IT'S *500$* Oh my. From looking at it, i thought it would be 200$ Max. For that price, you could get a decent Sourround Sound System for your PC PLUS Headphones

Honestly, the level to which Linus is uninspired by this product comes through so hard. Making up a new product name every time it's mentioned is just icing on the cake.

5:08 - 1 point off for not powering the device via usb C Minus 250 points for every dollar over $250.

Linus: “They wrote me a little note...” *Reads note*: Thank you for cooperating with us... asdfstrrgrrdfsadevfsfggb...

Linus's lack of enthusiasm for this product clearly shows 😂

If you would mention the price at the start, I'd stop watching right there. Well done.

I can't quite justify spending five-hundo for something like this when I could just spend two for an excellent quality pair of Sennheiser headphones and a Creative Pebble speaker setup for when I don't want to wear them. I mean the tacky "LG" logo on the front is a major turn-off.

To all those complaining about the price: The price is that high because it uses a ES9038 Pro DAC which is 460$ USD DAC by itself making it actually "a good deal" in a messed up rich audiophile way because you pay 40$ more for the speakers, battery and lights. DEFINITELY not gamer-budget friendly. The price should DEFINITELY be the first thing mentioned. I totally agree with all your complaints. I just wanted to point out WHY it's 500$. It's a legitimate professional DAC despite it's edgy gamer look. On top of it it has surround sound noise cancellation. It was cancelling out all the noises from the speakers. That's what that phone test was about. This is not for budget gamers.

This is the most "One take" Linus video I think I've ever seen. 😂

Things that people haven't seen: -Lion eating grass -Linus getting kills in CSGO

very "let's get this over with" energy throughout this video lmao

I was kinda digging it but not when it costs more than some of LG's own 1440p 144Hz monitors. 😬

Gaming laptop and monitor speakers were so good that we had to sell them separately.

at this point im expecting someone to come out and sell gaming Air. its just Air with red accents (or rgb).

"Someone has done this before, right?" You're thinking of the Panasonic SoundSlayer which is also £300 cheaper.

Lol I love how Linus calls the speaker different, random names throughout the video without getting it right once.

Windows settings turn down other app noises when it detects communications being used, usually to 80%

The reducing of the game volume while in the slack call is actually a default setting in windows, its not related to the speaker at all

Funny how Linus doesn't talk about the sound quality at all. I don't get why anyone would want this over some proper monitors, headphones or 2.1 pc speakers.

What is a gaming speaker, you ask? It's dumb. That's what it is.

Shame the price is bonkers. This would fit really well in my setup. Will just stick with my full size soundbar I guess. Looks silly but sounds great.

I like that they made it work as a headphone amp with a easy to switch interface, on top of being a wireless Bluetooth speaker you can take with you. Seems like a cool product, albeit 500 bucks seems overpriced. I think the spatial audio on the speaker might be a unnecessary feature, especially if it contributes significantly to the price.

man at that price you can get some fantastic active speakers from edifier, elac, klipsch etc. I just dont see this ever justifying that price.

This product seems like something Linus would talk about in "Shit Manufacturers Say" series.

They were doing so well until I found out they are $500. I'll stick to my $30 logitech speakers

This looks like some gamery stuff that Asus ROG would make lol

"What's a gaming speaker?" A speaker equivalent of Opera GX probably

the built in mic sound like crap, but I gotta say, I'm impressed that it's able to not pick up game sounds while in voice chat. :)

This is basically an external sound card with speakers. Would be nice to know what kind of DAC chip is used and how much wattage for the speaker & the headphone out.

looks great but the thing is $500, i cant afford speakers that cost more than my monitor itself

It's nice that LG is good to you. I'm on my 4th month waiting for them to fix my LG 38gl950g-b

I love that slip-up. Awesome when your RGB can improve the battery life of your device.

I thought that this would be something borderline outrageous for a gaming bluetooth speaker, like 200-250, but 500? Really? Really? Just buy something that is actually meant for sound playback and get better sound for less money.

Never clicked so fast on a Short Circuit video since I need something to replace my Razer Leviathan for gaming at some point!

I really like how he is trying to seem impressed by the product even though there really is nothing good about it

Love when he starts shaking the box and tossing it at the beginning

"What is a GAMING Speaker?" - electronic landfill

it's opera's gaming browser all over again...

Linus cared so little he didn’t even take enough takes to correct himself

I would recomend a polk magnify mini for the price and size it is the best!

Creative Soundblaster X Katana comes with wide soundbar, dedicated up-firing tweeters for virtual surround, more RGB and a dedicated Sub-Woofer at lower cost from 200-300$ US (if you can still get it)

I can see the appeal for low profile builds.. but I love a good 2.1/5.1 system

Linus: what is a gaming speaker? Me: pure bs

A sound bar for your computer won't have any noticeable stereo separation at all. Just get some nice speakers.

The headphone's 'great positional audio' you can thank Beyerdynamic for. The headphones themselves will have a much greater impact on soundstage than the amp/DAC, although software audio encoding does have an effect.

I love the concept - I have a LG gaming monitor and not much room on my desk for speakers so this would fit perfectly, but $500 is almost double what I paid for the monitor which is crazy. I'll stick with my crappy $40 Taotronics PC sound bar for now

This video should be a part of the "Sh@t manufacturers say" series.

No comment on how it manages battery charge while plugged in for extended periods of time?

Linus: *plays CSGO every review* Me, an avid CSGO player: *watches his great struggle every review*

This is similar to my soundblaster x katana, it's a gaming sound we for your desk, I love mine!

At 6.31 when your game voice is lowered upon turning on the microphone; it is not a speaker configuration but a problem with your pc settings that can just as easily be fixed.

I am getting tired of the "Gamer Tax" products like this have. 500 dollars is about twice what this is worth.

I actually use a Bluetooth speaker under my monitor for the same kind of use cases. And I must say, I am happy with my configuration. This LG speaker seems to have great sound, but hey, it's also quite big.

Hey LTT team, can I recommend whenever you try gaming audio equipment, you test with games that are very audio sensitive/dependent. IE: Hunt Showdown, Phasmophobia, etc.

0:34 that one kid desperately trying to open a present on Christmas day

This just gave me a flashback to highschool. We had old windows desktops. The monitors had "non-gamer" focused "monitor sound bars" if you will. Attached straight to the bottom of the monitor.

Linus acts totally different every second of a video when he's being paid to avoid the down sides.

Linus: "I'm sure someone has done this before" Razer: "COME ON MAN!"

Going back to a speaker video from before the Dan times shows me a stark difference of content.

As a Hifi Person i would rather buy a dac headphone combination, or a pair of small studio monitors for the same amount of money. Regardless of internal dac, it is still just a bit bigger bluetooth speaker. The dac does not make a differents in that setup.

I kinda like how easy we can spot when Linus thinks the product is bullshit. Uhum LG hold my k712 and my hd600....

I like the idea of a soundbar for PC instead of speakers taking up valuable desk space, especially if you have an ultrawide monitor. I like the optical input, and I don't even mind the RGB because let's face it, everything these days has RGB. And from what I can hear through the video, it sounds good. But $500?! That's crazy.

"It just turned on, I d id not do anything" yet clearly had his finger where the power button was lol

As soon as Linus said "chirps" with his Canadian accent, I immediately though of the Nelk boys 😂

For the price (400+ EUR) you can get **really** good speakers. There is absolutely no point in buying this overpriced box.

I would like to know how this is an improvement over the £20 amazon sound bar I use as pc speakers

Razer also has a gaming sound bar that comes with an under the desk sub. $200 all together but it's been pretty nice. I like it.

Gonna Flex those realism FPS gun sound to entire neighbourhood

Why would you buy a $500 dollar "Gaming" speaker you can get one for way cheaper and good audio quality

If they improve the DAC/AMP and the mic by a big margin this is literally the thing i was searching for my whole life, its just everything you need for high end audio...

No crab rave on the speaker: My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined

That LG gaming logo is giving me hardcore flashbacks to the corsair "tramp stamp" they tried for a bit...

Hell yeah, that's awesome. I'm all about spending way too much on inferior products that fall short against their 1/10th cost competitors.

As someone who hasn't used speakers in ages because I find I'm using headsets 99% of the time, this might actually be something I'd be interested in if the price is right. Lol no. Price is nowhere near right for what it is. Maybe $100-150 for it. That's all it's worth even in the fake shortage economy.

Multiple companies did this for gaming focused sound bars. You've got the soundblaster katana, razer leviathan... A few more I'm sure as well

5:29 I'm going to replace the default Windows sound with Linus' reaction.

What is a gaming speaker? Something you don't buy. Only things that need to be gaming are mice and monitors. All other things are either good (insert product here) or bad (insert product here)

This is a joke, right? LG must have paid for Linus' new house to make this video. You can tell he doesn't give half a toss about this product, nor should he. $500 for this wanky garbage is nuts. You could get some really solid speakers or headphones for $500.

Speaker? kin speaker, I want at least two speakers at the correct distance apart for true stereo separation!

LG: "Linus, could you please say the product's name in the video?" 3:29 Linus: "The XBOOM gaming speaker" LG: "No, that's not it..." 7:04 Linus: "the VP9?" LG: 😩

Its a cool product. But, I just feel like this is garbage.

I don't think I've ever seen anyone as clumsy as Linus in my entire life.

People need to realize this is not just a speaker so it is definitely not for someone looking for A SPEAKER, you can get stuff that sounds way better for half the price. One of the main features of this product is the headphone DAC/AMP.

When he emptied the box i was yelling 'TIME!' shoutout AvE

*I don't know who needs to hear this but stop saving all your money, invest some of it if you really want financial freedom....*

Just like the Creative Labs Soundblaster Katana, this thing is WAY OVER-PRICED at $500 USD. Nothing about this looks to be worth that cost, least of all the aesthetics.

It looked really good for a small setup with no space for large speakers. I expected 200-250€ but 455€ is on another lvl.

LG: Writes a thank you note and is grateful for sponsoring linus DBrand: Mocks linus as many times as possible

Finally a decent replacement for the old school crappy Logitech 2+1, without trying to stuff a soundbar on the desk, and no subwoofer. You didnt mention it was $500US, I cant even imagine the CDN on that.

$500? A decent pair of studio monitors would destroy these at half the cost.

I like it, the form factor fills a niche and having a built in mic means I could use it for work aswell. I wouldn’t have to wear a headset all day. BUT, too expensive. LG if you’re reading do one without the battery and maybe the lights.

Aside from the "gaming" gimmick the sound bar is actually a nice change to traditional computer speakers. I've been installing them on computers at work and gotta say, I kinda like them

I don't need the dac or headphone stuff but the speakers and mic seem cool and useful with the desktop design

I-Roar have one and use it, as my speaker on my computer.. works like a dream! but most I use headphones.

I'm using a Yamaha 108 soundbar with my PC/PS5/monitor combo. The only advantage over competition is "3D surround mode", which makes sound bounce off ceiling, so music sounds good and even in entire room.

I currently use a Bose soundbar as my desktop speaker. This got me excited, but $500 for that thing is insane. Surprised it didn't have XTREME in the name.

The best speaker for desktop surround is the jawbone jambox, it actually had some amazing tech, your right ear would only hear the right speaker and vise versa so it would delay the audio per instrument per ear and you couldn't tell there was even a speaker in front of you

The fact that this uses the quad Dac that's in my LG G7, g8, and V60 honestly kinda sells it for me. I'll be able to power my Sennheiser hd 6xx through the headphone jack on a damn speaker lol

I just bought a speaker for my gaming rip yesterday and was like why didn't I know about this earlier, then I checked the price

I bought an LG SJ 7 which can split up the speaker bar in to. So I put on under each of my ultrawides and it works great. Love the auto turn on via optical as well 👍🏻 (also on speaker has a battery and you can use it portable for whatever reason)