Rockville HTS56 1000W 5.1 Channel Home Theater System, Bluetooth, USB, 8" Subwoofer, LED Light Effects, Remote Control, Optical Input, for Movies, Music & Karaoke

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.

I am very happy with my purchase and satisfied with its sound! I STRONGLY RECOMMEND IT TO ANY PICKY AUDIOPHILE ON A BUDGET!This sound system impressed me! Crispy clear sound with an amazingly deep bass that can be adjusted without affecting the volume level of the rest 5 speakers (because they are 5 speakers and a subwoofer, total of 6 - [3 speaker units with 2 speakers per unit as front speakers, 2 speaker units with 1 speaker in each unit as side speakers, and a powerful subwoofer]), one master volume button for all the speakers, but also additional buttons to control each speaker volume level without affecting the rest of speakers, .✓Bluetooth 5.1 and 2.1 enabled and which can be switch between them at your desire.✓Auxilliar enabled.✓SD card reader enabled to play the songs stored in the SD card.✓USB port.✓ 2 micro phone ports for kareoke fun, with EQ-/+ DISP-/+ MIC-/+ ECHO-/+ buttons to add flair to the mic sound.✓Remote control that controls EVERYTHING.✓ LED blue lights on all speakers. Just the subwoofer's LED lights can be set to change colors with different blinking styles including sound activated ones.✓FM radio enabled that can be programmed to save favorite stations.✓ DVD input to connect a DVD player.✓ Sleep programmable enabled to stop playing and turn of at your desired time length.It comes with all the cables needed to connect all the system together and very easy to connect, the only bad thing is that the instructions booklet is in black and white and there are connections with different colors, but since is in Black and White you can't see which one goes where because all the lines that show which one goes where are black, if they were in color then it would be easier to connect all the speakers in their respective jacks without problems or doubts, but since the instructions are in black and white you have to kind of figure out which one goes where.The only thing missing in the whole system is a pair of AAA batteries needed to work the remote control -that you have to come up with.The volume level goes from 1 to 60 but enough to shake the walls with the powerful bass which makes the subwoofer slide around with the vibration it generates, so I don't recommend you to set the subwoofer on a table, coffee table, end table, or any kind of surface higher than the floor or else when you less expect it will slide off of it and fall to the floor damaging/breaking the unit. It almost happened to me, I caught it in time before the unit would've fell on the floor. When I found this out I immediately set the unit on the floor and there it is going to be for the rest of its life. I thought you should know that. And which is not explained or warned anywhere, neither in any reviews I have read about this product.It might have other features I don't know of yet and which I will add here where I discover them. Also I haven't try the mic features for kareoke, but once I try them I will add them here as well.I really recommend you this sound system. It's amazingly awesome! I am very picky about the sound output of my speakers and devices and I have a good sense of what sounds satisfyingly.