How do you choose a soundbar with surround speakers?

A surround sound setup creates a sound that surrounds you completely. For an extra intense experience, you can expand the soundbar with rear speakers and a subwoofer. You place them around your listening position.

• How do you expand your surround setup?
• Do you want a soundbar with subwoofer?
• Do you want a soundbar with rear speakers?
• Do you want a complete home cinema set?

You can expand your surround setup with a subwoofer and rear speakers. A subwoofer is a speaker that produces a deep bass. The deep bass adds another dimension to your sound, which allows you to completely immerse into your movie. Rear speakers are extra speakers you place behind your listening position. You create a 'true surround sound' experience. In this case, the sound comes both from the front and back. You'll feel like you're in the middle of the stadium during a sports game.

Choose a soundbar with separate subwoofer if you like a sound with a deep bass. The subwoofer takes over the bass from the soundbar. As a result, these tones come out the best way possible and the treble and mid tones sound clear through the soundbar. With a separate subwoofer, explosions or thunder seem very real. If you choose a soundbar without a subwoofer, you won't experience the bass as deep. A movie will be less impressive because of this.

If you want to be truly surrounded by audio, you should choose rear speakers with your soundbar. This allows you to experience 'true surround sound'. Place the speakers behind your listening position and you'll hear the sound come from every direction. While you watch sports games, it'll seem like you're in the middle of the audience because of the spatial audio. If you choose a soundbar without rear speakers, you won't be truly surrounded by the audio. That's because it won't come from every direction.

For a complete movie theater experience, you should choose a soundbar, subwoofer, and rear speakers. This home cinema set allows you to immerse into the movie completely. You'll feel the airplane fly over your head thanks to the deep bass of the subwoofer. Through the rear speakers, bullets seem to fly around your ears. A soundbar without subwoofer or rear speakers doesn't allow you to immerse into a movie completely.