LG c9 OLED

whitecrook · 16 Jan 2020 at 19:59

Ill bet most people dont plan to upgrade their tv every couple of years. And if they do then it doesnt matter what tv they buy now . And spending all that money on sound is crazy. All you need is a pair of bookshelves and an amp. You can buy that new for like £100. This is better than ANY tv sound system.

hornetstinger · 16 Jan 2020 at 20:20

whitecrook said:
Ill bet most people dont plan to upgrade their tv every couple of years. And if they do then it doesnt matter what tv they buy now . And spending all that money on sound is crazy. All you need is a pair of bookshelves and an amp. You can buy that new for like £100. This is better than ANY tv sound system.

I spent far more than 50/50 split on audio. For one thing a TV is one item but for audio it's lots of items. in my experience avrs are crap. Even flagship ones have low power with all channels driven. I've spent thousands on the audio system.

Tried mocking jay.on the TV distorting again I think only solution is limit the low end remove mid and bass totally divert to sub. Or just buy a sound system.

MOOGLEYS · 16 Jan 2020 at 20:24

I have the TV and a sound bar albeit a pretty decent one and I’m more than happy using either depending what I’m doing. I use a pair of homepods for my music which is more than enough for me.

hornetstinger · 16 Jan 2020 at 20:26

Just sounds like you're used to low fi.

MOOGLEYS · 16 Jan 2020 at 20:37

hornetstinger said:
Just sounds like you're used to low fi.

More than likely does me though and at least I have thousands to spend on other things...

hornetstinger · 16 Jan 2020 at 20:40

MOOGLEYS said:
More than likely does me though and at least I have thousands to spend on other things...

I still have thousands to spend on other things too.

But when I watch a movie I've got 3kW RMS clean power.

MOOGLEYS · 16 Jan 2020 at 20:49

hornetstinger said:
I still have thousands to spend on other things too.

But when I watch a movie I've got 3kW RMS clean power.

Im very happy for you.... lol

Junglist · 16 Jan 2020 at 21:20

MOOGLEYS said:
Im very happy for you.... lol

Let him flex on you!

whitecrook · 16 Jan 2020 at 23:50

hornetstinger said:
... I've spent thousands on the audio system.

How much did you spend on room treatment ?

and what treatment did you apply?

wez68 · 17 Jan 2020 at 06:35

Having had the 55C9 for a few days now , I can safely say that my 65 Sony AF9 destroys it when watching SD/HD content

whitecrook · 17 Jan 2020 at 07:05

wez68 said:
Having had the 55C9 for a few days now , I can safely say that my 65 Sony AF9 destroys it when watching SD/HD content

...but not on 4k?

in what way is it better ?

robj20 · 17 Jan 2020 at 07:22

Is the LG C9 still the TV of choice?

I'm still on 1080p at the minute but would love an upgrade. Main use is TV Amazon Prime so access to 4k and console gaming.

theone8181 · 17 Jan 2020 at 07:33

hornetstinger said:
I spent far more than 50/50 split on audio. For one thing a TV is one item but for audio it's lots of items. in my experience avrs are crap. Even flagship ones have low power with all channels driven. I've spent thousands on the audio system.

Tried mocking jay.on the TV distorting again I think only solution is limit the low end remove mid and bass totally divert to sub. Or just buy a sound system.

How are you managing to max out the power on an AVR system? Even at 70W per channel you must be watching it at deafening levels. Just doing some quick calcs, if you had some 80db speakers, and sat 3 metres away, you'd need to be listing at almost 90db to max out the AVR. I realise that its not 70W for every single channel on an AVR, but the front 3 are the most power hungry, not much goes to rears/atmos.

MOOGLEYS · 17 Jan 2020 at 07:50

robj20 said:
Is the LG C9 still the TV of choice?

I'm still on 1080p at the minute but would love an upgrade. Main use is TV Amazon Prime so access to 4k and console gaming.

It’s a great TV and if you can get a good price it’s well recommended from me.

robj20 · 17 Jan 2020 at 07:56

Be the sort of thing id get from Costco of they have it in. Otherwise Richer Sounds.

MOOGLEYS · 17 Jan 2020 at 08:05

robj20 said:
Be the sort of thing id get from Costco of they have it in. Otherwise Richer Sounds.

The prices seem to have gone up a fair bit now I imagine it’s because the C10 is due out soon and sales have ended. Hopefully the C9 will come back down again in another sale or when the C10 releases.

robj20 · 17 Jan 2020 at 08:11

Might wait for the C10 then.

sandys · 17 Jan 2020 at 08:26

I have been pretty happy with the audio using built in apps, PS4 and freeview, yesterday I got Sky Q and have to say the audio from that is pants, I have to have the audio cranked to 40 instead of 10, perhaps that is the difference some people are experiencing, what ever they have plugged in is weak like Sky.

MOOGLEYS · 17 Jan 2020 at 08:46

I had SkyQ installed a couple of days back too and agree the audio from it is awful the volume is all over the place and you have to turn it up and then you change the channel and it’s blaring loud... I much prefer Virgin tbh but the sky was free so can’t complain too much...

MOOGLEYS · 17 Jan 2020 at 08:48

robj20 said:
Might wait for the C10 then.

Not much real difference from the C9 to C10 but hopefully the release of the C10 will bring down the C9 prices again and you hopefully will get a good deal.

It seems LG are following Apple with yearly launches with not a great deal to add other than very high launch prices.