Hello Mike and list: Although I've not heard or seen the Soundbar, I
would
have to say that most anything is an improvement over what the television
sets themselves supply you as far as audio is concerned! It's a shame
that
you can get a great big 41-inch set...and have that audio sound like not
much better than a little portable set! Of course I think I know that
the
idea is; the idea is that the manufactures of these sets want you to go
out
and hook a stereo sound system (maybe Dolby (or whatever it's called)
would
be simpler if they'd just go ahead and make the sets sound good; then
people
wouldn't have to go and buy extra equipment! I have my television back
here
in the room where I stay a lot going through my stereo. But the Sony
41-inch set currently isn't hooked to anything; I don't really know that
it'd be practical to buy a stereo system just for the TV out
there...maybe
one of those Soundbars would do some justice for it!
Tom Kaufman
-----Original Message-----
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mike
Thomas
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 6:50 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Soundbars
The soundbar sits there in the on position 24 hours a day. I don't go to
the trouble of turning it on and off. It makes no noise, and only when
the
television is turned on is an audio signal passed to the sound bar and
amplified. Those little speakers inside a flat panel television
probably
could be made to sound better, but without any depth for an enclosure,
they
sound very tinny and cheap. The sound bar, even cheap ones help quite a
bit. I'm not an audiophile by any means, but even I objected to the
television sound quality.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: Soundbars
I'm sure I'm miss-understanding something somewhere in your post, if the
Television's turned off then how do you get the sound from it to the
Soundbar or don't you bother, do you just use the Soundbar with your
smart
device.
On 10 May 2014, at 8:36 am, Mike Thomas <wheelt...@centurylink.net>
wrote:
Hi, I made the mistake you're making, and thought I could sit a sound
bar
on top of a flat screen television. Not quite so. The one I purchased
is
about the shape of a distorted closed cylinder. Meaning it is the size
in
length that you purchase, and perhaps somewhat oval with a flat bottom
surface. What happened with mine is it improved the television sound
quality immensely, but the television had to sit behind the sound bar,
and
needed to be raised just a little so the television could "see" the
remote
signal. I leave mine on all the time, and just turn the television off.
It makes no other sound and just sits in an idle mode. I do have a
blueTooth model, so I can put it that mode and play something from my
tablet or iphone with it.
Hope this helps,
Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan"
<grtd...@internode.on.net>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 4:58 PM
Subject: Soundbars
Hi!
Does anyone have one of these? I've not seen one before so perhaps
someone
could give a description of what a soundbar looks like.
I'm getting a bigger Television for the lounge so time to move the
smaller
19 inch set I have into the den, I'm thinking about placing this on top
of
a soundbar, would be near perfect.
So does the soundbar just sit on the floor, on a shelf, mounted on a
wall
or what?
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