How is the dialogue enhancement with this soundbar? Is it a significant improvement over the tv and can you adjust the pseudo center channel volume?
235091
The sound enhancement over built-in Samsung and Panasonic tv speakers is noticeable. I often needed to turn on closed caption when watching BBC shows where thick and odd accents predominate. With this sound bar I rarely need closed captioning. The TSR Volume equalizer works well keeping a lid on loud commercials.
235092
Yes, it is a significant improvement and you can adjust the volume from your remote. I have this product and would highly recommend it.
235093
The first question is about the loud boomy explosions and quiet barely heard dialog. Some newer receivers adjust this so the voice dialog is brought up and the loud explosions and music is toned down. I believe the question is: Does this do this and if so how is the end result? Can you hear the dialog and not jump at sudden exceptionally loud background sounds?
235094
Sound is very good. I don't think you can adjust the center channel volume though. It is a significant improvement over the sound from the Vizio TV (55" LED) that I have it paired with.
235095
It is a lot better than the regular TV speakers and thats about all I can say don't know what else u r askin about
235096
There is no dialog enhancement feature, which would effectively be a center channel boost, its a 2.1 not a 5.1. You can set the treble higher, and it really has no problem reproducing voices clearly. It would be a mistake to think that these kinds of soundbars can be set to produce rumbling bass for movies, you just can't do that without it sounding awful in the first place. Its to replace your TV's sound with a fuller sound, not home theater sound.
2207078
I do not believe it does have voice enhancement. If this helps it does have a feature to direct the sound in one direction. From the remote you can actually move the sound around to a specific location. With the sound directed at you and being able to control the base and treble this might help. Of course it doesn't help separate background noise from a conversation. Even if what I am describing sounds tempting I strongly suggest calling Yamaha for technical assistance. They are very friendly and should be willing and able to tell you if this bar fits your needs. Having said all of this I can say my father returned a sound bar, not this one, because he had difficulty hearing. I believe he got a free or discounted sound system for hard of hearing issues. I believe his ear doctor directed him to the organization.
1221606
The 500 sound significantly louder over the 100. I keep the center channel to '0' and dialogue is crystal clear and loud on all sources like tv and blu ray movies.
1952905
I had an extra sound bar that gave the Coby much better sound. The tv has a nice picture and other than the sound issues, I haven't had any thing to complain about.
801525
Thanks for your question. This is a wonderful bar for dialog clarity. It is a wonderful sounding speaker.
1952261
I have Vizio 42" full HD tv and the vizio 40" sound bar. Like others have said the size of tv and the sound bar is irrelevant. Just center it under the tv to make it look neat. And the sound bar sounds great my vizio tv can be set to Pcm, Dolby etc. and everything works fine. Especially right now i have trans siberian orchestra DVD playing and it sounds great.
1476675
In my opinion, yes. The main problem is the speakers fire downward. If the TV is sitting on a reflective surface, it magnifies the problem which I would describe as as weak or hollow sound. Sibilance is also exaggerated. Maybe you should try it yourself and if you're not pleased,you can always add a soundbar. The picture is quite good.
460350
There are audio settings in the menu, I was able to play with those and get good volume. The TV is at another location so I can't help you with specifics now.
1510064
Personally, I didn't really like the sound since my last TV had speakers on the front. These speakers sounded bad to me, so I got a sound bar. Go with the Vizio S3821w-C0 38 2.1 Home Theater Sound Bar with Wireless Subwoofer. It sounds great!
711963
Yes. That type of preset is available, but you can also adjust bass and treble independently. There's also balance, auto volume, virtual surround, and Clear Voice II (which I haven't used, but apparently it tries to boost vocal frequencies to make dialogue louder). You can also disable the TV speakers, which I didn't realize until I looked just now. Same sort of thing for the picture settings. There are presets but you can adjust backlight, contrast, brightness, sharpness, color, tint, color temperature, etc. And that's before getting into the "advanced" picture settings. There's also a pretty good calibration wizard if you don't like the defaults but aren't sure where to start with adjustments.
879550
The feature to enhance voice is called "Night" mode. The reason its termed that is because the speaker reduced the bass output as well as boosting the dialog of movies. It works pretty well. There are often times when the speaker is in "Normal" mode that I miss some softly spoken words so I turn on the "Night" mode (which is conveniently placed on the remote), and rewind the movie a bit & I can clearly hear the words what I originally missed.
187012
No. I am also not happy with the product quality. I would reccommend a different soundbar.
1035896
The sound bar. About a $100 value I believe, definitely worth it if you ask me, not a fan of television speakers
553804
Sorry for the dumb question, but what is a soundbar? I've never had to put one on a TV - I just have 5.1 surround hooked up to my current TV.
882042
My wife and I had the same complaint about hearing dialogue in movies. This soundbar is a significant improvement over the TV speakers for listening to movie dialogue but it's not a perfect solution and there probably is none. It has multiple pre-defined listening modes (e.g. music, cinema, drama, etc) for specific listening situations and the sub-woofer is absolutely outstanding. Overall, it has made listening to everything better .
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The Vizio 54" one, it hangs just about 1" longer than each side & so looks good underneath. Sound is much improved, for me it was a problem catching all the dialogue in a lot of films for these old abused ears & this has a dialogue enhancer & a treble control to adjust for help in this. Also it is one of the few soundbars that has a separate center channel ( for dialogue) without a subwoofer (too much for the neighboring apartments) but a sub can be added. Sounds much better than the set's built-in speakers & occasionally in some recent films the audio will sound mildly 3D, not a home theatre set up but improves the sound. The Vizio 54" one, it hangs just about 1" longer than each side & so looks good underneath. Sound is much improved, for me it was a problem catching all the dialogue in a lot of films for these old abused ears & this has a dialogue enhancer & a treble control to adjust for help in this. Also it is one of the few soundbars that has a separate center channel ( for dialogue) without a subwoofer (too much for the neighboring apartments) but a sub can be added. Sounds much better than the set's built-in speakers & occasionally in some recent films the audio will sound mildly 3D, not a... » Read More The Vizio 54" one, it hangs just about 1" longer than each side & so looks good underneath. Sound is much improved, for me it was a problem catching all the dialogue in a lot of films for these old abused ears & this has a dialogue enhancer & a treble control to adjust for help in this. Also it is one of the few soundbars that has a separate center channel ( for dialogue) without a subwoofer (too much for the neighboring apartments) but a sub can be added. Sounds much better than the set's built-in speakers & occasionally in some recent films the audio will sound mildly 3D, not a home theatre set up but improves the sound. « Show Less
474190
What do you suggest to improve the sound? I just ordered the TV - don't want to raise the roof or anything but don't want the sound to not match the picture. Thanks.