LG SG10TY Soundbar Review

This soundbar looks nearly identical to the LG GX Soundbar. It's clad in a tight black fabric from end to end, and it's designed to be mounted to your wall, beneath your TV, for a sleek, minimalist look. Both the plastic and fabric are made from 100% recycled materials. That said, unlike the GX, it doesn't come with a stand to use it on your table at an angle.

The subwoofer is fairly nondescript. It has a thin fabric on the front, a melamine-like material around the rest of the sides, and a plastic top.

This soundbar doesn't come with satellites. However, you can always purchase the SPK8-S speaker kit separately if you want a more immersive and spacious sound.

This soundbar is pretty tall and wide. It's not intended to go on a table in front of your TV. Instead, it's supposed to be mounted on the wall, so you'll have ample room below your TV to show this soundbar off.

The subwoofer is about the size of an average desktop PC. Since it's not that large, you can easily place it beside your TV or next to your couch.

This bar is meant to be mounted on your wall. It comes with all parts needed to ensure a smooth setup.

The LG SG10TY's build quality is decent. The bar is made of plastic with a tight fabric wrap to protect the speakers from dust and dirt. This fabric can accumulate dust, which can be a little annoying if you're trying to keep a clean house. There are two metal hinges on the back that attach to similarly metal brackets so that you can hoist it onto the way. There's also a cable management system so that you can fit one HDMI cable, but if you have two, it's going to be a tight squeeze.

When it comes to the subwoofer, it uses the same tight fabric to protect its driver and is similarly prone to getting dirty or being torn.

• HDMI cable
• 2x Power cables
• Remote
• 2x AAA batteries for the remote
• 2x Wall brackets with wall template
• Screws and drywall anchors
• 2x Stand brackets
• Manuals

The LG SG10TY has a satisfactory stereo frequency response. Using Standard mode, the bar produces extra boom to try to balance its lack of thumpy low-bass. While you won't get the most deep rumbles from the ground shaking in your favorite action flicks, there's still enough bass to emphasize the basslines of music genres like EDM and hip-hop. This extra boom muddies dialogue and instruments a bit, though. There's some additional treble to help brighten these sounds so that they're clear in mixes, but they also sound harsh. Luckily, if you prefer a different sound, you can use the graphic EQ and presets to help finetune its sound to suit your needs.

If you're looking for a sound closer to our target curve, then you'll want to adjust the bass to '-3' and treble to '-1'. This will help tamper down some of that extra boominess and mellow out the brightness in dialogue in instruments. If you're looking for further clarity, you can try adjusting the bass to '-4' and the treble to '-2'. This results in a sound that's a bit more bass-tilted but is a little less neutral than our suggested settings.

The LG SG10TY has a good stereo soundstage. The soundstage feels about the size of the bar, but the bar doesn't do anything to make it seem wider. That said, the focus is good, so you can easily pinpoint sound as it moves across the soundstage. However, towards the edges of the soundstage, there's a slight loss in focus, so sound objects like voices seem like they're coming from a generalized area.

The LG SG10TY's stereo dynamics are excellent. This bar can get loud enough to fill large or crowded rooms with your audio. There are also minimal compression artifacts at max volume, so your audio stays relatively clear.

This 3.1 setup has a decent center channel performance. This bar has a dedicated center channel, and while it's a little boomy in response, the extra bass more so affects deep voices, adding more body. Overall, the rest of the response is somewhat even, so dialogue and vocals sound clear.

This bar has a poor surround performance. It's a 3.1 setup, so it has to use its left and right drivers to downmix surround content into stereo, resulting in a less clear and accurate sound. This ultimately sounds less immersive than a discrete setup. Sound objects like voices seem like they're coming from in front of you rather than from an array of speakers around you.

The LG SG10TY has a poor height performance. It has to downmix Atmos content into stereo to play it. If you're watching action-packed movies, you'll find that this doesn't sound very immersive or spacious.

Subjectively, we also noticed that there's a lack of detail in audio, and dialogue feels pushed back in the mix. The bass also feels boomy, so scenes with a lot of bass—like action-packed movies with cars racing past you—can overpower the rest of the track a bit. When playing Atmos content, the volume tends to be lower than other content too.

This bar has excellent sound enhancement features via the remote and companion app. You'll be able to access several EQ presets, including: 'AI Sound Pro,' 'Standard,' 'Bass Blast,' 'Game,' 'Clear Voice,' 'Sports,' 'Music,' and 'Movie.' The 'AI Sound Pro' optimizes your audio settings in relation to the content you're playing, and there's even an AI Room Calibration feature in the app that you can use to adjust the bar's sound to suit your room's unique acoustics. It's worth noting that while there are Surround-Rear-Overhead level adjustments available, you still need to purchase and connect rear speakers to use this feature.

This bar has a few inputs, including an eARC and HDMI In, so you can use it as a hub between your TV and gaming consoles. There's even a USB port, so you can play audio from a flash drive. Unfortunately, it doesn't have an HDMI 2.1 port, so you won't be able to passthrough higher bandwidth signals like 4k @ 120Hz from your gaming console.

This bar supports all common formats via ARC. You can play surround formats like Dolby Digital and Dolby Atmos.

The LG SG10TY has outstanding audio format support via HDMI In. You can use it as a hub between your TV and another device, like a console or Blu-ray player. This connection also supports all common audio formats, including Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos, and DTS, which can be found on Blu-rays and streaming platforms.

This bar supports Dolby Digital and DTS via Optical, which are commonly found on Blu-rays and streaming platforms.

This bar has an excellent latency performance via ARC. Your audio and visuals are synced well across all formats. If you encounter delays, you can use the Audio Delay feature in the app to manually compensate for latency.

This bar also has an excellent latency performance via HDMI. You won't experience delays between your audio and visuals, but you can always use the app's Audio Delay feature to manually adjust for this.

This bar's latency performance via Optical is great. While delay is higher when listening to Dolby Digital content, you can take advantage of the Audio Delay feature to manually adjust for latency.

This bar can be used as a hub between your TV and another device like a gaming console or Blu-ray player. It can also passthrough 4k content at 60Hz, ensuring text on screen looks crisp.

This bar supports many wireless playback options, making it simple and easy to connect your mobile device to the bar and stream audio.

This bar also supports WOWCAST, which allows you to wirelessly connect your soundbar to your compatible LG TV. You can even use WOW Orchestra to take advantage of this TV's speakers for a more immersive sound.

There's an interface built into the center of the bar, behind the fabric cover. You'll be able to see the current input, volume level, and any changes made like level adjustments.

There are a few controls located on the right side of the bar. You can turn the bar on and off, switch inputs, adjust the volume, and select Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.

The LG SG10TY comes with a remote that allows you to adjust all settings. There's also a companion app, creatively named LG Soundbar, that offers the same features. If you have an LG TV, you can use LG Wow Interface, which lets you adjust your settings directly from your screen.

You can only use the voice assistants Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant if you're using a third-party device like your smartphone.