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Put one speaker at the front of the room and the other in back, and you have the makings of a true surround-sound system, with two front channels and two surround channels. Separate them and mount them on the included stands and you have a 2.1-channel bookshelf system.
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Sj7 clean text install#
Install the stereo speakers side-by-side horizontally at the front of the room and you have a somewhat conventional soundbar reinforced by a subwoofer. LG’s unique soundbar functions as either a 2.1-channel stereo or a 4.1-channel surround sound system. I did a double take because I thought that the actual soundbar had gone missing in transit and this box was only the subwoofer. The Flex SJ7 arrived for review packed in a single compact box, a far cry from the long and narrow soundbar boxes that have been dropped on my doorstep over the past few months. You can stream from network or internet sources from your smartphone or tablet, but that’s not an ideal solution because it ties up those devices and renders them less mobile. You can’t stream music from a DLNA server on your local network, nor can you stream from internet-based streaming services such as Spotify or Tidal. One notable feature you won’t find in this soundbar is network connectivity. There’s a USB port, but it’s for service only. You can also stream music to the soundbar via Bluetooth. You can then use either the speaker’s Toslink digital optical input for audio content. If you’re using a 4K streaming box or an Ultra HD Blu-ray player, you’ll need to connect the source directly to your TV for video. That means it doesn’t have the bandwidth to support 4K Ultra HD video. The speaker has an HDMI input, but it’s HDMI 1.4. The Flex SJ7 is rated to deliver 320 watts of power in total, with 60 watts going to each of the front speakers and 200 watts going to the wireless subwoofer.
Sj7 clean text portable#
LG not only built the left and right channels in discrete enclosures, they tossed a battery into the right channel so you can operate it as portable stereo Bluetooth speaker. The typical soundbar is just that: A monolithic, bar-shaped speaker that can rest in your entertainment center in front of your TV, or mount to the wall beneath a wall-hung flat-screen. Of all the soundbars I reviewed recently, LG’s Sound Bar Flex SJ7 is the most unique.