I have an LG nano 91 TV and it allows you to use the TV speakers in combination with external speakers for a surround effect, which is pretty cool and less cluttery.
Can anyone recommend some speakers (incl the required cables) for a half decent surround sound setup, please. Preferably if you have experience with a similar LG TV.
I am seeking specific brand recommendations (links for purchase please).
Thank you muchly.
Digital (Optical) Audio Output
This ? That's to connect to a amp.
It has HDMI ARC (ATMOS) so i'd just get a soundbar, Samsung, LG as long as it has Atmos (3.1.2 or better) is fine.
Else go for the whole discrete 7.1 Atmos setup with an amplifier, once you hear it you'll never go back.
I think you have to use compatible LG Bluetooth surround speakers.
To add to my comment below, this would be what you are after. I couldn't find any products from LG that did this though. Closest was the wireless rear channel kit for their soundbars.
But, if they do have it and I've just missed it, then this. I'll take the cream of sumyungguy.
That model LG is designed to work with an LG Bluetooth soundbar (and corresponding Bluetooth surrounds) for those wanting one less cable.
The feature you are talking about isn't as cool and less cluttery as you think.
You will still need something to process the sound and connect the speakers. It'll be the same as a surround sound system, just a couple of less speakers.
For the rears to work, you'll need to get an avr, and two speakers for the rears. Anything will do for that, so feel free to look at the Denon AVR-X580BT or something cheaper like that. The AVR will still need to be the brains of the unit to decode the signal and send just the rear right and rear left to the appropriate speaker.
This wouldn't be particularly good as the speakers would likely sound quite different to the TV.
I think what you would want is a way to connect two speakers (as rears) straight to the tv. But it can't do that. You still need a decoder to output the channels individually (and possibly power the speakers, depending on what you buy).
I'd recommend you either get a surround sound package and use eARC (or optical if you run into problems), or a soundbar.
I'm surprised you can use the internal speakers with speakers connected to the optical output because the necessary decoding and amplifying would delay the sound through the latter, which would wreck any stereo or surround sound effect.
So for reference the TV let's you pair up to 2 external speakers via Bluetooth and use them at the same time as the TV speakers. It manages the Bluetooth lag by software, I think it send the sound signal to the Bluetooth speakers a tad earlier than the picture and TV speakers to compensate.
It actually kind of works BUT dialogue is often hard to hear and I was constantly fiddling with the sound settings and volume.
This is why I opted for a simple solution as per my latest comment, and it has been $350 very well spent.
Thank you to everyone who replied. Sounds like the eARC is the the way to go.
Much appreciated. Again if anyone has recommendations particularly from experience please share links to products. Black Friday is around the corner :)
When it comes to sound, there are waaaay too many products to give a generic suggestion.
What are you after? Sound bar or speakers?
If sound bar, what is your budget?
If speakers, what is your budget and what size are you looking for?
Do you play ps5/xbox?
What model tv is it? (And therefore, does it have hdmi 2.1? or older?)
Without some details you're going to get silly suggestions.
It's the 2021 LG nano 91. Yes it has HDMI 2.1 I am pretty sure.
Budget is around $500 for a 4.1 setup.
I successfully used a pair of Edifier 1700BTs in the back but the surround effect was crap, so I ended up having the speakers output in stereo same as the TV which actually sounded decent. Major issue was having to manually connect the speakers via Bluetooth EVERY damn time I switched on the TV. I mean, WTF LG!
I want a simple solution, plug and play I don't want to mess around with wiring or adapters or whatever, so if that means buying more speakers so be it.
The low-end soundbar+subwoofer options (e.g. Yamaha) are quite good, but generally don't include provision for rear speakers. You'll have to spend a bit more to allow for rear L+R.
How much more? I can stretch the budget if I must, what do you recommend that has Atmos and 5.1 channels true surround?
Soundbars offer high WAF (wife/partner approval factor) due to minimal size and quantity of speakers and limited ugly cabling. Low to mid range models can do virtual Atmos but don't have a rear speaker option. I'll use Yamaha as an example as a friend has one of their low-end bars+sub and it's fabulous value for money. Looking at current RRP for comparison, SR-B40A $649 gets you Atmos + wireless sub; True X System $1,599 includes bluetooth/battery powered rears. It's quite a jump…
So I ended up getting buying an LG SL8YG soundbar + subwoofer + surround speakers second hand for $350.
Sounds great, I'm really happy with it. Hard to go back to the old setup after hearing this. I used to struggle to hear dialogue and have really learned to appreciate the centre speaker.
The extra bass and thud is also very nice, as is the surround effect.
The bass and surround speakers are actually wireless! And somehow there is no lag, everything just works.
Thanks again everyone for the advice, it really helped.
To clarify, the surround speakers hook up via very thin wires to a wireless receiver, so not entirely wireless.
Also I was simply able to plug a HDMI cable from the eARC port to the sounbar. It automatically detected the wireless speakers.
Also worth noting the rear speakers are nice and small but still produce pretty good sound.
P.S. the TV only has optical output for speakers