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:[email protected]] 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" <[email protected]>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <[email protected]>
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 <[email protected]>
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"
<[email protected]>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <[email protected]>
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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