle. To clarify the Samsung speakers worked perfect it’s just that I had them speakers laying around that a rich friend was gonna throw them away so I figured why not.

Works as intended and sounds awesome. Pairing and configuring took some time but got it done! Definitely recommend stands for better placement for a better home theatre experience!!!

If you're like me, you're interested in these because you have a compatible Samsung soundbar, you want surround sound, and these are decently affordable. If that is you, and you aren't super snobby about sound quality, these are an amazing value! Effective surround sound with minimal setup and wires! However, I've taken a star off because setting these up was a bigger hassle than it should have been. If you follow the very minimalistic instructions to a T, you will probably run into issues. Some things Samsung doesn't tell you that you won't figure out if you aren't familiar with setting up surround sound speakers: - The wires are standard speaker wires, so you install them by opening "clamps" on the back of the speakers, inserting the wire, and then releasing the clamp so it clamps down on the wire. Be sure that the clamp is clamping down on the exposed metal wire, NOT the plastic jacket around the metal wire. It is also better to insert the wire in as far as it will go without clamping down on the plactic jacket, to avoid signal interference. Basically, it is possible to insert the wire in both TOO FAR and NOT FAR ENOUGH. If you do either, you will have the "no sound" or "intermittent cutting out" issues that other reviews describe. - If you are using HDMI-ARC to connect your soundbar to your TV, MAKE SURE you enable "passthrough" audio in your TV settings. I CANNOT overstate how important this is. I use a TCL Roku TV and I had mine setup on "auto" previously, and this worked fine with just my soundbar. However, with these rear speakers, initially I could hear a fairly loud "static" sound when the speakers were on and no sound was playing on the TV. And when I DID play sound, it was kind of quiet and tinny. Once I changed my audio format to passthrough in my TV settings both of these issues went away. On my TCL Roku TV, the setting was on Home screen > Settings > Audio > Digital output format. I do not know where this setting is on other tvs, or if this solution still applies when you connect your soundbar via some method other than HDMI ARC. - Once your speakers are linked with your soundbar, you will be able to raise their volume with your soundbar remote by clicking the Gear icon until you reach "rear level". Unless you set up your speakers right behind your couch (which you shouldn't do if you can avoid it), you will probably want to raise this to near the max level. This setting is easier to change if you connect to your soundbar from the Samsung SmartThings app, because then there are sliders you can visually see. Once you're on the screen for your soundbar, tap the three dots in the corner > device settings > Channel Volume. - Surround sound only works if you set your soundbar to specific sound modes. On my HW-S60A soundbar, it only works if I set it to "Adaptive Sound". I think some other models have a "Surround Sound" mode, which would probably also enable surround. Given that these are marketed towards casual consumers that don't know the ins and outs of home theater setups, Samsung should really call these things out in the manual. All of those caveats aside, these are great little speakers for the price! It took me less than a day of messing with settings to figure all of this out, and now that I have, shows sound so much better! These speakers create an effective "bubble" of sound that helps immerse us in movies and cinematic shows! Great, low-cost way to get some apartment-friendly surround sound in our living room!

I read a few reviews that said the soundbar overpowered these speakers. Once you have them set up you need to adjust the number on the other speakers to a much lower number. Raise the rear speakers to 6+. You will probably need to turn the volume up since you adjusted the other ones. If you do that, it will make these stand out more.

Pretty good. Annoyances are: obviously it’s not truly wireless. Sound was cutting in and out. It was 15 feet away from soundbar and a wireless router was next to it. I ended up moving the wireless speaker base station next to the soundbar and splicing a longer speaker wire to the surround speakers. If you’re having problems with sound cutting out, it probably doesn’t have a good connection wireless to the soundbar.

Once i figured out how to increase the volume and connect them, as they didn't connect automatically, the speakers performed well. The only issue I have is I purchased this item as new. When I opened the box, the plastic bags were already torn open. I decided to hook them up to see if I would have the same problems as others who reviewed this item. I did not. I wanted to exchange them or get the opened box price. Unfortunately, I got sick before I could take them back.

This is a wireless system, but not really. You still need cables to hook the speaker to the wireless receiver. The cables that come with it are very short which is disappointing.

These speakers are on the quiet side. You can turn the volume up on the soundbar settings. While these are wireless, you still need a wire to connect the speakers to the receivers, which can be an eyesore.