This was SO CLOSE to greatness... - LG S95QR Soundbar 

I feel like a Short Circuit with Dan is always a Honest Review. Love his refreshing and "taking no nonsense from a product" approach.

Nice to see Dan having a break from setting up Linus' home

Dan's knowledge is really impressive. It's like he can see sound.

Dan could read just about anything and I'd calm down and let my shoulders relax just from how calm and collected he sounds.

Dan is perfect for everything audio related. He has such a great way of explaining complex audio concepts while keeping it simple and relatable. Way to go Dan!

7:21 The sheer emotion, the amazement, the shock and awe in his reaction to that demo! Truly deserving of an oscar, well done!

Dan is officially my favorite LTT'er

Dan is one of my new favorite LTT staff

It's incredible how interesting and fun these videos are when the right man for the job is there!! I'll probably never buy a sound bar Dan unboxed, or buy a 2K euro camera Brandon showed me, or a rugged laptop Alex demonstrated, but I will always appreciate how honest and enthusiastic these guys are about the products they are personally excited about, and have the knowledge to evaluate.

Really like Dan hosting videos!

Definitely need to see some more of Dan! Seems very knowledgeable about sound wave characteristics and how a room affects your experience

I could listen to Dan talk about audio all day. Probably one of the reasons I’m looking forward to the lab stuff the most. It’s pretty clear LTT has been going out of their way to hire on experts in their respective fields. Very excited with where you guys seem to be aiming the next phase of things on the channels

Hi ShortCircuit, I appreciate your honest review. LG S75Q is what our family purchased and its the little brother to the LG S95QR also running at 5.1 and let me tell you all here it is STELLAR. It has not disconnected the TV to black-screen or caused any other devices to disconnect yet. So far we have been using it for a week. The bottom line for our household is it has Night Mode, where it reduces all bass and reduces all treble and keeps a 'mid-sound' which is good for people sleeping above or below the sound system on different floors if in an apartment/or house at night time. When turned off and in normal mode, the LG Meridian patented sound is much like a live concert. Why buy the S75Q over the S95QR? It's more compact, less bass and overall better for a medium sized room such as the one in this video for total bass immersion. Coming from an "audiophile" upbringing and listening to all kinds of speakers, and a few models I tested at the store from LG this year, I want to recommend S75Q for the best quality sound, for the least cost if you want true uncompressed 5.1 sound. This one is 5.1.2 sound which with the .2 at the end means more immersion. Download the LG soundbar app first, and enable Surround mode. This turns on your rear speakers. We hear: Raindrops falling down over our heads, we thought we were wet from the movie, yes really! We hear: A medium-loud bass if you set the bass up to level 6, which is max, you'll be totally immersed. We hear: Beautiful treble sound and chorus singing from live choruses picking up all highs and lows of men and women, and yes, I'll be PC here, even transgender voices. We can listen so low as 5 volume and still enjoy it and have not gone above 30 as its so so so so loud. Live concerts sound (almost like) you are there. CDs and high-quality Blu-ray music disc albums blew me away, just like a live concert does. Here are some tracks from one audiophile to another to test out your speaker system's acoustics from highs to lows. Sorry no 3D surround tests in music that we have used yet: Signals from Bob - Ott. This is a bass music test and used with real artists today to test their bass speaker. Be careful not to overpower your bass speaker or it will blow with this one, so like any test start low volume. Listen now with your sound sys: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xUtlrbOkxN0.html J-E-N-O-V-A Dreamweaver by Nobuo Uematsu. This is a full vocal with real chorus, real orchestra and a few synthesized instruments. You will test the full capability of your sound system. This song has less bass, and more treble than bass as it is a high pitched good/evil song which connects with your soul. Listen now with your system: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2zvHLGPpkO0.html Gus Black - Paranoid cover, modern recording, on Californification OST. This is a great live test if a band were to really play in your living room. Instruments: Piano, drums, acoustic guitar (amplified), bass guitar, 1 synthesizer, human voice. This song is to be played for a live concert in your livingroom so you don't blow the pictures off the wall. Listen now with your system: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WLmXyi5LP-g.html A last note: If you're listening with LG Meridian set it to either AI detection mode or Music mode in the Equalizer (EQ for you audiophiles but normal people don't know that one) for the best effect of a live sound. Meriam-Webster Dictionary audiophile noun a person who is enthusiastic about high-fidelity sound reproduction. Edited for grammar. Thank you for this review, Short Circuit Exsosus The Swedish audio phile guy.

Man, I love Dan's audio insights. Keep 'em coming my dude!

As an owner of this soundbar setup I can confirm mostly what was said here. The sub out of the box is very overwhelming. All of the same controls from the app can be done on the remote but the app is easier to use. The app will fit with you and once I got it to comeback to working it works going forward. I find this soundbar to fill the void when just wanting to sit down on the couch and watching a streaming movie in a nice setting, no need to go to the media room to fire up the big setup, blow the pictures off the wall and then return to normal life as this does the trick in most cases.

9:20 love that Dan’s head resonates with linus’s 😂😂

it's awesome getting to see Dan, always a treat! can't get over Linus coming in for the head wiggle! lol

So awesome to have Dan doing the audio reviews! He has a great style, a really mellow voice, and is very knowledgeable. This is a role that LTT needed filled for some time now, and Dan is killing it!

Seriously. Im really digging dan reviewing audio equipment. Keep it up!

Honestly I think this is one of the best product breakdowns I've watched on the channel. Dan's knowledge and breakdown of audio concepts that I find very confusing when most other people mention them, was really easy to understand and the way he speaks makes for easy listening

I'm really appreciating the Dan Audio content! So long as he is comfortable with continuing this kind of stuff, I will ask for much more of it to come!

I upgraded to this from the SN11RG just over a month ago. And wow is the difference night and day! The app works with no issues for me. The sub is to the left of my TV which I think is probably the best position. The center upfiring speaker makes dialog sound like its coming from the center of the TV. My room is the standard height for a room so the upfiring sounds work really well. I didn't find it hard to set up this system at all. It took hardly any tweaking I found. It may be pricey but it's definately worth it. Especially if you own an LG TV. I have the LG C2 83". It may not be the widest soundbar but the sound is so spacious you'd be fooled to think there were separate speakers for front left and right.

I managed to get this speaker for around $900 bucks when buying my LG G1 for 1500. At that price point even Best Buy open box with missing parts was $1200. It felt like a solid deal. I can say room setup is huge, but overall it's a great sound system for the price I got it. That and a 5 year manufacturer warranty on the panel out of the box made it an easy win for me.

so calm and relax. Honestly, id like to see more like this.

Good job Dan, loving your presence in LMG :)

Dan has been an excellent add to the channel. Knowledgeable, smart and pretty easy going. The Mr Rogers pop up was funny.

I need a recommend list from Dan for Sound bars...Best, best budget etc...I love his opinions on sound

I think the lack of ceiling, and super soft/open sides of the room are what’s hurting the various surround levels. Love Dan’s audio expertise as always!

I like Dan. Calm voice, very knowledgeable. As an audio engineer myself I can see he knows his stuff. More of Dan, please.

Excellent insights. More videos like this please. Thank you.

While my SN8YG was being repaired by Best Buy, I "rented" both the S80 and S90 - and while they were nicer than the SN8YG, I didn't hear as much of a difference as I would have expected. The S80 is the newer version of the SN8YG that I have, while the S90 is the one right below the one Dan is reviewing. I think another of my issues is the room shape as well. I have a glass sliding door with vertical blinds on the right of my couch and an open space to the left where my kitchen/dining room area is, so the Atmos stuff doesn't work nearly as well as it would in a better shaped room.

If anyone is looking into buying a higher end Atmos bar; in this video the connectivity issues are mention with regards to the app. I personally didn’t have any problems after the software update but as someone who also purchased a Samsung 990B and returned it… i’d much rather connectivity issues at the speakers dropping out as with the Samsung. I returned my first Samsung exchange it for it new Samsung 990 been still has the same connectivity issues with the rear satellite which is just pathetic. I settled on this LG sound bar and I have to say I was surprised at how much I liked it and how much better it was from my LG sound bar years ago. This bar had no issues with drop outs and it sounds great! The Subwoofer was little better on the Samsung and the overall “surround sound” was slightly better on the Samsung. Everything else is just about equal such as overhead sound etc.

I tried using it for gaming and noticed sounds that should have been coming from the front left and front right channels were completely missing. The only way to fix it was to set the bar to the "movie" preset so you better like the way it sounds with that enabled. The side right and side left emulation did an okay job of placement but audio was muffled there as expected. Rear left/right was good due to actually having speakers there. In summary, don't buy if mainly for gaming where positional audio is important. Fine for everything else. A proper 5.1.2 setup is better but not leagues ahead (I went with this ultimately). Soundbars have come a long way

9:18 Linus just doing Linus things

Dan has an amazing voice

What did you guys use to stream the Atmos test file to the tv? Or is it a pen drive or some other local storage? I want to calibrate the satellite speakers on my Samsung Q950A to get the best surround experience possible. Matched that with a 77CX :) It's been a year with this setup and I'm really satisfied. I've just recently had a bit more free time and was trying to calibrate both screen and audio now

Modes & nodes! Thank you Dan! This is so often overlooked as "Meh bad frequency response" when the problem is the room itself!

Get this guy to do more! First review I saw from him, was the Sony LSPX Glass light-- It took 30 seconds to warm up to him, but he is REALLY good-- A nice match for the sometime-too-much-energy of the rest of your presenters. Plus, he knows his stuff. Even when he clearly does NOT like a product, he says so without insulting the brand. Its a rare talent, and critical for your company-- Any given brand you review, can and will eventually be sponsor. You don't want to piss them off. At the same time, you must provide honest reviews to your viewers. Above all else, he is fun to watch.

Every video with Dan is a winner. Thanks for being you! Cheers from a fellow audio guy.

Hi Dan love the review’s of sound bars. Would you be able to look at the creative SXFI carrier sound bar thanks

s95b with the s95q is a good combo

Go Dan go! Dan is great, direct and honest. And an ocean of calm. Love his reviews. Just like Sarah who's also honest and direct but an ocean of energy and vibrance

I bought this discounted from my employer. I love it now that I got it set how I like it. The weird thing was, was when I first got it, the rear speakers were having connectivity/interference issues, like, a lot. I know I have several bluetooth/wireless devices around or near it, including my router thats 3" away from the soundbar. I tried moving or turning off these other devices to reduce the issues, nothing helped. I just realized that despite the devices still being where they are, the connectivity issue seems to have gone away. I have not done anything that would solve the problem lol

I think a major problem with the setup and operation of the soundbar in this video is that the surround mode was turned on. It feels counterintuitive, but the surround mode should be off on this soundbar for the true audio to be heard. This surround setting is designed for the LG Soundbars that don't have rear speakers (they use very similar software and share the same app). When surround is on there is artificial surround mode from the bar itself and the rears (confusingly). This results in crossover bleeding between sounds that should be more or less discrete. It really makes a huge difference when this mode is off and the app is a huge element in the use of this bar. I have had zero issues with the Android app on my Oppo phone.

Dan is like the Mr Rogers of tech, totally waiting for him to say "Hello boys and girls, today we'll be seeing how a speaker is made".

I've had a previous LG soundbar and upgraded to this, the only issue I had was adding it to google home but that sorted itself out. I had no issue with the app.

I like this guy... he knows what he is doing and the seriousness on his face when evaluating sound is so obvious....Good job

I love almost every host at shortcircuit, but dan quickly become one of my favorites. Good job D :)

What audio settings did you use cause my sp11ra doesn't deliver good atmos experience

Some of these soundbar setups are getting really impressive these days.. I still have a huge Sony Muteki 7.2 surround system, but flanking the TV symmetrically as an obnoxious 2.2 setup. While it looks ridiculous, they cost like $150US second hand a few years ago which is nothing compared to brand new gear and with some careful tuning it's honestly still quite good for movies and shows. Plus I feel like having 4 speakers and a sub spread over each side really helps to prevent the constructive interference Dan talks about - where certain frequencies change in perceived loudness as you move your head.

It's been like 3 Dan videos and I'm already reading the titles in his voice. Well done!

Hi I have an LG TV 2018 Ultra HD dolby atmos. Does it support it? Or is it limited to modern TV models?

Would this function if you don't connect the rear satellite speakers? Ive just got one of this as a deal with a TV but don't think I can use the rear speakers?

Looks like Dan needs his own sound lab to test audio equipment. Nice honest reviews.

I have SP9YA with surround speakers connected to 2018 LG OLED 55" TV and I am struggling to get the sound in sync with the TV. It is a touch later. No adjustment on TV or the soundbar can bring it earlier, only later. How it is on yours? BTW/ LG support was no help :(

I'm really impressed by Dan's articulation. Well spoken!

Dan's voice is trully relaxing to listen, need more of him!

I have a question is that okay to put the back devices in a height higher than the head level? Would the soundbar make all the adjustments in that case?

What player do you have plex on to output the Atmos sound? I'm guessing a Nvidia shield because I think it's the only player that can do this native.

Thank you for the review. Doesn't this sound bar auto set-up for the room and the placement of speakers? If not is there any documentation on how to set up the system for optimum performance?

I'm not much of an Audio guy, but I really enjoy how Dan presents things and tries to inform the audience. I'd really like to see more content with Dan in it :D!

my LG TV from 2017 has only HDMI-ARC but not e-ARC. Does this system make sense or do I need to upgrade my TV?

Very nice review. So is it worth the money? Is is better than samsung soundbars?

I think it works best if you have a regular 8 or 9 foot ceiling, not a 50 foot open air warehouse.

GREAT VIDEO. does LG still have disconnection issue?

Great review. Simple, to the point, just what I like.

Looking after buy one together with a LG C2 but kind of worried about the sound bar covering the bottom of the screen. From spec sheet it says its 6cm high and the tv seems to be only 5cm raised from the base.

lol love the intro, how they left in the blooper right at the start

AAAA I love dan content. his knowledge in music plus his voice is so good

Where did you get that demo ? Ive googled far and wide and couldnt find 4k version of it..

I have been WAITING for a Dan review!

Where do you watch the Dolby content in the TV? Because AFAIK, youtube doesn't support Dolby Atmos output.

Is there a link to that linus frequency test vid??

i don’t know much about tech. i can’t afford most tech. i don’t have a use for basically any tech. but i watch all of these videos regardless

9:18 When Linus came in and memed the frequency tester 👌proper deep cut right here

Any recommendations for a sound bar, sub, and a left and right front channel (like a 3.1 set up)? I would like a good front sound stage. Unfortunately our living room is not going to allow for any rear sound stage that is aesthetically pleasing and/or won't be destroyed by small children.

that jumper.. big fan.

how does this compare to a proper 5.1.2 home theatre with budget audiophile speakers and a good big cute subwoofer. coz i have only heard soundbars and not even once the proper ht setup the people go crazy over.

I really enjoy all of Dan's ShortCircuits! He's obviously knowledgeable about the topics he covers, and it's equally important for consumers to hear everything potentially bad about the products as everything good about it.

I love Dan. Not a damn segment he's been in, a show he's hosted, that I haven't loved. You're a treasure, Dan.

Yesssss, I love Dan's audio reviews.

How does it compare to the Sony HTA7000 with two speakers & Sub setup? Speaking of which, I heard there were new speakers (for rear sound) released for that setup that were much better than the original options? Techmoan covered it.

More sound bar reviews from dan please, would love a top 5 recommendation crossmatched for house type/ use case / room size / price point

Be nice to revisit this as the app has been better now

Is white foam wrapping material causing a static charge and that is attracting the dust? Just a thought. Dust might not be an issue if that's the case

This was a hell of a ShortCircuit! Awesome

@9:21 Had to watch that a few times, loved seeing both heads go 💀🤣

Dan is incredible. More Dan in all LTT things, please.

Thank you for adding the soundbar’s name in the title!

I have a similar LG sound-bar and you really need to use the room correction and use the app connected to your phone. A factory reset usually fixes the app issue.

Dan is a great addition to the team. Knowledgable and honest with his thoughts.

7:40 if you have to move that close to check if the upfiring speakers are working.. How much does this 'Atmos' add to the experience. Because obviously you can't hear it when on the couch. That's a bit odd.

his voice is the calmest i love it

What rear speaker stands are those? link?

im so happy I get to unbox these kinda cool tech and tv things at our work and try them out early :D

I have the sk10y with the rear speakers. Got it really cheap 2nd hand. For a soundbar and what I paid, I feel LG did an amazing job with what it offers.

just curious what media console you all use? Also, love the audio equipment reviews as well! Dan has been a wonderful addition to the channel and give a very in depth and real world analysis of a speaker performance just like some of my favorite audio tech reviewers!

I have the LG 55UN7300PTC hooked up to my Nvidia Shield pro (2019) you think its worth spending $1000 AU on a Soundbar. I really want it because it plays all Dolby and DTS audio formats on my SSD drives just not lossless Dolby True HD and DTS HD-MA my TV doesn't support eARC but i heard there's a work around through the Shield. I thought it came with wireless rear speakers like the sub does

Dan seems to really know his audio. Happy to see him on these audio reviews

Bought one of these about a month back and 100% agree.