Soundbar with built in sub?

getmore4less

Most TV including most Panasonic come with pedestal stands they gave up on those silly legs on the one you bought. 

From £15  and still sits on the expensive wooden box you bought not replace it.

Even with a floor based one it sits behind/under the wooden box to lift the TV up a bit.

The sound bars sits on the box. 

You could probably fit a sub in the centre section and move the other bits somewhere else.
The doors limit options unless you have wireless bits rather than IR that need clear doors. 

JustAnotherSaver

getmore4less said:

Most TV including most Panasonic come with pedestal stands they gave up on those silly legs on the one you bought.

I just did a very quick search. Went to Curry's as many places have one. Went to TVs, went to the size bracket that my TV falls in and this was the search:

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertainment/televisions/televisions/301_3002_30002_xx_ba00013738-bv00313853/xx-criteria.html

First one listed is a Sony unit with legs not a million miles different from mine.

One underneath it, an LG, same.

I Clicked on the Sony and i see no mention of it coming with a stand.

As i still don't really know what soundbar to be going for then new question ... can you really go wrong with one?

RumRat

You can only go wrong if you buy a cheap one.

getmore4less

Even with the included pedestal stand many TV are still too low but the adjustable ones are cheap to get the clearance.

I am a massive ditherer as well but I have decent sound through amp/speakers my move to sound bar would be more a tidy up exercise, not an essential element of TV experience to get away from the TV speakers.

fred246

Separate speakers are much better than a soundbar. You only get a soundbar when you want a compromise.

RumRat

fred246 said:

Separate speakers are much better than a soundbar. You only get a soundbar when you want a compromise.

Or, when space, setup, aesthetics, or, Wife dictate otherwise.

Sandtree

RumRat said:

fred246 said:

Separate speakers are much better than a soundbar. You only get a soundbar when you want a compromise.

Or, when space, setup, aesthetics, or, Wife dictate otherwise.

Which they said... when you want a compromise

JustAnotherSaver

RumRat said:

You can only go wrong if you buy a cheap one.

Definition of 'cheap'?

We have no local audio store here. I've only ever heard of Richer Sounds online. We had a Radioshack many many maaaaaaany moons ago and the shop was like a broom cupboard.

I could go the Beam unit. I actually saw user comments on it which didn't sell me too well. They seemed to rate the Arc though but that's obviously a million miles out of my budget. They didn't seem to say it was crap but just, disappointing.

I note it doesn't have Bluetooth. It would've been a preferential feature but it's not the be all and end all as we've done without this long. I probably wouldn't use the bluetooth feature for playing music but i'm sure my wife would. This one is a £100 stretch but not sure how it stacks up vs say the Beam mentioned or any other bar.

fred246 said:

Separate speakers are much better than a soundbar. You only get a soundbar when you want a compromise.

And a dedicated soundproofed cinema room with top of the range surround sound installation would be better than "separate speakers".

Where do you stop?

Sandtree

JustAnotherSaver said:
Where do you stop?

When your bank manager or husband/wife/partner says no

RumRat

Sandtree said:

RumRat said:

fred246 said:

Separate speakers are much better than a soundbar. You only get a soundbar when you want a compromise.

Or, when space, setup, aesthetics, or, Wife dictate otherwise.

Which they said... when you want a compromise

Wife - Compromise? ..... OK, if you say so...