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I want surround sound, what buy?
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To make something clear from the start, I'm not much of an audiophile. I've worked with setting up speakers before but my hearing's kind of shoddy as is, so I don't care too much about subtle differences in sound.
That said, I still really like the experience of surround sound. And, conveniently, our basement has come prewired for it. There's mountings and cables for a sound bar above our TV along with two speakers in the front and two speakers in the back corners of the room. I'm having trouble parsing what kind of system I need for this.
What I'd like, if anyone could help, are recommendations for anything that'd fit that setup. Preferably under a thousand bucks. Otherwise I need to figure out what to do with all these cables running through my wall.
That said, I still really like the experience of surround sound. And, conveniently, our basement has come prewired for it. There's mountings and cables for a sound bar above our TV along with two speakers in the front and two speakers in the back corners of the room. I'm having trouble parsing what kind of system I need for this.
What I'd like, if anyone could help, are recommendations for anything that'd fit that setup. Preferably under a thousand bucks. Otherwise I need to figure out what to do with all these cables running through my wall.
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Edit: I would make sure to get full range speakers for your center and front left and front right (ideally all around) and not tiny single drivers.
That makes waaaayyyy more sense now.
you will need an AV receiver with this though.
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And one of these: http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-receiver/
And cables, most likely from Monoprice.
this is only rarely fixed by having a full sound system with a center channel
it's the movie companies being too cheap to re-mix the sound for home sound systems
so it still has the dynamic range of the theater with the louds being the right loud in a giant room but way too loud for your living room
so you turn it down to not blast your ears
and now the quiet things (like dialogue) are all whispers
it infuriates me
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
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This kills me too. It's such a pain to have to bump up the volume for dialog scenes and then sudden jump into an action scene that is REALLY loud.
Oh really? It seemed to be only a problem when watching on physical media as streamed content works fine. Do the streaming providers require them to or something? I know back when i first started running into this problem ( admittedly like 8 years ago) the same DVD played on a system with even a minimal more than stereo setup resulted in audible dialog.
I'm not sure, but I would guess most streaming isn't in a surround sound format.
And there's someone actually on the line to hear people complain if the audio sucks.
At the very least they have some pull with the movie companies since they're paying $$$ to get the streaming rights and can probably ask them for better quality files if they suck.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
The only one I've ever liked is Sonos, and for a complete set (soundbar, sub, and two rear channels) you're looking at nearly two grand.