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Soundbars good or bad for audio world ?

GChief said:
I am assuming that’s your room in the pictures. If so, from looking at the background I now understand your lack of motivation.
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Yeah I was working on cleaning it . I swept behind my tv stand . That’s why the speaker was over there .
Cleaning the clutter , Is not as important as cleaning the dust up .
Im starting to feel a little better but the migraine is so bad . Maybe should clean with nothing playing in background. Silent !

Maybe I should spend a well cleaning my room instead of worrying about stuff I don’t need.

That’s the center channel I have , why are centers so small ?
Clean
Look for job !
Buy this when I go find one !
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ultumax said:
Stupid worthless chores are more important to her , I could apply for jobs if I was just sitting around.

I’d say everything you can apply at that I’m capable of doing is apply online only. My knees are decimated I cannot stand for hours .
Possibly a hour or two at max.
Maybe I need to try harder to find entry level desk jobs.

Sound-bars are very expensive micro speakers and a mini line array or something?
Hey “ I’ll sell you these tiny speakers “
Consumer ! Yes finally a bar to put under my tv.. no need to learn anything to hook up speakers .
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What's wrong with your Knees? I have been battling lyme disease for 7 years and can barely move most of the time and my knees are killing me yet I still have been outside cutting up a 2 and a half foot 100 ft tall tree that feel down today. It all depends on how bad you want it.
 
I cannot see any reason for them to be bad as most, I imagine, sound better than what you have inside a flat screen.
 
hjames said:
zebra03 said:
Since soundbars are not really for the audio world , the question is moot .
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Winner winner, TV Dinner!

Exactly so - Sound bars are for cheesey Home TV systems, certainly not Home "theatres,"
and definitely not in the realm of Audio as we AK folks think of it.
A quick and dirty device if you don't have time or space to go further into quality sound.
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There's a whole lot going on in this comment. Most of which with I completely disagree. Putting the attitude and snobbery aside we're left with an obvious lack of knowledge of sound bar tech and quality levels.
"as we AK folk think of it..." :facepalm:
 
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DaveVoorhis said:
The speakers were better on older TVs, but everything else about them -- and I mean everything, picture quality, weight, resolution, clarity, colour depth, size, cost, power consumption -- was worse compared to modern TVs. The same goes for projectors.
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I have a hi def tube tv and love it and it sounds and looks good. Personally not interested in a flat screen and then needing a sound bar to get half way decent sound for something I just bought.
 
+48V said:
There's a whole lot going on in this comment. Most of which with I completely disagree.
Putting the attitude and snobbery aside we're left with an obvious lack of knowledge of sound bar tech and quality levels.
"as we AK folk think of it..." :facepalm:
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Yep, grabbing a single comment from a 7 page thread is always enlightening.
And dropping the post I had actually responded to gives things a different slant.
Soundbars good or bad for audio world?
zebra03 said:
Since soundbars are not really for the audio world , the question is moot .
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So, in perspective -
We are talking about a guy living at home with his folks, so lets keep it real.
Putting aside the other factors, and no snobbery intended, just common sense,
what level of purchase would you expect him to make for such gear?

Because when we recommend stuff for folks here, lucky scores notwithstanding,
budget is a big factor in what we put into our systems.

The initial Question was a pretty binary, black or white type query -
Soundbars good or bad for audio world?

For the Audio world, BAD - for simple TV watching its probably fine -
but, its not audiophile as we AK folks think of it.

A sound bar is just not going to approach the experience of watching multimedia on decent gear with separate amps and 7.x speakers in the room.
 
I'm not interested in home theater. The soundbars do the job for me watching TV. They sound OK for background music. I would not be happy using them as part of my audio system. They have their place. 1 above living room TV and 1 behind bedroom TV.

Mike

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NH-MAN said:
What's wrong with your Knees? I have been battling lyme disease for 7 years and can barely move most of the time and my knees are killing me yet I still have been outside cutting up a 2 and a half foot 100 ft tall tree that feel down today. It all depends on how bad you want it.
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Severe chronodromalacia petalla wear and tear of the front of my knees. Really bad nerve pain everywhere in my legs, and a back injury most likely from lifting a 310 pound drain snake and putting in the truck multiple times . Last time I left it was just the upper body I didn’t even bother using back or leg muscles because I didn’t want more pain.
I used to do intense gym workouts before I lost my last job. Harvey deadlift , bench , squats.

I still do all the household chores mowing taking out trash everything right now I’m trying to clean my room because it looks like a hurricane hit it.
Entertainment room is my bedroom for movies and stuff but I have no cable box .

A soundbars makes lot of sense , for elderly and those not knowledgeable in audio/ video.
I’m not trying to bash soundbars , just want your personal ideas , experiences, opinions .
They are much like a stand alone center channel , stretched out.
 
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ultumax said:
A soundbars makes lot of sense , for elderly and those not knowledgeable in audio/ video.
I’m not trying to bash soundbars , just want your personal ideas , experiences, opinions .
They are much like a stand alone center channel , stretched out.
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I am knowledgeable in audio and so is the gentleman above who has two. I have no Issue with them for their intended purpose which is to make the crappy sound from flat panels more enjoyable.
 
JoeESP9 said:
@ultumax:
How old are you? Most of "us" with severely damaged joints have spent many years damaging them.
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Glad you asked I am curious as well. I have bad disks from a lifetime of busting my ass but I keep my back strong and keep on trucking. Btw did I mention my knees are killing me?lol And I have had two heart attacks the first one at 36!! Cancer at 18 and 7 recent years of chronic lyme (ironically the lyme trumps the previous problems by a huge margin) but I'm making no excuses cause I have a home and large property to tend to.
 
NH-MAN said:
Glad you asked I am curious as well. I have bad disks from a lifetime of busting my ass but I keep my back strong and keep on trucking. Btw did I mention my knees are killing me?lol And I have had two heart attacks the first one at 36!! Cancer at 18 and 7 recent years of chronic lyme (ironically the lyme trumps the previous problems by a huge margin) but I'm making no excuses cause I have a home and large property to tend to.
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But who has a better story than Bran the Broken?
 
NH-MAN said:
Glad you asked I am curious as well. I have bad disks from a lifetime of busting my ass but I keep my back strong and keep on trucking. Btw did I mention my knees are killing me?lol And I have had two heart attacks the first one at 36!! Cancer at 18 and 7 recent years of chronic lyme (ironically the lyme trumps the previous problems by a huge margin) but I'm making no excuses cause I have a home and largely property to tend to.
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My knees get red and inflamed feel like there on fire . Then my nerves feel on fire like nails are going through them .
I do help my uncle occaisonally and the standings on concrete hurts my legs incredibly bad . Plus 309 pound machine.

Pain got so much worse In only 2 years.
Age has nothing’s to do with it , I think lack of a gym membership. Due to job loss , plus worsening anxiety.
I mean who is in More pain then this ? Cancer patients? Maybe someone near death ? Car wrecks ... nerve pain is the worst one to treat and locate.

Back to the topic soundbars ? Are just a cause of TVs having worse and worse speakers .
Clearly none are audiophile quality !!!
 
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