spandexbullet
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I've just bought this sound bar and am a little disappointed. Not sure If I am expecting too much though?
A little background - I generally watch films in my dedicated home cinema with projector/AVR/ speakers all round/ twin ported subs. This Sound bar I bought for the lounge TV to replace an old Sony Bluray 5.1 surround system that gave up some years ago. I couldn't deal with the muffled dialogue coming out of my LG OLED TV any longer, so thought it was time to try a simple and tidy sound bar.
The HT-G700 has a wireless Sub which is very handy for placement and adds some reasonable bass. The muffled dialogue from the LG TV's internal speakers is now no issue. Speech is clear and loud. This though, is about all I can say that's particularly positive. I didn't believe that the Sony would produce anything close to the Atmos that it advertises it can do, but I expected at least a decent degree of space and separation - some faux surround. Nope. There's literally no perception of anything like that at all - barely any noticeable stereo. The sound, good as it is, is very clearly all coming from the bar (and the sub) and very much sounding like just a single centre channel. I have tried the various sound options in the menu but not much really changes.
I avoided the up-firing Atmos bars as I have an LG TV with a curved stand which makes placing the bar in front of it pretty difficult and daft looking. I have located the bar on the shelf below the screen. I tried positioning it in front of the screen to check that the shelf was not the issue but no.
Anyone else have any experience of this sound bar? Am I just expecting too much? Should I return it and get something else? Sound bars are new to me. Thanks!
A little background - I generally watch films in my dedicated home cinema with projector/AVR/ speakers all round/ twin ported subs. This Sound bar I bought for the lounge TV to replace an old Sony Bluray 5.1 surround system that gave up some years ago. I couldn't deal with the muffled dialogue coming out of my LG OLED TV any longer, so thought it was time to try a simple and tidy sound bar.
The HT-G700 has a wireless Sub which is very handy for placement and adds some reasonable bass. The muffled dialogue from the LG TV's internal speakers is now no issue. Speech is clear and loud. This though, is about all I can say that's particularly positive. I didn't believe that the Sony would produce anything close to the Atmos that it advertises it can do, but I expected at least a decent degree of space and separation - some faux surround. Nope. There's literally no perception of anything like that at all - barely any noticeable stereo. The sound, good as it is, is very clearly all coming from the bar (and the sub) and very much sounding like just a single centre channel. I have tried the various sound options in the menu but not much really changes.
I avoided the up-firing Atmos bars as I have an LG TV with a curved stand which makes placing the bar in front of it pretty difficult and daft looking. I have located the bar on the shelf below the screen. I tried positioning it in front of the screen to check that the shelf was not the issue but no.
Anyone else have any experience of this sound bar? Am I just expecting too much? Should I return it and get something else? Sound bars are new to me. Thanks!
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