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Originally Posted by rsmurano
Again, a lot of wrong information. I have had many soundbars ranging in price from $200 to over $1000 and I’ve also had home theater systems in the $20,000 range with 5.2 and 7.2 speaker setups.
Most people get cheap soundbars just to get a little bit louder sound than using a tv speaker. Some people get a soundbar to take the place of a 5.1 Dolby sound system. If you spend up to a couple hundred $$$, then you are just replacing your tv speakers with the soundbar speakers.
Connections! If you are just replacing your tv speakers with the soundbar and aren’t interested in high quality sound, then you will be using a cable from your tv to the soundbar and then configuring your tv to use the external speaker. Very simple, 5 minute job. Some of these type of soundbars have remote repeaters so when you use the tv remote, the signal is grabbed by the soundbar and then repeated to the tv.
Now if you are getting the better soundbars that are creating a 5.1 or 7.1 Dolby digital home theater speaker system, then you will need a 5.1 or 7.1 home theater processor that drives the soundbar. The true home theater soundbars that compete with a 5.1 or 7.1 speaker setup will cost you anywhere from $500 to over $1000, which is a lot cheaper than putting in speakers all over your room. These soundbars will need to be calibrated to get all the Dolby digital effects, which will clone in your home theater amp. These type of soundbars are connected to the amp using speaker cables.
1 last thing, no matter which soundbar you are using, get a subwoofer that will hook up to the soundbar or the home theater amp/processor. Subwoofer will need to be calibrated to sound their best.
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Back in the day I bought a really nice Denon receiver, Klipsch floor standing speakers, subwoofer, and back speakers, etc. We had a more conventional home with enough walls to run wires down and keep things hidden, but our new Villages open concept house obviously doesn't and since it's slab on grade, I can't come from below. In our new home in TV, I don't see a non-ugly way (wires on bare LVP floor) to set it all up. I looked at trying to make them wireless, but that would still require power. You mentioned "The true home theater soundbars that compete with a 5.1 or 7.1 speaker setup will cost you anywhere from $500 to over $1000". I'm curious if these are true 5.1/7.1 wireless systems or are they bouncing sound to get the same effect. Make/model suggestions?