Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
General problem with these flat panel thin bezel displays is that there is very little room for decent size speaker drivers and enclosures to make them sound decent. Our 60" Samsung LED is the same way. I couldn't stand the built-in speakers and bought a soundbar for it. In general these TVs are meant to be used with dedicated audio systems, I'm afraid. Your other option is to use wireless headphones.
I completely agree. Amongst other things, I sell TV's at my place of employment. And I have to say that even the finest big screen TV's (including your 60" Samsung LED, Quattro Pete) have pretty poor audio reproduction. This is why the soundbar was designed, IMO. My 42" Panasonic LED is up against a wall, with hard surfaces above, below, and on both sides, and the sound that actually reaches me is STILL sub-par, especially if there are any competing noises in the house.
The sound bars are pretty neat, but in some applications, like mine, I had absolutely no place to mount one. Besides, some of the cheap sound bars, in combination with cheaper TV's that do not have modifyable menu options for audio output, are incompatible and will not work together. The only larger TV's that sound decent are the flourescent LCD Vizio's (thicker panel), since they can fit chunkier speakers in there, and they are FRONT-firing, not rear/down-firing like most TV's.
General problem with these flat panel thin bezel displays is that there is very little room for decent size speaker drivers and enclosures to make them sound decent. Our 60" Samsung LED is the same way. I couldn't stand the built-in speakers and bought a soundbar for it. In general these TVs are meant to be used with dedicated audio systems, I'm afraid. Your other option is to use wireless headphones.
I completely agree. Amongst other things, I sell TV's at my place of employment. And I have to say that even the finest big screen TV's (including your 60" Samsung LED, Quattro Pete) have pretty poor audio reproduction. This is why the soundbar was designed, IMO. My 42" Panasonic LED is up against a wall, with hard surfaces above, below, and on both sides, and the sound that actually reaches me is STILL sub-par, especially if there are any competing noises in the house.
The sound bars are pretty neat, but in some applications, like mine, I had absolutely no place to mount one. Besides, some of the cheap sound bars, in combination with cheaper TV's that do not have modifyable menu options for audio output, are incompatible and will not work together. The only larger TV's that sound decent are the flourescent LCD Vizio's (thicker panel), since they can fit chunkier speakers in there, and they are FRONT-firing, not rear/down-firing like most TV's.