HTS56 5.1-Channel Bluetooth Home Theater System, 8" Subwoofer

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.

Super sound.......

This is a great purchase, great quality. It comes neatly packaged and is very easy to set up. The one and only problem I've had with it is... I bought an optical media cord and when I hook it up to my TV it makes a loud screeching noise instead of playing the audio from my tv.. idk what the deal is with that but it's kinda irritating because thats mainly the reason I bought it. For some reason the audio through my xbox Will work through the optical through the TV, but the apps and TV network audio just comes out a loud obnoxious screeching through the optical.

I bought this for my dad for Father’s Day and it’s awesome installed in the garage and it packs a good amount of bass and it’s great for the price Rockville makes some really good stuff.

Right up front, I feel like I need to be very clear, this is not a surround sound home theater system! This is a stereo matrix unit. I have a lot of experience with home theater, at one time owning a Marantz Pre-amp, Emotiva amplifiers, Klipsch speakers, and SVS subs (had to sell everything because we were in a budget crunch). I know what I'm talking about and I know how to hook this stuff up and what settings to change and/or adjust. I hooked this unit up using the optical port on the back to my XBox One X. The settings on the XBox were on stereo uncompressed, when I changed it to bitstream to force Dolby or DTS it made an unholy, god awful, digital screeching noise. So I left it on stereo, but even with that setting, any surround unit with at least dolby pro-logic type dsp processing would still separate information from the front speakers to a mono channel in the surround speakers...this was not happening. Center channel information played out of every speaker. I tried using the RCA inputs and Optical output from my TV to this unit and made various setting adjustments and nothing changed...this is a stereo matrix unit. All this aside, if you're fine with a stereo matrix unit for home theater...I still can't recommend this. The sound is horrible. The highs seem to fade above 2KHz, and there doesn't seem to be much around 500Hz, all in all it sounds muddy. The sub is very sloppy, not tight, not "controlled" at all...it booms...but it's very ugly, it doesn't go very low either. Oh, and the EQ only works on the front USB/SD input, lol! ...And, no, You can't go to the USB input, change the EQ, then go back to your other input. The Bluetooth input on this unit was the worst input by far, I could barely hear it, even cranked all the way up...yes, my phone was all the way up too. Y'all! I can't even recommend this for the price! If you want an actual surround unit, actual, discrete, 5.1, with better performance all around, get this: Vizio SB3651n-H6 5.1 Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer! It's $160 right now. I bought one at Walmart last year after I sold all my other gear. I wasn't expecting much for the price, but my god! I bought this Rockville unit thinking I was going to replace my Vizio one......that's a hard, "HELL NO!" folks.

I'm loving this. I was using a jerry rigged surround sound, and I've never used actual surround so this, this is incredible. First things first setting up was so incredibly simple. Part of that is the incredible length wire that's provided for the rear speakers. I measured (badly) and thought the location I'd have to place them would be meh, however, they were plenty long to reach the back of the room. I have full room coverage. I thought this was going to take me hours to set up. I think I had it set up and done within fourty-five minutes. It could've been shorter, but I used different wall mounts than the ones it came with. I don't have everything I need to set up correctly, namely a level and this system still sounds wonderful. Second, volume... be careful with this beast. I always test my sound systems (car, computer, etc) and playing from BT some decent songs, I could hear this on the road. So if you live in a city that doesn't put up with so called Noise Pollution, or neighbours who are delicately put- dick wads, get a less worthy system. The remote is part of the review, and it's simple and easy to use, no complaints at all. Overall, vaule for money, while I've only had for a few hours now (will update eventually) I'd have to say this is the best $150ish I've spent in a very long time. Update- I've have this surround system for about two years now. It's still as clear as the day I bought it. There've been times I thought it was going out, only to discover it was from the source audio, not the speakers. I had the led lights unplugged for the longest time, but having them on really can add a sort of theather setting lighting. It would be nice if there was a dimmable function for them, however, if found too bright it's easy to unplug. I can't comment on the remote as it's been long since destroyed via my children. For the $150ish I spent on this, it has absolutely been worth it. Overall... Complete satisifaction.

Bought this system to replace one that got fried in a power surge. Great sound quality and was easy to hook up and program. Lights make cool effects too.

If you have a 5.1 true surround system, this is not. If you never had one this one you might like. Pro's and con's coming later. I returned it, got a refund with no problem, but if you have to return it you need to re-box and same box and take it to Fedex pick up spot. Dollar General was the only place near me, she gave me some crap that box was to big, I smoothed talked her that it would fit on they're return shelve . I had to take it in myself and put it on the return shelve, it fit, but a very close call, if it didn't, I would had to travel 20 miles to a Fedex drop off. So save the box!! Ok, it say's 1,000 watts, no way, I've had 1,000 watt systems in my life and this is not a 1,000 watt system. My current Samsung unit's are 450 watts and are louder then this thing. Current units I have, have the rear speakers wireless to the front main unit. This unit you have to run wires form the rear to the front. That's a pain in the butt (think about how you going to hide them?) I tested this unit just by running rear wires over the carpet to make sure a gave it a fair chance, it was ok, but not good. No 5.1 sound, if your use to 5.1 sound. Again, if you want it for a garage or it's your first sound system you might like it? For me I thought this could kind'a be ok, not what I'm use to. For me my next one will cost a crap load of more$$$$! lol Pro's: Not bad for the price if you know what your getting! Everything worked Lights are cool, and your able to turn them all off Con's: Shipping back could be a problem?

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.

It is exactly as promised easy setup awesome loud sound and good bass, I don't regret buying this sound system, the thing was the slow shipping it took almost 3 weeks to get it but it was worth the wait so just buy it don't think about it just do it 😀

The Rockville HTS56 1000w 5.1 Channel Home Theater System is an awesome setup for anyone looking to elevate their TV and movie-watching experience without breaking the bank. It’s super easy to set up, which is a huge plus, and it delivers great sound quality that really makes your TV pop. The built-in lights are such a fun touch, adding a cool visual vibe to your room. I love that the subwoofer has an EQ that syncs with the lights—it’s a little detail, but it makes the whole system feel more dynamic and exciting. For the price, you honestly can’t go wrong. It’s simple, works great, and adds a ton of value to your entertainment setup. I’ve got no complaints—this was a fantastic buy, and I’d recommend it to anyone looking for a solid, budget-friendly home theater system.

Great sound could use more bass for my liking! But still a nice system!

I purchased this surround sound system approx.4 months ago. Cost me approx. $400.00 all said and done. Sounded good when I set it all up hiding all the wires and positioning in my man cave. Use it once a week for an hour and a half concert video. The rest of the use is for regular TV. Right off the get go, I noticed one of the speakers did not light up like the others. The sound worked and it was a rear speaker so I didn't care that much. I did however feel like I should have everything working. I contacted the seller and they gave me two options, accept $10.00 refund or send the whole thing back for full refund. Doesn't makes sense to me as they would cover the cost of shipping and I'm sure it would have been more than $10.00. I decided to live with it. Fast forward four months later and the other right rear speaker must have blown as all it does is spit out static and scratching. I contacted them again regarding this and they basically told me too bad, past three months and can't return. This is horrible and a waste of my money. I will also be contacting Amazon regarding this.