5.1 soundbar advice please.

[sut]

hi guys

i am looking to change my sound bar. i currently have the yamaha yas-207 and must be honest i am not impressed i find 3 mian issues
the voice dialogue seems drowned out a lot of times especially when listen to sports commentary
the volume seems low when listening to music

and the surround sound effect dont seem that great.

i have it connected to a samsung q9 tv via hdmi to the one connect box these tvs come with so i would expect the setup to be the best it can. ( i.e i have done nothing wrong )

to this end i am looking for a new better, louder, clearer, sounds soundbar. either 5.1 or 7.1

i was looking at the JBL Bar 5.1 or the Yamaha YSP 2700. i was looking at these as they seem good and i would have wires hung around my house.

Can you tell me your thoughts on these 2 what 1 best and will suit my needs best please, or maybe recommend a system that is better. I know very little about sound bars so any help would be great thank you.

 

[sut]

This is now at least the third thread from you asking what amounts to the same question in all three: "How do I get better sound than my Yamaha YAS207 sound bar?"

I've asked you on two previous occasions to detail how you've connected and what settings you've got in the menus to do with those connections. You've finally answered that it's HDMI from the TV to the sound bar, but I still can't recall whether you've listed out the menu settings for sound such as enabling Dolby Digital from the TV.

I'm going to be incredibly blunt because you don't seem to be getting the message. For this I apologise in advance, but until we know from you whether you've got this working correctly with the sources and the TV, then just telling us you have HDMI connected means **** ALL!!

You're wasting our time and yours.

Just because you have some wires plugged in, and you're getting some sound, it does not mean that the system is set up correctly. There's also the room to consider. Is this a heavily furnished room or somewhere that is sparsely furnished with lots of hard reflective surfaces and quite a hollow echoey sound?

List out each source, and the physical connection for it, the audio menu settings that go with it.

For example: Sky+HD, HDMI, audio menu set to Dolby.


You see, it may be that your current speaker isn't up to the job because the room or the connections or how the menus are set are getting in the way. Some of this i fixable just by making a few settings changes. Other stuff such as the room acoustics can't really be fixed with hardware. Just throwing money at hardware then could end up being a waste of cash and time.

So, are you going to play ball or what?

relly sorry for the delay in getting back but i am a night worker.

i will try to explain how i have it all setup but please understand i lack the knowledge and expertise of you guys,

my tv is a samsung q9 ( with a one connect box ) so no direct connections to the tv, the one connect box has 1 arc hdmi connection, and 3 other hdmi inputs, plus optical in,

my xtrend et 8000 stb ( skybox more or less ) has 1 hdmi output, and 1 optical out,

and my yamaha yas 207 soundbar. has 1 arc out hdmi, and 1 hdmi input,

Now my current connection setup is hdmi cable running from set top box to the soundbar hdmi input,
i am then running an output from the arc out hdmi on the soundbar into arc hdmi on the one connect box.

the setting on the soundbar are surround sound turned on and clear voice on. above and beyond that there isnt really any settings i can change,

the tv settings are,
hdmi input audio format = bitstream
digital output audio format = pcm
that is the sound for normal tv through the set top box.

when i am watching netfilx the soundbar input changes from the hdmi light on the front of the soundbar to TV, i then have an option for in digital output audio format for dolby digital and that is selected. i also have the option for dolby digital+ although when i select that is says ( the dolby digital + is only available via arc hdmi for external devices that support the format ),

my room is a square room with me more or less in the centre so i assume the room to be ok, and i have minimal furniture within the room most is positioned behind the soundbar like the tv tv cabinet ect,

i hope this helps and has given you the info you need. if you need anything else please.

 

[sut]

i have changed the tv audio out to bitstream as you advised,
is all the rest of my setup ok ? have i wired in the tv to soundbar and set top box correct do you know,