LG - SP8YA

My first soundbar ever was the LG SP8YA w/ sub and rear speaker kit. Since I was coming from built in tv speakers, I was unbelievably happy. Then I heard a Q990D at a friend's house, and immediately went to reddit where I saw basically everyone recommend it. Tried it off of Amazon for almost a month. It was definitely much better than the LG, but I couldn't help but feel the bass was lacking. Then I got a JBL Bar 1300X from Best buy to test side by side. The bass had me giggling like a little kid. I could not believe a soundbar based system was shaking my entire apartment like that. Unfortunately, I thought the rears flat out sucked, and the soundbar itself just felt small/tinny. Not that big of a soundstage. I returned *both.* I now have a Sonos Arc ultra w/ rears and dual subs. Its not even a comparison for me. Dual Subs give as much or more impact than the JBL in a much cleaner, higher quality way. The rears literally blow anything else I've ever heard away, and I don't even have the era 300s yet. And the soundbar itself is everything I wanted the Samsung to be. No I don't think it's 3x the system... So the q990f is a better value. But now that I know Sonos, id rather build a used system second hand (arc, sub 3 or sub mini, and era 100s for example for around 1k) or spend the extra money and just know I have way better sound. AND FOR MUSIC? Sonos gets even further ahead.

Ima tell you two things about rear speakers not connecting… 1 a lot of un-tech savvy people want they hand in the pie of soundbars and don’t understand how radio technologies work. therefore, stop relying on reviews unless it’s a person with many of them on YouTube. Radio signals cross and interrupt speakers all damn day it’s know what’s causing it. 2 I own the lg Sp8ya no I’m not rush and no I did not pay $800… I bought the rear speakers kit, plug it up and for a few it worked no issue. Hours in sound started cutting out. I had my wifi router to close to the soundbar it even acted weird when I had my phone next to it. I learned ok they cannot be near each other. And since then I haven’t had that issue at all! My gf had the Samsung with rear speakers she doesn’t have any issues router is across the room!

SP8a for better bass performance

I have the LG SP8YA for my C2 which is much better than my previous Sony soundbar I had with my Bravia. Atmos makes a massive difference for me. Obviously will be different depending on the location etc.