(12-14-2020, 07:25 PM)Jags Wrote:

(12-14-2020, 06:56 PM)Jagsfan4life9/28/82 Wrote: For recording music, that stuff is essential. If you can't hear the material properly, you can't expect to mix and master it properly. For just listening to music, it's really a luxury. But if you ever get to sit in a well treated room with quality equipment, you'd most certainly hear the difference. 

Regarding restaurants, one other thing that adds to the noise are places that play music. And I'm becoming convinced a lot of those have systems that detect the dB level in the room and adjusts the volume accordingly. And that creates a snowball effect as people start talking louder, the music gets louder, the people talk louder, and on until the place is roaring.

I got that impression.  But didn’t look too much into it.  Wasn’t my goal at the time.  But it makes a lot of sense.  If you or any others can suggest a decent sound bar though, at a decent price, I’d be much obliged.  I paid way too much for a sound bar/ sub and was well disappointing.  I had a decent one I was happy with.  It was a Polk that I got from a dish guy that had an extra on his van(he was already scheduled to come out, no I don’t buy speakers from the guy in the van) He tried selling it to me.  I told him I’d buy it at 100 (he was asking 150) if he still had it at the end of the day.  After we upgraded the TV I bought the matching sound bar and such and worked great right away and gave the old one to a family member.  I will not spend that kind of money again so something decent (not WOW!) at a reasonable price. Sure I like the “boom” of the bass and the “tiss” of the treble.  But I’d settle for something better than the flat screen speakers.  Something a little more “fuller”.

I can't help with a soundbar as I have no experience with them (but see below). My advice, though, for buying audio equipment is to use your ears. By that I mean go somewhere as listen to some. Don’t buy online based on some recommendation(s). To me, audio equipment is something you have to hear to make a decision on.

And just for fun, here's a recommendation. Sennheiser makes some pretty awesome microphones, so this is probably pretty killer. "Fuller" is what it would give you.

https://www.audioadvice.com/sennheiser-a...fkQAvD_BwE

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