u003cbu003eA:u003c/bu003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: 400;u0022u003e The bare minimum for true surround sound is a 5.1 speaker layout (5 speakers + 1 subwoofer). There's a bunch of soundbar/subwoofer combos that have up-firing and side-firing speakers that can simulate surround sound but their performance is almost never on par with true home theater systems with dedicated speakers for each channel. u003c/spanu003e