LG S95QR Intelligent Soundbar with 810W Power and 9.1.5 Channels with 5 Vertical Atmos Speakers and Back Speakers Included. Dolby Atmos, DST:X and IMAX Surround Sound

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There’s support for a wide-range of music file types over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi too, including all the key high-resolution formats, while LG’s connection with high-end audio brand Meridian means there’s a Music preset that deploys specially designed Meridian ‘secret sauce’ processing to remix stereo music into something more multi-channel. The S95QR is widely available across the world, with seemingly no direct replacement likely during 2023. Design Prices valid in stores (all including VAT) until close of business on 26th November 2023. (Some of these web prices are cheaper than in-store, so please mention that you've seen these offers online.) Zero blur: The fastest video games stay smooth, as OLED TVs reduce motion blur by processing frames more than 1,000 times faster than LED TVs. Extra features: Passthrough support includes 4K, Dolby Vision HDR, VRR, ALL; hi-res audio file support and Meridian Music mode; AI sound processing sharing with LG TVs

LG’s WOW functionality was expanded to enable a deeper, more effective connection with LG’s latest TVs, and finally a new WOW Interface feature was added that enables LG soundbars to be controlled by LG TV remotes. Add all the new enhancements and features together, and you can see why LG felt the revamped S95QR was changed enough by the update not to warrant the production of an all new flagship soundbar for 2023. Sound Quality As with last year’s LG soundbars, the S95QR can handily take advantage of the AI Sound Pro processing carried by LG’s recent TV generations, enabling it to modify its sound on the fly to optimize it for different types/genres of sound content. The S95QR’s power, speaker/channel count and convincing Dolby Atmos experience, though, still make it an excellent and compelling addition to the sound bar world – especially anyone looking for a soundbar to go with an LG TV. The rear speakers feature three drivers each: two angled drivers on the front to deliver a splay of sound right across the rear of your room, and one up-firer each to ensure that the system’s overhead sounds don’t only occupy the front half of your room.

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At the other end of things, shrill sounds are delivered without sounding peaky or sibilant, and with enough full bloodedness to ensure that they aren’t drowned out by the heavy bass. It’s worth saying that some aspects of the speaker design have been improved over the S95QR’s predecessor. The woofers in the main soundbar are bigger, enabling them to produce a wider dynamic range and shift more air, while the subwoofer driver has increased to eight inches from the predecessor’s seven. Two final design points of note are the inclusion on the front edge of an LED display, and on the top edge of a neat touch-sensitive row of control buttons. Features

The extra up-firing dialogue channel plays its part well in most respects too, clearly lifting vocal sounds vertically to make them sound more convincingly attached to the onscreen action.Switching to Roma, the 360 degree soundscape is nicely realised as the main character Cleo bustles about her employer's house. The rear surrounds have a very even spread with enough weight to properly partake in the action, though they seem to perform at their best with atmospheric, airy sounds. Most multi-box systems suffer to some extent with the sound from the rears, and the voicing between the surrounds and the front sides on the S95QR could be more consistent – moving sounds have quite a noticeable tonal shift at the handover point. Height effects, from any direction, aren’t particularly focussed or effective compared to those provided by the Sonos Arc or Sennheiser Ambeo, both of which use a single, cohesive soundbar system.