Soundbar crap.

[Petrolsmasher]

I bought a soundbar with great reviews, samsung, connected it to a samsung tele.

It sounds so muffled its horrendous to watch, the last soundbar i had was the same and it was half the price, both soundbars got great reviews and sound good for music.

It sounds like there is no mid range and its just treble and bass, tried changing equalizer but it doesent help, i had to turn a film off as the dialogue was so bad.

Any ideas. Its 360 but my 20 watt tele is 5 times clearer.

[justin220]

How have you connected it?

[Petrolsmasher]

justin220 said:

How have you connected it?

ive tried both hdmi arc and optical, no change.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Have you actually set it to output to the soundbar?

[Petrolsmasher]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

Have you actually set it to output to the soundbar?

Lol yes.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

just asking

im using a cheap jbl soundbar with my samsung q9 and its far better than the tv speakers so its either broken or a setting is wrong. I know that doesnt help

[Petrolsmasher]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

just asking

im using a cheap jbl soundbar with my samsung q9 and its far better than the tv speakers so its either broken or a setting is wrong. I know that doesnt help

Its really frustrating, i got one soundbar and it sounded crap (sony) , so i paid twice the amount and got a samsung one, both of them have really good reviews.

The mid range is just dire on both of them, and its been tried on a tv which i have now replaced with a new tv aswell. So 2 tvs and its the same.

[justin220]

Which TV is it and which soundbar?

[Petrolsmasher]

justin220 said:

Which TV is it and which soundbar?

Samsung Q60R soundbar.

SAMSUNG UE50RU7020 TV

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Whats the hdmi output set to pcm bitstream etc

[Petrolsmasher]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

Whats the hdmi output set to pcm bitstream etc

pcm. cant choose any other settings.

[frisbee]

Its been years since I had a surround sound set up but it sounds like it's missing the centre channel audio for some reason.

[MOBB]

Maybe it’s just faulty?

[Petrolsmasher]

MOBB said:

Maybe it’s just faulty?

Seems bizarre id have 2 soundbars in a row, different brands tried on different tvs and still same problem, maybe its a soundbar thing? I expected more for 360 quid!!

[OldGermanHeaps]

Every samsung soundbar I have ever fitted for customers sound utterly ste, then they usually fail at around 2-3 years old. Whenever I change them out for sonos they are delighted with the result.

[MOBB]

Petrolsmasher said:

MOBB said:

Maybe it’s just faulty?

Seems bizarre id have 2 soundbars in a row, different brands tried on different tvs and still same problem, maybe its a soundbar thing? I expected more for 360 quid!!

Yes does sound odd, a friend of mine has a Samsung soundbar and I don’t like the sound, woolly muffled sound

I’m very happy with my Sonos soundbar, I think there are some deals on the Beam, might be worth a look?

[crofty1984]

I've found Samsung things to be mainly ste.

[Petrolsmasher]

so i guess its the soundbar then, dammit, stuck with it now at 320 quid!

[clockworks]

Petrolsmasher said:

pcm. cant choose any other settings.

I'm pretty sure that PCM is stereo only, so that'll probably explain why the centre/dialogue is missing. Need to try bitstream.

If you can't change the TV's output to bitstream, maybe there is another setting that you need to change first - stereo/surround/5.1 or something. Might have to set the sound output to "external" rather than "TV speakers"

[Shuvi McTupya]

Petrolsmasher said:

so i guess its the soundbar then, dammit, stuck with it now at 320 quid!

Where are you?

I have a Spare cheapo JBL soundbar (in Burton on Trent) and you are welcome to try it, for comparison purposes.