Should I get this soundbar?

[lawrence281]

My recent purchase of a 43" LGUJ75V 4K TV has been a good one. Although I've noticed that the dialogue is much lower than the background noise, during movies etc. And black Friday is round the corner, I was reading reviews and this would be around a good price range I reckon.

https://m.johnlewis.com/lg-sj5-blue...myajCyukKXy6XjMBz-AaAituEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Any other suggestions? Thanks

 

[hornetstinger]

Make sure you buy a sound bar that has dynamic range compression, also called night mode.

 

[lawrence281]

Make sure you buy a sound bar that has dynamic range compression, also called night mode.

Will have to look into it, got an example?

 

[MrRockliffe]

This

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-an...k450-2-1-wireless-sound-bar-10145236-pdt.html

 

[lawrence281]

This

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-an...k450-2-1-wireless-sound-bar-10145236-pdt.html

I've got an LG TV, so hooking it up with the app and such won't be compatible???

 

[MrRockliffe]

I've got an LG TV, so hooking it up with the app and such won't be compatible???

Ah okay - your best bet is to look through multiple ones on the LG website and check if they support night mode

 

[melmac]

I've got an LG TV, so hooking it up with the app and such won't be compatible???

I have a Samsung soundbar and it works perfectly with my LG TV.

 

[lawrence281]

I have a Samsung soundbar and it works perfectly with my LG TV.

Cheers, I'll most likely buy this one linked in the next week!

 

[melmac]

Cheers, I'll most likely buy this one linked in the next week!

I think you will be happy. I had the LG sound bar you were thinking of in your first post. I had a few of them on trial, the Samsung ones sound way better.

 

[mistersprinkles]

Though it's more laborious, most modern TVs can compress dynamic range on demand from the advanced audio menu. Is it as easy as one button on a soundbar? No. Much more convoluted, but it can be done. Just putting it out there. Sonos and Yamaha make the best soundbars, if you want something really premium, IIRC, AFAIK, and FWIH (from what I've heard). JM2C, YMMV. YOLO.

 

[MrRockliffe]

Though it's more laborious, most modern TVs can compress dynamic range on demand from the advanced audio menu. Is it as easy as one button on a soundbar? No. Much more convoluted, but it can be done. Just putting it out there. Sonos and Yamaha make the best soundbars, if you want something really premium, IIRC, AFAIK, and FWIH (from what I've heard). JM2C, YMMV. YOLO.

Sonos' stuff doesn't sound great. It sounds good, but has a great eco system.

I own a Playbar + Sub, and often consider going to a 2.1 system.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

Though it's more laborious, most modern TVs can compress dynamic range on demand from the advanced audio menu. Is it as easy as one button on a soundbar? No. Much more convoluted, but it can be done. Just putting it out there. Sonos and Yamaha make the best soundbars, if you want something really premium, IIRC, AFAIK, and FWIH (from what I've heard). JM2C, YMMV. YOLO.

Sonos soundbars are crap. £600 for a sub - no thanks. Also the £600 soundbar sounds like a £300 yamaha.

Buy yamaha and you get a atmos soundbar for the price of the sonos bar and sub.

 

[hornetstinger]

Sonos soundbars are crap. £600 for a sub - no thanks. Also the £600 soundbar sounds like a £300 yamaha.

Buy yamaha and you get a atmos soundbar for the price of the sonos bar and sub.

£600 for a subwoofer isn't an insanely high amount, that's when subs start to get seriously good. I can't seem to find much details on that Sonos sub, but for £600 you can buy 12" sealed/ported box subs 500W or so with premium real wood finish, such as BK XLS400/Monolith +

I presume that Sonos is probably 2 x 6" or 2 x 8" woofers by the size, and seems pretty expensive- you are paying for wireless (and Sonos is generally pretty expensive)

 

[Ayahuasca]

RLR are doing it for £180 at the moment: https://www.rlrdistribution.co.uk/v...edium=affiliate&utm_campaign=rlrdistributions

 

[ShivP]

LOL £1200 on soundbar and sub

 

[hornetstinger]

LOL £1200 on soundbar and sub

And ? The svs ultra 16" sub £3000