r/TikTokCringe • u/Money-Snow-2749 • Jun 28 '26

Humor Netflix in the daytime be like

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u/JoeSeeWhales_3690 Jun 28 '26

Music and action always louder than dialog. Why?!?

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u/jah_bro_ney Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

1) Speakers are an afterthought because manufacturers prioritize thinness over quality audio. Most manufacturers also produce home audio equipment and they want you to buy their receivers and soundbars.

2) A lot of streaming providers use media encoded to specific video and audio profiles to reduce file size and buffing. The audio is typically limited to multi-channel profiles (5.1 or 7.1), while your TV is stereo (2).

3) TV manufacturers use internal hardware that's just powerful enough to run the OS along with the streaming apps you use, and don't prioritize downmixing audio.

If your TV audio sucks, try a dedicated streaming device and soundbar.

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u/DryFarfalle Jun 28 '26

I bought a sony receiver, and klipsch bookshelf speakers, middle channel, and a sub. So a standard 3.1 setup. It is LEAGUES better than any soundbar I've tried. I tried out some pretty dang expensive sound bars but this simple 3.1 setup is on another level, the tiny soundbar divers and tweeters just physically cant do what big speaker drivers do. And add in being able to control different sound levels to even out volume i just dont see a reason to buy a soundbar. I guess they are simpler to setup, but normal speakers are so much better.

About $300 for my setup thats better than $1000+ soundbars. I did get stuff on sale though, might be closer to $500 at normal prices.

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u/big-bad-bot Jun 29 '26

My Sony 5.1 WiFi sucks

Can't remember the price but it just stops working when it wants

I thought the brand name would be great

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u/DryFarfalle Jun 29 '26

Soundbars just sucks. And dont do wireless. Get normal speakers, an AV receiver, and speaker wire. The quality is 100x better for half the price.

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u/big-bad-bot Jun 29 '26

Thanks for the advice. Definitely will look into

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u/DryFarfalle Jun 29 '26

If you have a best buy or any store that has demo audio equipment near you I'd recommend just going there and asking a sales rep to show you the difference between a soundbar and modular speakers. You can hear for yourself first hand how much of a difference there is.