(NEW) LG SC9S Soundsystem w/IMAX Enhanced and Dolby Atmos
$449.99
$999.99
55% off
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Condition: New
Top positive review
2 people found this helpful
Excellent with some time taken to set up well
By Quotes&More on Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2025
I am very pleased with this. Matches great to evo series LG tv. Good integration. Some details: Not a replacement for a home theatre set up sound system, but does a great job to give the TV great sound. Subwoofer is better than expected and adds a lot. WOW Orchestra is not so wow. That's feature where you can use sound bar with TV speakers for more immersive sound. I think sound bar sounds better without the TV speakers going. Dolby Atmos actually seems to work well. We were watching one movie that had birds in background in forest scene. Was excellent presence. Did not seem to be coming from sound bar. Has extra hdmi input so using hdmi eARC does not lose you an hdmi input on TV. Have blu ray player plugged into sound bar and selecting HDMI 2 on LG evo OLED tv selects it while also handling the sound functions well. Settings that are working best for me (long time HiFi interests): - sound formats: Cinema expansive stage but does not sound right. AI Pro sound does not sound great to me, but better. I like best Standard selection. UPDATE after a week with it. I still like Standard sound best if on a movie or regular television show, but I've found on some YouTube music choices or on concert videos (vs movies) on Apple TV, the Standard mode selection does not sound good. Why music in movies sounds so good but not some music of other sorts, I have no idea. When I experience that, switching to sound mode AI pro or Cinema work much better for some reason. AI sound pro mode might be sweet spot if I decide I don't want to bother to change it (which is quite easy to get to and change and change back depending on what you are watching. This is a setting on the LG TV and very easy to get at and toggle. - And with that selected, sweet spot for me is bumping up level on subwoofer and also on bass a bit over the middle settings. So, not all the way up but not flat, center, either. Sounds great on voice, news, movies, etc. Massive improvement in TV sound with some depth, oomph, bass, and robust middle. I get the weaknesses of this or any soundbar compared to a full HiFi system. So the get is simplicity and integration. This will not confuse your family members. I cannot comprehend the reviews here that suggest sound is no bette than that from the TV alone. The TV speakers are unusually good but the sound is so limited compared to with this sound bar--it's a huge difference. Con: I could not get the sound bar to connect to WiFi in any attempt. LG Soundbar app just could not do it. I do not know why. Was on same SSID, etc and following instructions on app. So, learned how to change settings with remote to get sound I like (and you can set main sound type (again, I liked Standard best) on TV with TV remote snd then use sound bar remote to tweak sound. Not terrible. And the sound I like works well for everything so I don't expect to fiddle with it much in the future. I would totally buy this again. PS. I buy a lot on Amazon and bought this here but returned it was shipping got delayed so went to get it at Best Buy.
Top critical review
35 people found this helpful
Meh...
By Alexander on Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2023
C2 owner here! Soundbar connects just fine, everything got hooked up immediately and it switched to the WOW Orchestra mode (TV speakers + soundbar) automatically. WOW Interface (the UI on the TV where you configure your soundbar) is not supported on C2, only on C3, but there are not too many settings and you can access all of them through the soundbar remote (yeah, it kinda sucks, since you are paying extra for LG TV integration and there is basically none). You can also install the app on your smartphone, but I have so many apps by now so that I got tired of all this "install a dedicate app to control a light bulb in the bathroom" nonsense. Let's get to the actual reason why you would be buying the soundbar - the sound! There is no noticeable difference between TV speakers and soundbar. First of all, "center channel to improve dialogs" is utter nonsense, as center channel is not playing with PCM content. Most of your apps, like YouTube, etc. will still play stereo, so no center channel for you. My other hope was that soundbar will improve volume disparity between Netflix (which has most of the Dolby content) and the rest of the apps (which stream PCM/stereo), as I now have more channels. Unfortunately, nothing changed - Netflix is still too quiet, while the rest of the apps are too loud. You can hear all the speakers are active when watching Netflix, but it's still noticeably quieter than YouTube, for example, even though YouTube only plays through two speakers of the soundbar. And yeah, there is no magic - there is no surround effect of any kind, It's just people on the second floor can hear what you are watching downstair a little bit better, as they now get their dedicated speakers. :) The only (marginal) difference is the subwoofer - if you crank up the volume, you can hear it pumping a little bit. I also played with the sound presets. I still like the balanced sound of "Standard" the most, although when you switch it to "AI Sound Pro" it definitely sounds better with the soundbar than without it (although sound is still trash in this mode regardless). Interesting thing is that when you select "AI Sound Pro" preset it leverages all speakers even for stereo content. It doesn't make it any louder, but all the sound effects/compression (not the binary compression, but the limiter/compressor) and made-up channel separation make it sound very artificial and unrealistic. The similar effect (using all speakers for stereo content) can be achieved if you enable surround mode on the soundbar itself through the remote control (or in the app; or in the WOW Interface, if you have C3). In any case, I just left it on "Standard", as that's the most balanced sound preset. Lastly, instructions for the remote are non-existent - there is a good deal of buttons, but you have no clue what they are doing, as there is nothing in the simple manual that comes with the sound bar. Online instructions are a little bit better, but still lacking. In any case, the key button is the cog/gear (settings) - you press it, and sound bar will announce what setting you are configuring. To scroll through the settings press left/right on the "wheel" while you are still in the settings mode and to change the value (i.e. on/off a certain feature) press up/down on the wheel. You can also tweak level for different channels in the same matter, just press the EQ button (bottom-left on the remote) instead of the settings. Overall, for the price - just get something else.
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