I need a TV with excellent sound quality ?

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Adjusting the home surround system should enable you to hear the speech better through the center speaker, how is it connected to the tv or set top box?

Im_just_careful

I think that "best sound quality" in the original post may mean what I would call the "old valve radio" sound.

This requires reasonable low frequencies, and mid frequencies and a gentle decline above that.

The suggestions of "aliEnRIK" and "bungle4by4" are good.

I would take some details of the connections to your current TV to Richer Sounds during day time on a weekday and talk to them.

They are a superb firm and generally I've been very impressed with their staff over many years.

You need an amplifier and speakers which gives a sound which suits your hearing, not a new TV in my view. Modern TVs tend to have small built in speakers which don't do the "old valve radio" sound.

A starting point at Richer Sounds might be to ask about "JBL control 1" loudspeakers. Hear those and some others and compare the sound for your hearing.

CRH71

I can actually empathise with the OP as I am in a very similar position myself - I only have 45% hearing on my left side and that is only over certain frequencies.

I can't listen to the sound from our LCD TV because it literally hurts my ears. I know this isn't MSE (because the company I'm going to recommend definitely isn't for the budget-concious!) but I bought a BOSE Wave CD/Radio many years ago and play the TV through that.

The sound, even at the higher volumes I seem to need these days if a very "rich" sound and does not get distorted.

I see that a previous poster suggested JBL - I find these a bit of an "acquired taste" in terms of their sound - the tend to have separate tweeters which, although making the sound quite "bright" can also make it very harsh if your hearing's a little off-kilter.

The Bose Wave Radio you may be able to find on somewhere like ebay - it's been out a few years now.

Missmarple

Thanks I think I may pop into Richer Sounds, there is one in my town.

I can't really tell you much on my TV (I just went round the back and not much info there). Its a Phillips HD ready flat screen about 37in and about 7 years old.

I have just pressed the sound button on the menu. Any idea which ones I should fiddle with to perhaps help the situation.
My choices are
Equalizer that then has catagories of
120 hz
500 hz
1500 hz
5 khz
10 khz
These are all set to different things and can be adjusted

Then
Balance
Delta volume
AVL
Dolby virtual

I put these in for your consideration as people have mentioned equalizer a few times so I guess these hz etc are important

aliEnRIK

Try turning up the 1500Hz, 5khz and 10khz (varying) and see how it sounds

make sure 'virtual' dolby is turned off

Toxteth_OGrady

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Personally id buy a decent 2 channel amplifier (preferably with tone controls), wire a cable to mix both left and right channels into mono and buy a good quality center speaker (probably off ebay) Then everything can be made to come out of that one center speaker and if required you can 'up' the treble a little.

I agree.

Something like this:

http://www.richersounds.com/product/amplifiers-receivers/cambridge-audio/topaz-am1/camb-topaz-am1-blk

plus this:

http://www.hifigear.co.uk/quad-lite-2-centre-speaker.html

Reasonable amp and brilliant small form factor speaker (particularly well reviewed for speech reproduction quality) but total cost may be prohibitive at £220.

wba31

Missmarple wrote: »

It is the higher pitch that we struggle with.

Just having a look on the internet and it seems that most people have some sort of sound system to go with their flat screen TVs as they are not finding their small or lack of speakers enough on their own. I do see your point though but feel something is worth a try as the older TVs in the house are easier to hear.

Wba31 the reviews on the orbitsound are really good but the downside is the large sub woofer that can't be turned down and lots say boomy (just like my theatre sound system) It says sounds great with games/films and music but nothing about broadcast TV. How are you finding that on Corrie and Emmerdale ?. I'm not really as old as Miss Marple.....but love the soaps. This may be a cheaper option than buying a new TV.

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Thanks

With the Orbitsound I have the bass set to the lowest setting, i turn it up a little if watching a film/sport/music. For general TV its very clear no matter where you are in the room, some systems have a "sweet spot" where the sound waves are at the right part of the wave at the same time... If you are near a John Lewis I would recommend a visit to check the Orbitsound bar out. It may not be right for you, but i am extremely impressed by it's quality

flashphoto85

Would defo say you want a TV and then a surround system with speakers

The new LED's being so thin which looks lovely but thin speakers are very poor and let most new tv's down

john1

They have a ten page article re tv / radio sound should be of some help


Have a look at


http://www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/shop-support-pages/~/media/Documents/Products/4%20TV%20and%20Audio.ashx


Home page http://www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk


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What surround sound system have you got, how is it wired up, do you have any set top boxes - a surround sound system would normally be much clearer than a tv set, especially if the speech is setup to come out of the centre speaker instead of mixed into the stereo mix

It's impossible for anyone to give specific advice on what settings to use on the graphic equalizer, as we don't have your hearing, have a play around with all of them.