We ’re almost at the full stop of the class where all the goggle box producer show off their newfangled goggle box . Philips announced its unexampled television set in late January and over the next couple of calendar month , we ’ll see what LG , Samsung , and Sony have to offer ( with Panasonic hopefully a little later in the yr ) .
But despite this one-year cycle of Modern television set announcements , there ’s always the same effect come out up . On the whole , tv set speech sound is n’t that good .
Sure , there are brands that do as good a job as they can with the limitation of a TV ’s form . Usually it’sSony , Philips , andPanasonicthat deliver good TV audio , and LG step up with theOLEDG4 . But usually , my passport has always been “ add a soundbar ” . I ’m getting bored of write that . If the above mark can do it , why ca n’t it be good across the board ?
When I went to theTP Vision TV & Audio Showcasein Barcelona in late January , I saw the upcoming OLED910 with its integrated Bowers & Wilkins sound system , and it sound skillful within the limitations of a flatscreen TV . There ’s only so much you’re able to do with the sizing of the speakers , where they ’re pose in the TV and how many there are .
But I set up the OLED910 sounded as if it had a better basso presence than other boob tube I ’ve quiz in the last year . It vocalize warm , perhaps at the expense of some sharpness and item , but it offered a bigger , more dynamical display with both motion-picture show and music .
I have n’t try out the OLED909 so I could n’t equate the newfangled TV with the current exemplar . But according to Andy Kerr , Director of Product Marketing & Communications at Bowers & Wilkins , all that was changed for the approaching television receiver was the DSP tuning . For a flatscreen TV it sounded big , broad and energetic . It ’s not as right as a soundbar but the idea was n’t to eclipse the performance of a separate system but to taste and eke as much perfomance from a boob tube ’s for factor .
And it buzz off me wondering . Why ca n’t other telly firebrand enlist the service of hi - fi manufacturers for their speakers ?
Hifi and TV brands working in audio harmony
It ’s perhaps a silly idea ( although not quite as whacky as my estimate of just doingaway with speakers entirely ) . I ’m not too sure hi - fi brands would bonk to work on with such constraints , but it gain me wonder why a collaboration like the Philips and Bowers happen more often .
TCL often pardner with Onkyofor the sound system in their television , but the sound produced is rather basic . Sharp works with Harmon Kardon , and theSharp TVI brush up with that system sounded moderately effective ( for the money ) . It ’s at least a signal you could wring out good audio recording on less expensive model .
All these boob tube brand name have their own audio departments but I think they could expend a fresh , or different perspective on all matter audio .
What if , for instance , LG partner with Bang & Olufsen ? There ’s a relationship that semi - exist already ( B&O purchase LG Display ’s panels for itsOLED telecasting ) . Why not have it mold in the other direction and , at least for LG ’s agiotage OLEDs , have B&O air the speakers?LG ’s TVshaven’t sound not bad in the sound department since they got disembarrass of theE - series model(which , ironically , was desgined to have a focus on audio ) .
Why does n’t Samsung enlist the help of JBL ’s know - how with its television speakers?Samsung ’s TVshave a great hardening - up with the Q - Symphony engineering but they are always lack in terms of power and bass , an region JBL is pretty good at . Even with projectors such as theHisense C1 , JBL has finagle to wring out a estimable performance .
Let ’s all accept that spatial audio frequency is rather faint with TVs ( Dolby Atmosis almost always disappointing on a goggle box ) and do the best that can be done within the limitation of a tv set ’s class . 2025 ’s TVs are pretty much already designed and done , but why not in future long time work with hi - fi brand name like Philips has done with Bowers & Wilkins to deliver gamey quality sound ? It might make me kibosh say that you postulate a soundbar every time I review a TV .
