Let's talk about home studio speakers
 

me and my shout box buddies were talking about stuff, and i want to know if this is even something you care about...whatcha got?

I had a bose speaker bar with a sub-woofer, which i had originally bought for a record player. I tried to hook them up to my TV screen with an RCA cable, but it didn't work. Long story short...i sold the speakers since the sub-woofer was un-attachable from the bar and i didn't have a good place to put the subwoofer. Would it have worked with every medium (DVD player, chromecast, VHS) if i had used the optical output? I threw it away not knowing what to do with it, but it would have been too short :(

I use a speaker bar because lack of space, and they honestly do everything well enough. But if I had my choice I’d have my 2.1 stereo setup back in my hands.

Surround sound will get you specification chasing down a money pit.

Most TV brands have a corresponding speak bar that plays well out the box. That’s what I’m rocking. Cheap Black Friday sales from 2019.

EDIT: And there are other speaker threads, but I can never remember their titles because their old 💀

from my understanding, speakers now adays use an ARC output (HDMI out), optical output, or bluetooth. Bluetooth is such a great/simple technology IMO, ideal for music.

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I got an LG bar and subwoofer pair. it's enough but now that I've had it for a few years I wish it provided more control over each setting. I know now that I will be getting something with a dedicated center channel speaker whenever I stop watching movies in my office space. My hearing seems to be degrading and with dialogue blended into a 2.1 system, I can't turn up just the dialogue center channel without bumping everything else up with it. Kinda defeats the purpose.

RCA eh? I think even with my older DVD player and TV that used RCA there was still an HDMI input option on the TV. Not sure about a TV-out to speakers via HDMI, though. I'll have to look. There are RCA-to-HDMI adapters available but I've never used one. My setup then was DVD player to speakers-in and tv-in. I don't remember having optical on anything at that time. My guess, I probably had RCA cables from the TV to the speaker hub for TV audio and the DVD player acting like a selector switch to either play DVD audio or incoming TV audio. I just can't remember. My DVD player WAS the speak hub/amp in one unit so it might have been an easier configuration than having each piece its own unit.

My current soundbar does use the 2-way ARC port which is convenient I guess. I have a PS4 and TV audio going through it with the PC connecting via bluetooth. kinda cheating. Pretty sure I have an unnecessary optical cable in there somewhere too.

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I've decided my SCEPTRE Model:E32 actually is fine with me for the moment, i don't think a sound bar would actually make me anymore comfortable. However, it would be a fun project to install surround sound speakers into the cabinet flaps :D I believe I would need some sort of a receiver in order to make that work.

Even silent forms are cool and all, part of the reason i posted this is re-realizing how important the music is in anything I watch. Also, full dialogue understanding is important, but it's secondary to a lot of the other aspects of viewing pleasure.

I don’t know why I think we already have a thread on this topic. Could be wrong.

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Having young children puts me off getting expensive speakers that can be damaged but I do have a Vizio Soundbar with wireless rears and sub.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/...S5vhL._AC_.jpg

Sounds fantastic with 5.1, 7.1 and Dolby Atmos which bounces of the ceiling.

sorry i'm kinda dumb, how do you feed this into your TV?

There is a "home theater showcase thread" thread floating from a few years back but that may be a broader topic. iderno.

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It's old and a lot of the images are broke.

https://www.movieforums.com/communit...ad.php?t=11652

12 pages though. Might be some good stuff buried in there.

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i guess a bluetooth speaker with an optical jack is my best option...but the fun thing about tech is you never know whether it's going to work or not until you buy it:D

I stay behind the times. It’s cheaper and smarter to stay 4-5 years behind whatever is current/bleeding edge.

im certainly further behind in terms of my home studio than that with the exception of my chromecast...my phone is over 5 years old, my computer is a little more modern. It's certainly not a good idea to be the first set of people who buy a new product.

An HDMI cable. Which is (ARC). So Everything plays through it from your TV. There is also an HDMI input which I stick my media player / Blu Ray player into for the best sound possible.

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I have a Yamaha 6 speaker system with amplifier/receiver.
Bought it with the home theatre projector about 6 years ago. Which I no longer use (the projector) May father passed 4 years ago, my mother moved in and lives in the basement (a walk out basement completely finished) which is where we use to watch movies. Upstairs we don't really have a spot to set everything up.
Tried to sell it on Facebook market, but that was a joke.

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Home studio or home theater?

My studio speakers are still my Event Tria system from about a million years ago. Still fine for what I need it for, which is sitting around playing guitar and on occasion, mixing some vinyl. I mix vinyl on two Technics MK3D 1200s with a Numark Pro SM1 mixer.

Very content with my Polk Audio sound bar w/base speaker. $150 from Best Buy and sounds great.

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Panasonic stereo speakers :D
I used to have them tied into a surround sound system in place of the poxy little speakers the system came with.
Had to ditch the surround though as I could never get it perfect with the livingroom layout and having surround sound even slightly off-set gave me OCD cramps.

https://i.imgur.com/uUJuE1t.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/WVjhjDJ.jpg

First pic ^^ you can see the basic stereo in the background... no idea the make and model... but when I watch movies with the system going, the neighbours might as well be watching with me :D

Think the set-up cost about £30 and has ever faltered once.

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Home theater, on the other hand, since that seems to be what people are posting...

Polk Audio RTi floor standing R/L, along with a Polk RTi center channel and surrounds, and a Velodyne subwoofer completes the sound reinforcement.

As for the other components, I still have my Samsung 50" Plasma, which will remain until my daughter stops putting her mac and cheese covered hands on the screen. A Denon AVR, and a couple other small components like a Roku Premiere and a Bluray player round out the rest.