[Electronics-Talk] new receiver

[Brad Hodges]

Greetings:

I use a very modestly priced Vizio sound bar and find the price 
performance balance to be excellent. My primary interest was to enhance 
the quality of voices, and it is successful in that effort. I do all 
switching among input sources using a $30 HDMI switcher which I 
purchased from Amazon. Each of the 5 inputs has a dedicated button on 
the supplied remote. With all the streaming boxes and the Tivo for 
cable, not the most elegant of installations, but never the less quite 
functional and easy to use.

On the higher end of things the Sonos sound bar continues to receive 
excellent reviews. The Sonos product line combines simple audio 
equipment of the highest quality and an app which brings almost complete 
accessibility to the many services and sources you can control. The 
Sound Bar is priced at around $700, and the recommended subwoofer is 
similarly priced.

Sound and Vision magazine is available for download on BARD, and worth a 
check. I do find their reviews to be often overly enthusiastic, so you 
might want to have the salt shaker in hand as you read.

Brad.


On 7/2/2017 4:17 PM, Jude DaShiell via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> From what I've read, sound bars have improved over the years.  Maybe 
> insufficiently for some people's tastes but those will be the people 
> insisting on tubes in all audio equipment for the sound quality boost.
>
> On Sun, 2 Jul 2017, Jim Barbour wrote:
>
>> Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2017 14:34:51
>> From: Jim Barbour <jbar at barcore.com>
>> To: Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances
>>     <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] new receiver
>>
>> I haven't looked at sound bars in several years, but they used to have
>> pretty bad audio quality, compared to a 5.1 receiver and speakers.
>>
>> Have they gotten better?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 02, 2017 at 02:28:13PM -0400, Jude DaShiell via 
>> Electronics-Talk wrote:
>>> A sound bar may be a more economic alternative and take up less 
>>> space too.
>>> Those usually have connections for connecting existing equipment.
>>>
>>> On Sun, 2 Jul 2017, Susan Stanzel via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>>>
>>>> Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2017 13:45:19
>>>> From: Susan Stanzel via Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
>>>>     <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Cc: Susan Stanzel <slstanzel at kc.rr.com>
>>>> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] new receiver
>>>>
>>>> Hi Listers,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Now that I am getting a new TV, I think I should have a stereo 
>>>> receiver I
>>>> can actually operate. Now that you have told me about the Samsung 
>>>> accessible
>>>> TV, please give me some ideas on an accessible receiver. I want to 
>>>> play my
>>>> DVD player, CD player, possibly my old VCR and of course a radio. Any
>>>> suggestions will be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Susie Stanzel
>>>>
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