LG SP11RA Soundbar Review: Supreme cinema audio at home

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When you are spending a premium on your sound bar system, there are certain things you expect the product to offer — a multi-speaker 7.1 channel system, support for Dolby Atmos, and wireless support speakers as well as wireless subwoofer. LG tries to fulfil most of these demands with its LG SP11RA sound bar home theatre system. At the moment, you can get the entire system at a price of Rs. 89,990, which is quite some price for a 7.1 channel sound system. However, the experience this home theatre system delivers is top-notch.

Since this is the flagship home theatre system from LG, you are getting all the best bits LG can throw at you. The sound output is rated at 770W and it gets support for 7.1.4 channel speakers. Other than support for Dolby Vision, and Atmos, and DTS: X surround sound, the system also gets the Meridian tuning. There are lots of smart features baked into the system as well, although they do not necessarily work that easy all the time (more on it later)

To find out whether the LG SP11RA home theatre is worth its asking price, we have been using it for two weeks and here is our experience penned down.

Unlike most high-end sounder systems, LG has gone for a simplistic design and clever choice of materials. The sound bar unit is a big fat slab with two speaker vents on the top to give that premium experience. It is as wide as a 65-inch flat-panel TV; hence, make sure your wall or table has enough space for the sound bar. The unit also gets a touch control panel for the basic functions, although you get a full-fledged remote controller system. I am not so sure about the choice of materials considering the unit picks up household dust easily. The ports are positioned behind and since I had it wall mounted, it