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Soundbar buying advice needed

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  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    John_Gray wrote: »
    Perhaps TV manufacturers will find a way of including decent speakers in/on/under their products, instead of requiring users to pay another £100+ to hear what the pretty pictures are about.

    The presumption these days is that the TV is a monitor, and that it will be used in partnership with a 'surround sound system'.
  • wongataa
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    John_Gray wrote: »
    Perhaps TV manufacturers will find a way of including decent speakers in/on/under their products, instead of requiring users to pay another £100+ to hear what the pretty pictures are about.
    That won't happen. Televisions now are too thin to have space for decent speakers.
  • googler
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    wongataa wrote: »
    That won't happen. Televisions now are too thin to have space for decent speakers.

    Yup, they're almost as thin as these -

    quad-esl57-01.jpg

    Which, for anyone who doesn't recognise them, are the highly-regarded Quad ESL 57s
  • custardy
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    googler wrote: »
    Yup, they're almost as thin as these -

    quad-esl57-01.jpg

    Which, for anyone who doesn't recognise them, are the highly-regarded Quad ESL 57s

    and looking around not really priced to be viable inside a TV.
  • Tropez
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    I have a Sony HT-CT60BT on one TV which cost about £80 and provides clear audio quality.

    I think this soundbar has now been discontinued by Sony, but there might be somewhere selling clearance stock cheap.
  • zaax
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    A goodish A/V system would be better as there would the bass would nice and deep
    Do you want your money back, and a bit more, search for 'money claim online' - They don't like it up 'em Captain Mainwaring
  • custardy
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    zaax wrote: »
    A goodish A/V system would be better as there would the bass would nice and deep

    for sure but the soundbar is an easy option.
    We went for a speaker stand which does a decent job for what it is.
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