LG SN7CY voice channel sounds... well, rubbish

GeX · 22 Feb 2023 at 21:10

Our lounge is a bit space constrained, but I've got an LG C2 48" in one of the alcoves.
It came with an LG SN7CY soundbar, which size wise is about all I can fit underneath it. I have the rear speakers too, but this bar does not support a sub (thanks, LG).

I don't often get to watch much Atmos content on it but recently watched Rings of Power and noticed that the voice channel sounds poor. Just flat. It's not that it's too quiet, just sounds bad.

Not really sure what I can do about it. Is it worth swapping it for the SN7Y that has a sub, is the voice channel ever 'helped' by the sub?

Feels like it'd be expensive to change to non-LG as I have the rears. One of the G2 soundbars *might* fit. Are they any better?

GeX · 25 Feb 2023 at 14:06

I guess only if you have the bar down mixing and muddling it all together

GeX · 25 Feb 2023 at 14:12

I’m not going to waste my money on getting a version of this bar with a sun then, cheers

GeX · 17 Apr 2023 at 11:48

hornetstinger said:
Possible if you have bass management setting really high like 250hz

But speakers will sound bad and so will sub
But at typical settings speech shouldn't come from sub. Even James earl Jones

Just following up here.. I set up an LG S80QR recently and there is a small amount of voice that comes from the sub when playing back Atmos content. The sub does 'help' the voice channel, and it adds depth to it.

GeX · 17 Apr 2023 at 12:25

It doesn't, given it's a separate channel it is being deliberately sent that data.

GeX · 18 Apr 2023 at 09:26

Understood, thanks.

Unfortuneatly I don't have the space for speakers up front that can do that kind of range (hence using a little soundbar to begin with!). Going back to my original post though, it does seem that adding a sub would help this system. Shame I can't add one.
I'll start looking for others that'll fit and give me a bit more range though.