LG’s US Soundbars: 12 of 18 List Atmos, 8 Ship With Rears
From LG’s US product pages, read 29 Oct: channels, Atmos, DTS:X, sub and rears in the box, streaming and list price for 18 bars.
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LG’s US store sells 18 soundbars we could read, and Dolby Atmos splits them: six list no Atmos and run 2.1 to 5.1 channels, while twelve list Atmos, from 3.1 to 9.1.6. Eight of the 18 ship with rear speakers in the box.
LG does not group these into lettered series on its store; the model number does the work. On the pages we read, each model ending in TR includes rear speakers and each ending in TY does not. LG does not say that is the rule, so check the rear-speaker row before you order.
The lineup side by side
From LG’s US spec rows, read 29 October 2026. “Sub” and “Rears” mean included in the box; “not listed” means the page has no such row.
| Model | Channels | Dolby Atmos | DTS:X | Sub | Rears | AirPlay 2 and Chromecast | 4K pass-through |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S95AR (affiliate link to Amazon, opens in a new tab) | 9.1.5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Both | Yes |
| S95TR | 9.1.5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Both | Yes |
| S90TR | 7.1.3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Both | Yes |
| Sound Suite H7 | 9.1.6 (title) | Yes | Yes | Not listed | No | AirPlay 2 only | Not listed |
| S90TY | 5.1.3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Both | Yes |
| S80TR | 5.1.3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Both | Yes |
| SG10TY | 3.1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Compatible kit | Both | Yes |
| SC9S | 3.1.3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Both | Yes |
| S80TY | 3.1.3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Both | Yes |
| S77S | 3.1.3 | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Yes |
| S70TR (affiliate link to Amazon, opens in a new tab) | 5.1.1 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Yes |
| S70TY | 3.1.1 (title) | Yes | No | Yes | Compatible kit | Not listed | Yes |
| S60TR | 5.1 | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
| S6FTR | 5.1 | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Yes (title) | Not listed | Not listed |
| S40TR | 4.1 | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
| S60T | 3.1 | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | No | Not listed | Not listed |
| S35A | 2.1 | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | No | Not listed | Not listed |
| S40T (affiliate link to Amazon, opens in a new tab) | 2.1 | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | No | Not listed | Not listed |
“Compatible kit” means the page lists LG’s SPT8-S rear speakers as an add-on. LG’s listing also shows a 2.0-channel S20A; its product page could not be read on 29 October.
List prices on LG’s store
List price is the MSRP on each product page; LG’s own price is what it charged on 29 October.
| Model | List price | LG price, 29 Oct |
|---|---|---|
| S95AR | $1,699.99 | $1,699.99 |
| S95TR | $1,599.99 | $1,599.99 |
| S90TR | $1,199.99 | $1,199.99 |
| Sound Suite H7 | $999.99 | $999.99 |
| S90TY | $999.99 | $999.99 |
| S80TR | $849.99 | $849.99 |
| SG10TY | $799.99 | $799.99 |
| SC9S | $799.99 | $699.99 |
| S80TY | $599.99 | $449.99 |
| S70TR | $499.99 | $499.99 |
| S77S | $449.00 | $449.00 |
| S70TY | $399.99 | $299.99 |
| S60TR | $399.99 | $399.99 |
| S6FTR | $399.99 | $249.99 |
| S40TR | $279.99 | $199.99 |
| S60T | $249.99 | $249.99 |
| S35A | $219.99 | $149.99 |
| S40T | $199.99 | $169.99 |
By list price, the Atmos bars start at $399.99 and the bars without an Atmos row top out at $399.99. Sale prices blur that line: on 29 October the S70TY, at $299.99, cost less than the S60TR’s and S6FTR’s list prices.
Without Atmos: 2.1 to 5.1, often with rears
The six bars with no Atmos row all list a wireless subwoofer, and three of them add rear speakers: the 5.1-channel S60TR and S6FTR and the 4.1-channel S40TR. LG says the new S6FTR’s rears connect wirelessly with “no special receiver needed”. None of the six lists AirPlay 2 or Chromecast. A bar-and-sub pair without rears, such as the S40T or S35A, is 2.1; whether a sub earns its place at all is what our soundbar subwoofer explainer works through from makers’ figures.
Atmos without DTS:X: the S70 pair
The S70TY (3.1.1, by its title) and the S70TR (5.1.1, with rears) list Dolby Atmos and an up-firing center channel, and their DTS:X rows read No. LG says both are made to match its QNED TVs. Neither lists AirPlay 2 or Chromecast.
Atmos and DTS:X: the 3.1.3 bars and up
Ten bars list both formats. The third number in their channel labels counts height channels, which our guide to what 3.1.2 and 5.1.4 mean explains; it is 3 on six of them, 5 on the S95 pair and 6 on the H7. The SG10TY is the exception: Atmos and DTS:X at 3.1 channels, with no height number, and LG lists it as designed for its OLED G TVs. Eight of these ten list both AirPlay 2 and Chromecast; the S77S page carries too few rows to say. Lossless Atmos and DTS:X from the TV need eARC, as our ARC and eARC explainer sets out, and all twelve Atmos bars list HDMI eARC.
Among the bars with rears, the step up adds channels: the S80TR is 5.1.3, the S90TR 7.1.3, and the S95TR and S95AR 9.1.5. LG’s listing calls the S90TY, S90TR and S95AR the “Best OLED matching” for its OLED B, C and G TVs; our guide to how LG’s OLED series differ covers the TV side.
Sound Suite H7: a different system
The Sound Suite H7 sits apart. LG lists it at 9.1.6 channels from 12 drivers and 8 passive radiators, using Dolby Atmos FlexConnect, with Room Calibration Pro and Wi-Fi on 2.4, 5 and 6GHz. Its page has no subwoofer row; LG sells it alone and in bundles with M5 or M7 speakers and the W7 subwoofer. One of those bundles, the Immersive Suite 7 with two M7 speakers, is labelled 9.1.5 on LG’s listing, a lower count than the H7 alone; ask LG which is right before you rely on either number.
Where LG’s pages are thin
- Wi-Fi rows. The S95AR and S95TR list AirPlay 2 and Chromecast but carry no Wi-Fi row.
- S77S. Its page lists channels, Atmos, DTS:X and eARC, and little else.
- Channel rows. The S70TY and H7 have no Channel row; the counts above come from their titles.
Questions people ask
What is the difference between LG soundbar models?
Mainly channel count, Atmos and what ships in the box. On LG’s US pages, six bars list no Dolby Atmos and run 2.1 to 5.1 channels; twelve list Atmos, from 3.1 up to 9.1.6. Eight include rear speakers, and the third number in the label counts height channels.
Which LG soundbars have Dolby Atmos?
On LG’s US pages, 29 October: the S95AR, S95TR, S90TR, S90TY, S80TR, S80TY, SC9S, SG10TY, S77S, S70TR, S70TY and Sound Suite H7. The S60TR, S6FTR, S40TR, S60T, S35A and S40T have no Atmos row.
Which LG soundbars come with rear speakers?
The S95AR, S95TR, S90TR, S80TR, S70TR, S60TR and S40TR list rear speakers as included, and the S6FTR’s title says it comes with rear speakers. The S70TY and SG10TY list LG’s SPT8-S rear kit as compatible instead.
What does the TR and TY mean on LG soundbars?
LG does not explain the letters on these pages. What the pages show: each TR model we read lists rear speakers in the box, and the TY models we read do not. Treat that as a pattern in the current range, not a rule LG states.
Do LG soundbars support DTS:X?
Ten of the 18 pages list DTS:X, all of them Atmos bars. The S70TR and S70TY list Atmos with “DTS:X: No”, and the six bars without Atmos have no DTS:X row.
Does the LG Sound Suite H7 come with a subwoofer?
Its page has no subwoofer row; LG sells the H7 alone and in bundles with its W7 subwoofer and M5 or M7 speakers. LG lists it at 9.1.6 channels from 12 drivers and 8 passive radiators, using Dolby Atmos FlexConnect.
How we researched this
No one at bitcritiq has handled this product. Everything here comes from published sources, listed below.
- What this cannot tell you
- LG’s spec rows are uneven: the S95AR and S95TR list AirPlay 2 and Chromecast but have no Wi-Fi row, and the S77S page carries only a handful of rows, so “not listed” is not proof a feature is missing. The S20A appears on the listing, but its product page could not be read on 29 October. We did not price the Sound Suite speaker bundles beyond what the listing shows. LG’s prices move weekly before Black Friday. We have not used any of these soundbars; nothing here is a review, a ranking or a score.
How we chose this, and what we did
- Why this subject
- Search Console (29 September to 26 October) shows soundbar-series searches, including “compare samsung soundbars vs competing brands for dolby atmos” and “samsung soundbar q series vs b series”, landing on our Samsung soundbar explainer, and “sonos ray vs beam” on our Sonos one. We had no page on LG’s range, which LG’s US store sells under model numbers rather than named series.
- How we looked at it
- Read LG’s US All Soundbars listing (29 results, including Sound Suite bundles, a subwoofer and speakers) and 18 LG US soundbar product pages on 29 October 2026: S95AR, S95TR, S90TR, S90TY, S80TR, S80TY, SC9S, SG10TY, S77S, S70TR, S70TY, S60TR, S60T, S6FTR, S40TR, S40T, S35A and Sound Suite H7. Specs come from the spec rows each page embeds as description/term pairs (Channel, Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, Wireless Active Subwoofer, rear speaker Included, AirPlay 2, Chromecast, 4K Passthrough); where a page has no Channel row we use the channel count in its title (S70TY, H7). Rear speakers count as in the box where the rear-speaker “Included” row reads Yes, or, for the S6FTR, where the title says “and Rear Speakers”. List price is each page’s MSRP; the price beside it is LG’s own on 29 October. The counts (18, 12, 10, 8, 6) are rows in our first table. Absence claims mean the page has no such row; the control is that each of those pages carries a Channel row and a Wireless Active Subwoofer row.
What this rests on
6 claims, all official. Nothing here was measured by bitcritiq — see how we test for why. Open a claim to read the source it came from.
Of the 18 LG US soundbar pages we read, 12 list Dolby Atmos; the six without an Atmos row are 2.1 to 5.1 channels.Official
“Dolby Atmos®: Yes” on S95AR, S95TR, S90TR, S90TY, S80TR, S80TY, SC9S, SG10TY, S77S, S70TR, S70TY and H7. S60TR (5.1 ch), S6FTR (5.1 ch.), S40TR (4.1 ch), S60T (3.1 ch), S35A (2.1) and S40T (2.1 ch) have Channel rows but no Dolby Atmos row; their titles say Dolby Audio, Dolby Digital or Bluetooth.
The S70TR and S70TY list Dolby Atmos but not DTS:X; the other ten Atmos bars list DTS:X.Official
S70TR and S70TY: “Dolby Atmos®: Yes … DTS:X: No”. S95AR, S95TR, S90TR, S90TY, S80TR, S80TY, SC9S, SG10TY, S77S, H7: “DTS:X: Yes”.
Eight of the 18 ship with rear speakers.Official
Rear speaker “Included: Yes” on S95AR, S95TR, S90TR, S80TR, S70TR, S60TR and S40TR; S6FTR title “Home Theater Soundbar with Dolby Audio™ and Rear Speakers, 5.1 channel”.
The SG10TY lists Dolby Atmos at 3.1 channels, with no height channel in its label.Official
SG10TY: “Channel: 3.1 ch”, “Dolby Atmos®: Yes”, “Compatible With SPT8-S: Yes”.
The Sound Suite H7 is sold as a single bar at 9.1.6 channels, with no subwoofer row, and as the base of Sound Suite bundles with LG’s M5 and M7 speakers and W7 subwoofer.Official
H7 title: “Sound Suite H7 | Wireless Soundbar 9.1.6 Spatial Audio | Dolby Atmos FlexConnect”; “12 drivers and 8 passive radiators”; “Room Calibration Pro: Yes”. Listing: “Immersive Suite 7 with H7 Soundbar and two M7 Speakers … 9.1.5 ch spatial audio”.
Eight of the bars list both Apple AirPlay 2 and Chromecast; the S70TR, S70TY and every bar without Atmos list neither.Official
“Apple AirPlay 2 Supported: Yes” and “Chromecast Supported: Yes” on S95AR, S95TR, S90TR, S90TY, S80TR, S80TY, SC9S and SG10TY. No such rows on S70TR, S70TY, S60TR, S6FTR, S40TR, S60T, S35A or S40T.
Sources 19
- All Soundbars — LG US (listing)Officialaccessed Oct 29, 2026
- S95AR Home Theater Soundbar — LG USOfficialaccessed Oct 29, 2026
- S95TR Home Theater Soundbar — LG USOfficialaccessed Oct 29, 2026
- S90TR Home Theater Soundbar — LG USOfficialaccessed Oct 29, 2026
Show 15 more · 15 official or standards
- S90TY Soundbar — LG USOfficialaccessed Oct 29, 2026
- S80TR Home Theater Soundbar — LG USOfficialaccessed Oct 29, 2026
- S80TY Soundbar — LG USOfficialaccessed Oct 29, 2026
- SC9S Soundbar — LG USOfficialaccessed Oct 29, 2026
- SG10TY Soundbar — LG USOfficialaccessed Oct 29, 2026
- S77S Soundbar — LG USOfficialaccessed Oct 29, 2026
- S70TR Home Theater Soundbar — LG USOfficialaccessed Oct 29, 2026
- S70TY Soundbar — LG USOfficialaccessed Oct 29, 2026
- S60TR Home Theater Soundbar — LG USOfficialaccessed Oct 29, 2026
- S60T Soundbar — LG USOfficialaccessed Oct 29, 2026
- S6FTR Home Theater Soundbar — LG USOfficialaccessed Oct 29, 2026
- S40TR Home Theater Soundbar — LG USOfficialaccessed Oct 29, 2026
- S40T Soundbar — LG USOfficialaccessed Oct 29, 2026
- S35A Soundbar — LG USOfficialaccessed Oct 29, 2026
- Sound Suite H7 Soundbar — LG USOfficialaccessed Oct 29, 2026
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