help needed - wireless Surround sound

cristoff · 25 Sep 2017 at 18:15

I need help in some new kit for my new house.
I recently sold by Sony 5.1 Surround sound as the Mrs was sick of wires trailing all over and bought an LG Soundbar from the bro-in-law which has turned out to be Crrrrap. As soon as the music gets loud, the voices get drowned out and you end up missing loads of dialogue, in stark contrast to my 5.1 which was immersive and crisp.
My dilemma is i am moving into a new build in December and i want this house to be wire free as much as possible so i am looking for a set up which will give me wireless rear speakers. I want it to be LG as i have an LG OLED and would like that continuity. I would take the BH9540TW model as it ticks all the boxes but it is discontinued and cannot get hold of one without going the Ebay route, which i dont really want to do. I am confused about the LHB655NW as some sites say it has wireless rear speakers but others dont mention it. It comes in at around £459 which is top end of what i would want to pay.
I would take a soundbar if i could guarantee the voices not getting lost in the musical score.
Thoughts and advice very welcome.

varkanoid · 26 Sep 2017 at 10:28

If its a new build why cant you have a friendly word with the builders to see if you can get the speaker wires in in the walls or under the floor/carpet ? How far has it progressed ?

Entai · 26 Sep 2017 at 12:37

^^^

Get power sockets exactly where you want them as well, and also get ethernet ports wired in everywhere.

If i was ever to go new build again I would make sure all that sort of stuff was right in from the very start, saves so much time effort and money for everyone.

cristoff · 26 Sep 2017 at 17:31

Its a formulaic kind of build, i.e. all are to certain spec and they wont do any 'extras' so to speak. I have already tried for other things!
Does anyone know anything encouraging about the 655NW?

TheVoice · 26 Sep 2017 at 22:52

That LG system looks like terrible value for money.

xs2man · 27 Sep 2017 at 00:45

cristoff said:
Its a formulaic kind of build, i.e. all are to certain spec and they wont do any 'extras' so to speak. I have already tried for other things!
Does anyone know anything encouraging about the 655NW?

But even if they won't instal the extras coùld you not arrange for a sparky to go in before the plasterer to run all the cables you want?

I'm pretty sure if it were me I'd just be hiding the cables (mine all go under carpets just now) if I were getting a new build. And you want it done before you move in else it's too easy to put it off and put it off.

varkanoid · 27 Sep 2017 at 12:56

cristoff said:
Its a formulaic kind of build, i.e. all are to certain spec and they wont do any 'extras' so to speak. I have already tried for other things!
Does anyone know anything encouraging about the 655NW?

Been mentioned a few times on here before slip the builders on your house a few quid they will do what you want.