Bought the whole system to see if I would want or need them, glad I did.
I figured I needed to add to this review since there have been updates to the system which changed the volume control of the surround speaker system that most of us surround speaker users do not like at all. Don’t get me wrong, the system as a whole is still worth the cost and the sound quality still on par as when I originally reviewed below. The change made to control the sound, however, went from being able to adjust the sound volume by selecting from loud, louder, loudest, off, normal, which was simple, to slide controls for bass, treble, and surround volume. While the original configuration allowed us to control the loud, louder, etc. for both the sub-woofer and the surround speakers in the system setup area, these new sound adjustments are only accessable when streaming something and are accessed during the viewing by pressing the “*” button on the remote. Nobody would complain about this change if it didn’t come down to the fact that it was made without explaination on how to operate under the new change. The labeling could’ve been a little better since the surround level setting (now a slide bar) appears like it would be to adjust the left and right channels like the old stereo slides use to do. Further muddying up the works are the video tips. None of them have been changed to reflect the updates. They still have the original details. Okay, I’ve vented my frustration. Don’t let this rant cause you to decide not to purchase them. The whole system is well worth the price as far as I’m concerned. The surround adjustment issue came without instructions but after testing the whole procedure out, there is actually more control. But, the older I get the harder it is and the longer it takes to figure stuff out and this change was a doosy. My suggestion to Roku would be to also give us the ability to adjust within the System/Audio settings like we had before.Original post:I got tired of my old 5.1 system constantly drowning out voices or becoming drastically louder during certain scenes and commercials. No matter how I adjusted, one adjustment would kill or enhance another sound to where it just got to where I felt like I was paying more attention to adjusting the sound than what I was watching. I was a little leary about purchasing the whole Roku set, the streambar, sub-woofer, and the surround speakers, but I was glad I did because it gave me the opportunity to try each unit individually to see if I really needed them. The streambar has great sound quality with unusually good bass. Not wall shaking, window breaking, roof collapsing, bone jellifying bass, but bass that is noticible and doesn’t drown out the other sounds. The sound leveling and voice enhancement features really work. They do require some adjustment and I’ll get to that in a moment.After 2 days I realized the streambar was doing its job as advertised, so I installed the sub-woofer. Now this is tricky, you plug it in, and then you have to go into the streambar setup app and configure the streambar to recognize it. But there are instructions going step by step, 1, 2, 3, and it’s done. And it has some boom to it. I mean real boom. You kinda have to adjust that too. But for me, it’s a keeper.Again after 2 days, I decided to give the surround speakers their shot. Each speaker is bluetooth connected, there are no wires other than each one requireing an electrical outlet. Each speaker also must be setup individually, but the setup is identicle to the sub-woofer, with instructions included. The only difference here is during setup you discover which speaker goes on the left and which goes on the right. There is a test during the serup. Of course I was wrong the first time, but easily fixed. These too have separate adjustments.I see a lot of comments about the inability to not have as much control over each portion of the system as you would with most sound systems. My old system had a remote that let me adjust the back, woofer, bass boost, cinematic features, etc. In fact it was confusing at times trying to get just the right setup. Of course there would always be something different coming out of the system based on whatever I was listenting to, DVD, regular TV, music, streaming from Netflix or Hulu, etc. And I would have to readjust again. Voices were constantly being drowned out, no matter how hard I tried. The Auto/PCM/Dolby…. settings made no difference.With the Roku Streambar and friends, I really don’t see a problem, in fact I appreciate the simplicity of the settings and I’ve found that once set to my liking, I’m done. I get sound leveling, voice enhanced, big butt bass, and nice even surround sound no matter what watching. The various sound settings aren’t on the remote, they are in the Roku itself. Easy to get in the settings. The levels you get are loud, louder, loudest, off, normal, that’s all I can remember off the top of my head, but you get the picture. The volume itself is handled by the remote and you can set it up to use your TV remote sound and power if you have HDMI/ARC on your TV. I do and it works. There’s even a setting to turn off sound leveling, although I can’t figure out why you’d want to. I tried it and it sort of messed everything up.I’m a cable cutter. Antenna TV and streaming. I’m very happy I bought the whole settup at one time and tried them out. Because I was used to surround sound from the get go I believe it’s why I decided to keep them all. You may feel differently, it’s all a matter of preference. The streambar does an excellent job of attempting to give you surround. Sounds do ping off the walls and behind you at various times. The surround speakers just makes sure I get all of it. My sub-woofer settings are a low. It rocks, and with a small house, the neighborhood knows when I’m watching an action movie.Expensive? For the complete system yes. But so much simpler to deal with as far as adjustments. Like I said, set once to my liking and done.

Setup is unbelievably easy; sound is great!
I was totally unprepared for how easy these speakers were to set up and get going. Basically, you plug them into wall power, turn on your Roku TV, and answer a few trivial questions from the screen to get the correct sound from coming from the correct speaker. No tech talk, no secret handshakes, no serial numbers… nothing. They just work. And, BTW, they appear to work on any TV with built-in Roku OS — in my case, a 2 year old TCL Roku TV.The sound is about as good as you’re going to get from a couple of small speakers. It’s not booming theater-quality sound, but it’s heaps better than the internal speakers in any TV set. I’ve got all my music on a stick drive plugged into the TV, and now use the media players exclusively for my in-house music.Last, but not least, a quick side-note. I originally intended to buy the renewed version of these speakers to save $30. They gave an original estimated delivery date, but changed it by a day a couple of days before they were supposed to arrive. Then, a couple of days before the rescheduled delivery date, they changed it again by 3 days. Because the seller is on the opposite coast from me and hadn’t indicated that they’d shipped anything, I began thinking that maybe they lacked product and would defer again (and again…). So I went back and paid full price for a new set, which arrived within 6 hours — and on the same day — that I ordered them. I have no idea whether this is symptomatic of a problem, but it’s what I experienced, so future buyers may want to keep this in mind.Bottom line: I’m very happy with the speakers and would recommend them to anyone who has a Roku TV.

Like sitting in a theater!
I was happy to add these to my stream bar pro and sub. It feels like watching a movie in your own private theater. Roku makes things simple with plug and play functionality and they are worth every penny! Crystal clear sounds with no delay. Never an issue with connectivity!

Excelente producto. El sonido es muy bueno y su potencia es excelente.100% recomendable.

After you easily pair your speakers definitely grab the app for Android or Apple to tweak your sounds further as there’s so much settings to use.They really do sound great and are very high quality heavy speakers.The only downside was the LONG wait for shipping even though they are sold here not another seller? Shipping took 2 weeks?The sound is really good like everyone else says, if you happen to find the sub woofer which is oddly mostly found in the US definitely consider it, my sound system is now next level!

Very easy to setup speakers and connect to tv. The sound is great.