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ST Poll: What kind of audio do you have connected to your primary TV? Soundbar? Surround speakers? And how much have you "calibrated" it if possible?

Posted by kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 (aka kkuphal) Dec 16 '20, 12:18

I've been messing around a lot with mine. It's a 7.2 system but I only have 5.1 hooked up to it (L/R + center + surround + Sub). I was reading that all the speakers should be equal levels but after having done that it was way too loud in the L/R/surround for background music and sounds vs. speaking. I think I have it in a nice place now.

Of course the receiver is next on my list to replace so I can do 4K from all the things. Right now my 4K Fire stick is connected directly to the TV and then the audio is fed to the receiver via optical (IIRC)

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I use the tv panel's speakers but for my next round I'd like surround to deal with murky audio mixes. - Max Dec 16, 13:44
I had a soundar but didn't think it was worth it. they're kind of ugly. I just use TV speakers now. -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 16, 13:08
I wish to god I could figure out a simple sound system for the TV and the music we play from my dude's Mac. -- nm - mara Dec 16, 13:01 2
- AirPlay is probably the easiest. You need an AppleTV or newer Roku or another device that supports it - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 16, 13:37
- an A/B switch? i was going to do that with the HMI cable from cable box and cube but comcast finally intergrated so it wasn't necessary -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 16, 13:29
Polk surround speakers and a Marantz receiver. I just use the calibration mic and system that cane with the receiver. -- nm - sycor Dec 16, 12:50
I got you ALL outclassed. The TV sound goes to my hearing aids through bluetooth. World's most expensive earbuds. -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:44 2
- Challenge accepted! -- nm - Apple Dec 16, 12:45 1
  - How much are their high end ones? -- nm - loosilu Dec 16, 12:46
Soundbar with 2 rear satellite speakers and a subwoofer. The Vizio kit. -- nm - Mop Dec 16, 12:41
Have a cheap sound bar on the basement TV. Stereo is connected to family room TV but not always used. The rest (5) use the built in speakers. -- nm - zunkskunk+ Dec 16, 12:38
i have an ok soundbar, nothing special. if I ever get a new tv, I will probaly get a much nicer system - tRuMaN Dec 16, 12:35
Whatever speaks are in the TV. - Cuzzin Fa-La-La-La-Todd Dec 16, 12:32 1
- yes in smaller rooms, dedicating real estate to speakers is not possible. upstairs I'm lucky I could fit a tv. -- nm - amanda jeans Dec 16, 13:09
we have a surround cube set up we never use -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 16, 12:30 1
- why, because we need to remember which of 3 remotes and which of dozens of buttons to push, then reverse it to get back -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 16, 12:31
At one point I had a 5.1 Setup via Optical which was pretty sweet. Ive debated a soundbar, but pretty much use tv speakers or headphones. -- nm - budice Dec 16, 12:28
Internal speakers only -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 12:27
Whatever my tv has, that's what we have. -- nm - Andie Dec 16, 12:26 2
- This. -- nm - jnine Dec 16, 13:56
- This -- nm - Krusty Dec 16, 12:31
We have a Samsung HW-T450 2.1 soundbar and subwoofer. Works just fine for us. -- nm - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 16, 12:25
surround (also only using 5.1 of 7). It's a few years old but has an interface to calibrate it that I've done a couple of times -- nm* - decline Dec 16, 12:22 1
- oh and the speakers are even older. I plan to replace it at some point with a sound bar -- nm - decline Dec 16, 12:27
Soundbar not calibrated -- nm - eag Dec 16, 12:22
a mono speaker (minirig) that's pretty powerful. -- (edited) - co-lalalala-lalala-in 🔔 Dec 16, 12:20
I believe if the first thirty minutes of Saving Private Ryan terrifies your pets, you've done a good job with the sound. -- nm - crash davis Dec 16, 12:20
Soundbar. Not calibrated at all -- nm - spamlet Dec 16, 12:20
n/a -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 16, 12:18 3
- So either you don't have a TV or it has no sound and you just read lips -- nm - eag Dec 16, 12:23 2
  - All four of our tvs have speakers built in. -- nm - 🎅Spawnta🎅 Dec 16, 12:26 1
    - gross :) -- nm - kilbowl full of jelly 🎅 Dec 16, 12:38

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