Add Surround Speakers to Any Soundbar - A Complete Guide!

The most common question I get is "how can I add surround speakers to my soundbar"? This video completely answers that question!

How to Add Surround Speakers to a Soundbar
1) Use natively compatible speakers if possible (best)
2) Use the Insignia Universal Rear Speaker Kit (okay)
3) Use a wireless speaker kit with various splitters/adapters (okay)

My overall suggestion is to either :
1) use natively compatible speakers with your soundbar.
2) If your soundbar cannot use surround speakers natively, then you should purchase a soundbar that comes with or is capable of using surround speakers.

Here are some soundbars that are capable of adding surround speakers:
Bose Products:

Sonos Products:

[batslog]

Video I exactly looking for posted just 34 mins ago. Thank you!

[rakitakhan]

This is from Livewire...When the digital optical connection was developed, it was made to accommodate the digital audio standards at the time (mainly 2-channel CD playback). Thus, digital audio signals such as 5.1/7.1 multi-channel PCM, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Atmos, DTS-HD Master Audio, DTS:X, and Auro 3D Audio cannot be transferred via digital optical connections. These types of audio signal formats require the use of HDMI connections.

[dougiemac]

New subscriber. A whole lot of information. Mostly over my head. I’m going to have to revisit this video several more times for better clarity. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. 👍🏾👍🏾

[jasonhall]

At 3:54 you mentioned only one brand has discrete true surround rear audio. I have had a Vizio soundbar for years now that came with 2 rear speakers that are true rear channels. I'm actually looking for a way to duplicate the sound coming out of the soundbar, to come out of my rear speakers for added sound, not the background noise I get with surround sound.

[hesterjosh]

Thanks for your recommendation of the nakamichi pro I was able to get it for $550 and I love it. You can feel thee sound before I even get it turned half way up. Love it

[PreetSingh-gpre]

Wow this is awesome, if I could add rears to the Jbl 2.1 deep bass for the guest room it would be epic. Amazing budget setup

[MrAdin]

Awesome video, I have the soundbar Samsung J Series WJ355 and I was thinking of any possible way to add rear speakers, this video gave me so many ideas to better enjoy my movies during quarantine THANK YOU

[Pizdzirynka]

How about connecting monitor speakers to soundbar?

[pjkobes]

Neat...you just talked for 15 minutes and didn't show us any physical installation/setup.

[DavidSMY]

Excelente información. Es el único video que he visto tratando el tema. Gracias por compartirlo. Dios te siga bendiciendo...

[lassekilde]

Pro logic, pro logic ii (x and x) are all Surround mixed in a 2 ch adio stream.
Its done by matrix the audio, and play it out of phase (difference between the speakers) with a delay, in later pro logic ii and on theres a lot more to it. If you want to acces a Surround track easy, you take the plus from a stereo set, and place them in minus and plus on a speaker, this is the Surround track though without delay, this is how it was done way back.

[Weber]

Did you ever find a better updated version or way to get rear wireless speakers ?

[Mahatheyew]

I've got old speakers mounted in he ceiling. The only connection to them is 2 white cables coming out of the wall with exposed wire. How would I go about connecting these to my new TV/soundbar, or is it even possible?

[Lionrisesproductions]

I wonder, is it possible to add additional speakers to the set that comes with the rear speakers?

[burzasardaukar]

The auxiliary input must be using Dolby pro logic 2 decoding (or something similar), and outputing the surround channels to the surround speakers.

[gczz]

I have an old technics receiver (no HDMI, no pre-outs, no optical fiber audio, only RCA), a Samsung Smart TV and a JBL Soundbar. Is there a way to connect all the 3 together? I thought about connecting the soundbar via HDMI ARC and the receiver via optical audio (using a digital to analog adapter), however there is no way the TV software is able to understand that setup 😂

[TJsVette]

Question, I have a receiver with wired speakers going to it. I would like to get rid of the receiver but keep all of my wired speakers but I'm not sure if it is possible. The reason why I want to get rid of my receiver it doesn't always work right.

[FOXITA]

Once rear speakers are connected with a soundbar and volume is set, do they react to the main volume from the soundbar, or you're forced to use 2 remotes (one for soundbar and the Insignia one for the rear speakers)? Many thanks!

[capitandelossantos]

When same transmission of audio in speakers it’s called analog audio… in simple terms analog vs digital audio… back in the days there was amplifier that had crossover… to where u could cut either treble or bass to a speaker

[MixedArarash]

i have STR-K990 av receiver. is it capable to send signals to bigger speakers as it's own are too small?