you just paid a ton of money for a brand
new 4k TV if you get it home you get it
set up it's mounted on the wall you turn
it on you bring up Netflix you put a
movie on and you can barely hear the
dialogue modern TVs improve their image
quality every year so what isn't the
sound quality improved too well TV
manufacturers don't really put an
emphasis on sound quality TV design has
changed dramatically over the last 20
years the equivalent the old CRT TVs had
a lot more room for speakers it was also
much more common to see big
entertainment centers with large
speakers that's no longer the case with
flat-screen TVs
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manufacturers are constantly making
their TVs thinner and the bezels smaller
this has forced the speakers into the
back or the bottom making them very tiny
in the process
the problem is speakers need to be
bigger to produce decent sound and it
doesn't help that they're often facing
down or away from you this creates a
quiet often inaudible sound want to open
up your window or maybe turn on the AC
chances are you're going to miss some
dialog but there are a few things you
can do to get some decent sound out of
that TV it doesn't take much googling to
find the solution by another speaker but
the answer is a little more complicated
than that
the two main forms of external speakers
for TVs are sound bars and bookshelf
speakers bookshelf speakers are what we
traditionally think of when it comes to
a home sound system they usually come in
pairs to produce stereo sound you can
even add more speakers to create a
surround sound setup sound bars are a
longer single unit with several speakers
inside the biggest advantage with any of
these speakers is the sound is actually
pointing towards you they also have
larger and higher quality drivers which
produce better sound many speaker
systems even come with a subwoofer
adding much more bass than you would
ever get with your TV you can spend
anywhere from less than a hundred to
thousands of dollars on a sound system
do your research and read reviews but
generally any speaker you get will be
better than what came with your TV but
if you just dropped a ton of money on a
brand new TV and are looking for a
solution that doesn't cost you anything
take a look at the placement of your TV
if the speakers are on the bottom make
sure the TV is propped up either by a
stand or in a wall mounted position if
the speakers are in the back it may help
to move your TV further away from the
walls that way the sound will be less
muffled you may have gotten use of this
subpar sound quality of your TV but
there is a lot you can do to fix it
don't let bad sound ruin your viewing
experience don't let bad sound ruin your
movie you may have gotten used
can I say it