I bought a budget soundbar because my LG smart tv has speakers pointing backwards and the sound is becoming increasingly bass heavy(to my ears). I thought an HDMI soundbar might have a brighter presentation.
I was wrong!. The soundbar has all inputs and the sound is bass heavy on all of them, and at times quite boomy. There is no tone control so I wonder if anybody has any experience of applying some kind of filter to reduce the bass.
when the TV is using the in-built speakers there is an eq control in the menu. This control disappears when using sound over hdmi.
I was wrong!. The soundbar has all inputs and the sound is bass heavy on all of them, and at times quite boomy. There is no tone control so I wonder if anybody has any experience of applying some kind of filter to reduce the bass.
when the TV is using the in-built speakers there is an eq control in the menu. This control disappears when using sound over hdmi.
Hello, sounds weird, small speakers like those on tv and on a sound bar don't have mucho bass, so it's likely too little highs, or just bad room acoustics. I do not know what what you actually hear so, here few things you could try and find a reason:
If you must EQ, I'm not sure if there is any extra boxes that you could put inline with HDMI, perhaps there is.
- perhaps there is something wrong with your tv, try connect the soundbar to your mobile, or to another tv
- make sure the speakers are pointed towards you, high frequencies are directional
- Clap your hands, hear flutter echo? thats really bad for intelligibility
- go and listen tv on your friends/relatives, is it muffled there too?
- how about other sounds, can you hear a clock ticking, or crickets? ears clogged, or time for a cleanup
If you must EQ, I'm not sure if there is any extra boxes that you could put inline with HDMI, perhaps there is.
Does your soundbar accepts normal cinch or small phono jack? If yes, you could use headphones output from tv, not hdmi, which would not bypass tone control.
MAYBE you are getting a subwoofer signal being sent to your HDMI output.
If not the case, try Adason idea, we can EQ and mod Analog signals.
Digital ones, specially encoded and "ready to use" (as in HDMI) .... not that much.
Plan B: open that soundbar.
Maybe you can intercept the HDMI_decoder_to_poweramp signal line and insert some EQ there.
Work backwards from chipamp input to find it.
If not the case, try Adason idea, we can EQ and mod Analog signals.
Digital ones, specially encoded and "ready to use" (as in HDMI) .... not that much.
Plan B: open that soundbar.
Maybe you can intercept the HDMI_decoder_to_poweramp signal line and insert some EQ there.
Work backwards from chipamp input to find it.
thanks for the suggestions
I'm looking a bit deeper but so far the presentation is the same on all inputs.
I haven't tried the SB with another source yet...onwards!!
I did suspect that you get what you pay for though, it was budget. The voice that responds to the pressed buttons is totally unintelligable.
I'm looking a bit deeper but so far the presentation is the same on all inputs.
I haven't tried the SB with another source yet...onwards!!
I did suspect that you get what you pay for though, it was budget. The voice that responds to the pressed buttons is totally unintelligable.
I bet it's the infamous:
"Music play mowder"
"The Bluetooth deewaycer ees ready to peal"
"The Bluetooth deewaycer ees connectaydah successfury"
burnt in in millions of Bluetooth devices.
If she charged just 1 cent per device, she would be millionaire by now 😄
Think of it this way: it might be straight Chinese!
A Language many of us should be learning by now 👍🏻
"Music play mowder"
"The Bluetooth deewaycer ees ready to peal"
"The Bluetooth deewaycer ees connectaydah successfury"
burnt in in millions of Bluetooth devices.
If she charged just 1 cent per device, she would be millionaire by now 😄
Think of it this way: it might be straight Chinese!
A Language many of us should be learning by now 👍🏻