As well as Dolby Atmos music, of course.įinally, there’s an AI Sound Pro processor that can convert pretty much any incoming sound format - even vanilla stereo - into a full multi-channel output. The SN11RG supports High Resolution audio up to 192kHz sampling and 24-bit depth, and as noted before, can decode both Dolby Atmos and DTS:X soundtracks.
This helps the soundbar automatically optimise its sound to suit your room by firing out a series of test sounds. LG’s Wi-Fi Speaker app, meanwhile, brings with it features such as channel balance adjustments, audio delay adjustment, and LG’s AI Room Calibration system.
The Google Home app is needed to connect the soundbar to your Wi-Fi system, opening up voice control via Google Assistant and streaming from the likes of Deezer, Google Music, Spotify, and YouTube.
You do, though, need to download not one but two apps to your mobile phone to access all of the soundbar’s features and set up tools. Particularly pleasing is the way all of the speakers automatically connect with each other almost instantly once they’re all plugged in - and they never dropped that connection during the days I spent testing the system out. The SN11RG system is fairly straightforward to set up. It’s a pity, though, that I couldn’t get the soundbar to pass through support for the HDR10+ system (an alternative to Dolby Vision). The HDMI loopthrough passes 4K and HDR - including Dolby Vision - through to suitably capable TVs. The HDMI output supports Audio Return Channel (ARC/eARC), so that audio - including object-based sound formats - can be passed through compatible TVs to the soundbar. They comprise two HDMI inputs, one HDMI output, a USB port for multimedia playback from USB storage devices, and an optical digital audio input.
A little cluster of smaller, less important buttons at the remote’s bottom end are less helpful, but most people won’t need to use these very often.ĭimensions: 1443(w) x 63(h) x 146(d)mm | Subwoofer: 221(w) x 390(h) x 313(d)mm | Speaker configuration: 7.1.4 | Claimed audio power: 770W | Connections: Two HDMI in, one HDMI out (with ARC), Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, optical audio input, USB port The SN11RG’s remote control is small and compact, and most of its key buttons are sensibly located and pleasingly responsive. Plus, all four components connect to each other wirelessly, thankfully, so there’s no need to worry about long, messy cable runs. Their size and weight, though, bodes well for their performance. The rears are more about function than form too, resembling smaller versions of the subwoofer. But you could potentially hide it behind a bit of carefully positioned furniture. The subwoofer looks pretty utilitarian compared with the main soundbar just a chunky black tower, really. The LED dims after a few sections of inaction, so as not to distract you when you’ve settled down to watch a film. This provides such helpful information as the sound format you’re receiving, which input you’ve selected, and which speakers you’re tweaking if you’re adjusting the sound balance. It’s good to see the soundbar’s front edge sporting a bright, nicely presented LED.
So you may well find that its ends hang off the edges of your TV furniture. Note, though, that it is exceptionally long - nearly 1.5m (around 60 inches), in fact. It’s slim enough to easily sit under the majority of desktop-mounted TVs, and its top edge boasts a sleek brushed metal-style finish. Fortunately the main soundbar, which you’ll find yourself looking at the most, is easily the most appealing. The four separate parts of the LG SN11RG system vary in their attractiveness.