Gene363
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Saturday, June 12, 2021 3:22:22 PM
Looking for a soundbar recommendation.

I currently have a Sony Receiver with five small speakers and a sub-woofer that is going out. Every so often I get a loud pop out of the left rear channel. Since we only use it for TV noise I figured a simpler sound bar would be good enough.

Dg west deptford
Saturday, June 12, 2021 3:29:20 PM
Bose
Speyside
Saturday, June 12, 2021 3:31:06 PM
^ +1
Dg west deptford
Saturday, June 12, 2021 3:32:02 PM
If you have a Bose factory outlet near you you can get lucky if you stop by often enough

BuckyB93
Saturday, June 12, 2021 3:42:48 PM
I have no valuable info, I'm not an audiophile. I just bought one on sale at Wally World earlier this week. 32" bar of some brand of some sort (Onn?). I have no meaningful info on them but you reminded me of a task I need to do today.

I gotta install it for a good friend of mine who refuses to get hearing aids so anything that's loud for him to hear. Thanks for the reminder.

Carry on...

plinytheelder
Saturday, June 12, 2021 3:52:59 PM
Gene,

not too pleased with the soundbar (Bose I think) I bought. You have to use the remote on it to adjust the sound level, and turn it on and off. The one on the TV remote doesn't do anything... kind of annoying.

deadeyedick
Saturday, June 12, 2021 4:17:01 PM

Gene,

not too pleased with the soundbar (Bose I think) I bought. You have to use the remote on it to adjust the sound level, and turn it on and off. The one on the TV remote doesn't do anything... kind of annoying.

plinytheelder wrote:

Same issue. Bought a Bose a few years ago from Costco. Maybe a little better than the speaker in that 55" Samsung but not by much.

Speyside
Saturday, June 12, 2021 4:17:25 PM
Roku if a good inexpensive one, but if your TV isn't Roku you have to put the app on your phone to interface.
rfenst
Saturday, June 12, 2021 4:26:34 PM
Same question as Gene here.

Been looking at the selection of Costco. Vizio, Sonos and Bose are the in-store choices. Looking at the Vizio with sound bar, sub-woofer and two satellite rear speakers for like $200. I am no audiophile and am hard of hearing. Hope the Vizio will work be fine. Otherwise, I'll return it and buy something better.

Speyside
Saturday, June 12, 2021 4:39:41 PM
It depends on your TV brand Robert you should know as soon as you try it out.
Smooth light
Saturday, June 12, 2021 5:10:38 PM
Just run it through your stereo system (AUX) input. Sometimes low teck is good.
MACS
Saturday, June 12, 2021 5:15:41 PM
I have some Klipsch ProMedia 2.0 speakers with subwoofer for blasting (and I do mean blasting) tunes from the laptop. They make a variety of soundbars and the sound is pretty damn good.

https://www.klipsch.com/sound-bars 

ZRX1200
Saturday, June 12, 2021 5:17:49 PM
Have you asked Ram?
rfenst
Saturday, June 12, 2021 5:37:20 PM

Have you asked Ram?

ZRX1200 wrote:

I forgot.

Smooth light
Saturday, June 12, 2021 5:38:50 PM
Nuthing beats 400+watts,(wall of sound) sure ain't going to need a hearing aid 😉.
Ram27
Saturday, June 12, 2021 5:46:53 PM

Have you asked Ram?

ZRX1200 wrote:

No need................=;

ZRX1200
Saturday, June 12, 2021 5:50:38 PM
I ordered my 7.62x39 upper no thanks to you btw [rambat]

I still ❤️ You though.

Whistlebritches
Saturday, June 12, 2021 7:58:23 PM
Got a couple Vizio 29" a couple years ago.Sound great and about 2 bills for the pair.They sound great and haven't given us any trouble,that's all I ask for.
BuckyB93
Saturday, June 12, 2021 11:04:13 PM

Gene,

not too pleased with the soundbar (Bose I think) I bought. You have to use the remote on it to adjust the sound level, and turn it on and off. The one on the TV remote doesn't do anything... kind of annoying.

plinytheelder wrote:

Can't you just run the audio out from the TV (either RCA jacks, headphone jack, or some have fiber-optic) to the audio in on the sound bar? Set the sound bar volume to something like 50%. Put the sound bar remote out of the way so the old man doesn't get confused with too many remotes.

Then the TV remote can be used to adjust the volume. That's how I set up the one I did. It was a cheapie Onn from Wally World for something like $35. Nothing fancy but it serves its purpose.

Mr. Jones
Sunday, June 13, 2021 10:57:17 AM
Christmas presales of from the garbage in rich neighborhoods...they always work fine...rich people throw away great soundboard ALL THE TIME.