Rockville HTS56 1000W 5.1 Channel Home Theater System with 8" Subwoofer, Bluetooth, USB, Includes Remote, LED Light Effects - Perfect for Movies, Music, Karaoke

I have been wanting a home theater audio system and a multi input home stereo system. Of course at a reasonable price. Background history my wife wanted a karaoke system for her birthday a few years back. I stumbled across Rockville and bought one to save money. It actually was awesome for our needs and an unbelievable low price. We were not disappointed. My son DJ’s on the side so the sound was not to his level but the dual wireless mics, he borrowed those wireless mics for 2 years and then he got some from Rockville. I spent a lot of time looking at legacy name brand home theater and home stereo equipment and off brand name equipment. I was struggling with getting the legacy name brand systems. All the old names from the 80’s and 90’s basically gone or not what I was thinking equipment would be. Long story short, I kept seeing Rockville home theater systems and their options and great prices. I decided to go again with the Rockville brand and hoped to not be disappointed. Our living room has a 12’ vaulted ceiling and 600 sf area. I really thought I might be undersized with the sub woofer bass on this unit. I am 59 years old and maybe not hearing as well as when younger but this system is WOW, no kidding great. I have only had the volume to 70 on TV with sub woofer bass at midpoint, music shakes the furniture with the bass and our cat hides just like when he hears loud thunder. Bluetooth works great to stream music from my tablet or phone. Local FM stations locked in and sound great. It also has the 2 mic ports for karaoke, not tried that yet. So you can switch from 5.1 to 2.1 meaning home theater (rear speakers) or home stereo (no rear speakers mode) with remote, one button. I thought music would sound better in 2.1 and video movies better in 5.1. I prefer always in home theater mode, 5.1. I do adjust the sub woofer lower with a lot of speaking versus music. This one system met both of my needs, home theater and stereo. I am not getting compensated for this review. I just thought so much of this system, I figured this review might help people know you do not have to spend a lot of money to enjoy sound.

Bass thumps. Five speakers plus bass system. After purchase I realized that the system is also has fm/am receiver. Cool led light display options. One of the best purchases I've made. Clear sound at any sound level. Seriously cool system.

Showed up early, packaged was great. Hooking up the system was very easy. Plug and play, that easy. I also got wall mounts for the speakers and they work great with it. The surround is great in my rec room. It was easy to adjust each speaker to the level I wanted and now my rec room sounds like a sports bar.

TLDR: If you have a couple hundred bucks and want a starter-level home theater system that will help you figure out what you want in a future, high-quality theater system, definitely pick this up. Buy a DAC to go with it, too. Throw the whole thing in a man-cave after it's outlived its usefulness. Nice system for the price, but it belongs in a man-cave or office, not as a real theater setup like I intended it for in the living room. I expected this going in, based on other reviews, so I have no regrets about this purchase. I bought it because I have never had a theater system, and have never been to someone's house that had one, so this was my first experience with using anything related to "surround sound" and I wanted to use this as a learning experience. Pros: It's loud. Very loud. So loud that I'm sure my neighbors knew when I had installed it. Simple to setup. Pretty straightforward to use. Great for watching TV and most movies (more on this soon). Cons: The fidelity of the speakers is not amazing, which is what I expected for the price and why I would not use this system to listen to music. The lack of fidelity is very noticeable on music, but I would say hardly noticeable (if at all) when watching most movies/TV. The primary drawback, for me, was its inability to decode digital 5.1 signal, and why I say MOST movies/TV. It will ACCEPT digital signal through SPDIF, but can only read PCM encoding (which carries 2.1 instead of 5.1). It cannot decode actual surround sound signal. It can only decode left, right, and subwoofer (the 2.1 signal), and this is a best-guess scenario when the audio is downgraded from 5.1/7.1 to 2.1. So most of the time it's fine, but some soundtracks end up very... odd. Like for Justice League, the music was extremely quiet most of the time, while dialogue, explosions, and everything else sounded great. Still watchable, but very jarring. RECCOMENDED TO GO WITH IT: I bought a $40 DAC (digital audio convertor) to decode the SPDIF 5.1 channels to 6 RCA plugs, and plugged those into the theater system. Real 5.1 surround sound achieved. Jank workaround, but everything sounds SO much nicer.

Love this stereo sounds awesome, love the lights on the speakers, cannot speak for longevity as I just purchased not long ago but happy with it so far awesome bass