I bought a 55 inch HD TV for our rec room and put a soundbar w/wireless subwoofer on it and I really don’t like it as much as the home theater set up I have on my TV in the living room. Doesn’t have the full surround sound effect and such.
First time I ever used a soundbar so I’m rather ignorant here. It’s wireless with “Bluetooth” technology. If I buy a wireless bluetooth speaker will it connect to the soundbar broadcast so I can put it behind the chairs for a more surround sound effect? Or doesn’t it work like that? The instruction book was rather vague.
On my system, the “Bluetooth” part is the wireless connection to the subwoofer that sits on the floor in the corner. It can also be used, I think, to connect a phone to the system to play music stored on that.
I assume that the transmitted signal only relates to the bass sounds, but I may be wrong.
On my Soundbar the bluetooth is for devices to connect to the soundbar so you can, for instance, play music from your phone. It does not transmit sound from the soundbar to further speakers.
Hate to be a whiner, but I’m really disappointed in the soundbar. It’s an LG. I have the bar in front of the TV and the subwoofer to the side of a love seat. That sounds ok as it is, but it does not have the surround sound effect promised on the box. It really needs a speaker or 2 behind the viewers, especially for movies. I’m thinking of taking this back and just buying a home theater system. I really didn’t want to fuck around with hiding wires and such, but wireless home theater set ups cost multiple times this sound bar did.
Before I do that, any suggestions on how to improve the soundbar performance, or is this it? Big whup. :rolleyes:
Soundbars are a big improvement over built-in speakers on the TV, but they are not meant to recreate the experience of a full 5.1 or 7.1 home theatre system. They’re useful in situations where there isn’t enough space for a full setup, or for people who don’t want to deal with the hassles of running cables. Also, soundbars are less expensive than home theatres, and there are good reasons for that.
The only thing I can think of to improve your existing soundbar is to adjust your settings to make sure they are optimal and maybe also play around with the placement of your woofer. Your room shape and acoustics will play a major role in how the sound waves affect certain frequencies. But even getting this all perfect will not give you a movie theatre surround sound experience.
Apart from getting a proper system, you can look into a soundbar made by Pioneer. It’s a full 5.1ch system where the two end speakers detach from the main unit so they can be placed behind or next to the seating position. It’s small and compact and offers great cost performance for the $300 price tag.
Another option is to get a Yamaha soundbar. Their digital sound projector technology is top class and is always rated as the best in soundbar technology. The downside is that your room and acoustics need to be in optimal shape in order to take advantage of the sound projection because it bounces sound waves off walls to simulate sounds coming from behind and the sides. Also, they are very expensive and you would be able to get a low-to-mid tier home theatre system for the same price.
As for your original question, you cannot pair a BT speaker with your soundbar. BT is used to receive signals from other devices like your smartphone or PC and output its sound through the soundbar. It cannot be used to daisy-chain other components.
Keep in mind that Bluetooth audio latency is high. At the lowest possible latency it’s good enough for TV and movies, but not good enough to have some speakers wired and others Bluetooth. As mentioned above, BT is generally for control or feeding source media, not for connecting audio to TV.