I have an LG C2 and a Samsung Q990C sound system. They work perfectly fine together, connected via earc. My tv instantly recognised it and automatically configured it. Easy to connect, no fuss whatsoever. No drops, no speaker ever disconnected, it's a great combo, maybe the best.

@hb-hr1nh

3 ай бұрын

Have the exact same setup with flawless performance, I did have a few Vizio soundbars which would drop the hdmi arc signal all the time on my Sony and Lg tvs.

@mujtabamujeeb786

2 ай бұрын

You forgot to mention how trash Samsung smart things app is. Always shows my soundbar ass offline without keeping to reset it. Have to have controller by my side.

@65pugs

2 ай бұрын

Me too😊

@Alexthelion93

2 ай бұрын

@@mujtabamujeeb786 I don't have this problem. Keeping it connected to 5G, it works perfectly fine.

@neondemon5137

2 ай бұрын

@@mujtabamujeeb786 It takes like 10 seconds to show as online in the app, just wait a bit.

Lots of great questions and answers! Fun acoustics lesson!! Love the new You Asked logo!

I would suggest sticking with the same brand for your TV and soundbar if you want to ensure you're getting the best experience. I've had nothing but problems with different brands in the past. Now I use a Sony tv with Sony soundbar and theres two big benefits in that setup. First, I get to use my A95L tv as a center channel. Second, all of the soundbar remote buttons/features are controllable right through the TV remote on screen so I don't need to juggle two remotes. I've also never had any issues with compatibility or getting the soundbar to turn off and on with my TV.

@mrcarter121793

3 ай бұрын

Yup I got Sony tv/soundbar/4k player/ps5. They all work in tandem with each other. Its beautiful 🤩 😂

@wwepensync

2 ай бұрын

@shinx115 - what Sony Soundbar did you end you using with the A95L? I also have an A95L and can't decide!

@shinx115

2 ай бұрын

​@@wwepensync I went with the ht-7000 and the SW5 sub and RS5 rears. If that's more than you'd want to spend I'm sure the ht-5000 or the SW3 sub would be fine but I should still recommend the RS5s since they have up firing speakers and the RS3s don't if you want that proper Atmos experience. I thought about the ht-a9 but since I use the TV for everything I thought it was a better choice for all around use, not just Atmos.

I have a Samsung Atmos soundbar (forgot the model) and it played nice with my last tv. Upgraded to a Sony A80K last year and the soundbar works....but it takes patience. The soundbar doesn't always connect the first time I turn the TV on. I see the soundbar light up and says it is connected, but no sound. I have to turn the TV off, wait a beat, and then turn it back on and wait for the soundbar to go through the handshake process again. And it doesn't like it if you try changing the volume at the same time that you are launching an app. Just weird quirky things like that.

Learned a lot this week, thanks!!

For question 1: I have a LG B3 and a Samsung Q700B soundbar and have had mostly no issues. Passthrough audio requires "Auto" setting for some apps though, and there is sometimes popping sounds when switching in and out of atmos. Other than that experience is great and connectivity has never been an issue.

@GoufinAround_

3 ай бұрын

That sounds more like an application issue, not a hardware mix/match issue

This series is so great. Getting these kinds of questions answered by someone both super knowledgeable and able to put things into practical context is so cool.

great questions! thank you for going over so many!

Thank you. Great information. Great questions.

Keep at it Caleb, it is really good stuff you bring up.

I have had good success mixing and matching audio and TV equipment. In the living room my TV and receiver are both different brands and in my bedroom the TV and soundbar are both different brands. Both work through eARC and connected perfectly first time. Unless there is some special brand only feature you want I definitely recommend getting the best TV you can in your budget and the best audio equipment you can in your budget regardless of brand

I have a Q990C & a Hisense U8H and they seem to get along just fine. I was initially having issues with the eARC not connecting between the two, but that seems to have cleared itself up. 🤞🏼

Love your content on both channels! I just bought a Panamax 4000 power conditioner/ surge protector. I never had any issues prior by using a good surge protector. Since using the Panamax with 65” LG G3, Sennheiser Ambeo Plus soundbar, REL T5X sub it now has a weird static on/off sound. I returned the Panamax and using my other surge protector. Maybe I had a defective unit, but for now I will stick to what I have.

Amazing video so excellent questions picked.

Great selection of questions.

These were great questions this week! They answered questions I have been wondering as well. Awesome job, Caleb!

Trick for subwoofer placement. Place the woofer where you want it to sound best. Then move around the room to where you hear it best. That gives the best room mode location.

Put your subwoofer in the listening position. Then you place yourself in different possible subwoofer positions in the room. You pick the position where the subwoofer was best for your placement. I never tried this myself, but I have heard/read it many times.

lol about “Gerry and Sally” (mixing audio-TV brands). But I managed to get the bottom of one of common problems, namely LPCM passthrough by carefully designing a test matrix. Hisense sent me a U8K to replace my year-old U8H even though my soundbar is not Hisense. In fact, I just finished a blog to help others experiencing channel drops. I am confident that LPCM passthrough is a solvable problem. (Also a shoutout to Hisense for standing behind its product.)

Love the new title logo! After watching every week I usually have a question and miraculously the following week the question appears! So glad we are all on the same page. Keep up the great work Caleb!

Id like to add; the SONY Tv we just bought for my mom who wears hearing aids, is so powerful with sound that we have just left the 4500$ Denon receiver and full room surround sound system disconnected. It’s an 11 speaker system professionally calibrated yet she can hear Dialogue more clearly than she ever has with just this Sony Tvs screen set to the dialogue boost. Also if you know someone with hearing aids they often complain the hearing aid will amplify the wrong sound and hurt thier ears, such as blasts and explosions in action movies, which is her favorite. somehow through the magic of Dolby, Sony can make this screen give her the dialogue but also give her the rest of the soundtrack without it hurting or over amplifying with pain. it sounds natural. you’d think that a dialogue focused sound setting would mute the background noise of a movie but it doesn’t. it fkking magical. It’s also been quite the improvement to my mother’s quality of life especially when she’s alone. There is absolutely no tv or reciever on the market today that can do what a Sony can do. I know because i’m the jerk that will buy every tv then return 4 out of 5 keeping the best after i’ve tested them for myself 😂. These pieces of glass have become big beautiful windows to the world.

Would this mystery Sony audio product be worth waiting for compared to the HT-A9?

Really good questions as always. I was particularly interested in the Power conditioner & surge protection as i not only want to protect my hi-fi gear, more importantly, i rely on sensitive medical equipment and live in an area with a lot of blackouts and power surges which ive heard some of my equipment stutter and even fail due to the power outage when switching over to the Tesla battery which i thankfully have. It's not always able to switch onto battery fast and cleanly enough or much worse when we manually switch onto generator power even though the generator itself is supposed to offer Pure Sine-wave power.

Hi Caleb. Thanks for the video. In the past, I haven't had any issues mixing brands of TVs and soundbars, then again, when hooking up via optical, there is not much to have issue with. Once I got into eARC, even there, my LG QNED85 hooked up fine to a Samsung soundbar. That said, with the added functionalities out there, I would recommend same brand TV and soundbar if you have an LG, Samsung, or Sony TV. For my QNED85, I now have an LG S90QY, and I am enjoying WOW! Orchestra. If you have Hisense or TCL, feel free to mix and match, since those brands don't have any extra enhancements for using their soundbars.

Hey, Caleb, I know you’re under Sony embargo, but can you give us a idea when they will announce 2024 TVs and that sound system you hinted at. Thanks!

For question #2 for the headphones what system do you play games on? There's tons of good options for Xbox and playstation and you can stream anything you want from your game system too

I would really love for you to keep doing what you do. I found your channel about 3-4 months ago and between them and now you have become my #1 U-Tube channel. I've gotten into home theater around two years ago and have come to depend on u tube to guide me through my journey. There's a few content creators that I support and subscribe to, some educational, some entertaining and a couple of them are both. Your channel is the is one of the very few that's both educational,entertaining and enjoyable. I look forward to your video drops and the time works just right. First you and afterwards Andrew and Kristi.

Good questions and responses

You consistently provide us with excellent content. Today's is no exception, thank you.

I had an av receiver/surround system on the same circuit as my treadmill and fan. Turing off the oscillating fan would pop on the sound system when it was on (sub was not in a surge protector). Plugging the fan into the same surge protector as the treadmill, ended the pipe from turning the fan off. So there is definitely in home interference.

Thanks for answering my question 😁 13:55

Another great show Caleb. I have the 85" Hisense UX and loved the tv (only just sent it back since they are releasing the 98" UX soon) it's sound is very crisp and can get very loud, better than the Samsung 900c. I think tv manufacturers should stop trying to get bass out of thin panel tvs and simply add a dedicated sub output and sell the sub as an accessory option similar to sound bar systems. I hooked a small sub to the UX via the TV's toshlink and the UX sounded excellent, no sound bar needed. The only draw back is that the toshlink out put is not variable with the tv volume so when you lower the TV volume the sub is still active, hence my suggestion of a dedicated sub output.

LG CX & Samsung 990B. Love it and not a single issue .

Was about to purhase the jbl 800 pro, but that Sony 2024 news threw me off haha

I have a 75” TCL QM8 and a Vizio Elevate 5.1.4 home theater. I had a small issue with the TCL remote not controlling soundbar volume, but that has been resolved (I’m guessing with a software update). Only issue I have now, is sometimes when the soundbar goes to Atmos mode (speakers flip up), I’ll get no sound at all until I manually reset the soundbar speakers (use soundbar remote to put speakers down to wide mode, then flip back upwards to Atmos mode). Sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn’t and I have to restart the TV or the Fire Stick.

I have seven Yamaha NS-6490 bookshelf speakers whose tops are currently only thirty inches off the ground, directly below my 85-inch Sony X90L. Sometimes, the dialog coming from below my X90L bothers me so much that I find myself switching to the X90L's internal speakers quite often. I know Caleb recommends using the X90L with a soundbar, although maybe the 65-inch model doesn't have the same bass ports on the bottom like the 85-inch one does. But if it does, as an audio enthusiast, I have to say that while the bass of the X90L's internal speakers won't shake the floor, they do provide enough bass to get past anemia. Plus, the X90L's sound positioning tweeters really help to get that dialog level with the screen. Until I can afford stands for my Yamahas, I am considering sticking with the X90L's internal speakers for the time being. While Caleb and I might disagree about the X90L's internal speakers, one of the statements which persuaded me to pick the X90L over the Hisense U8K and TCL QM8 was Caleb's remark that the QM8 and U8K cannot match the X90L's picture quality in certain areas. I didn't get it for its speakers. Even if I'm in the minority on this sentiment, I think the X90L's internal speakers are at least good enough for backup speakers. Would I be pushing it if I dare suggest they're good enough that you might not need extra audio gear any time soon?

@10:10 As a HT-A9 owner, I'm very intrigued to learn more.

I can't remember the model number on my 5.1 surround sound but the thing i love the best about my vizio is its the one where the bass can slide right under your couch it's a big slim rectangle lol but we have it right in the middle of our couch and it's an amazing bass experience throughout our entire living room

I have an LG C3 with a Samsung Q990B and they paired together perfectly from day one and continue to perform flawlessly together.

I connected my Vizio soundbar to my Hisense tv through the optical connections. Works great

I use bone conduction headphones running blue tooth thru a roku 5.1 system . Pairing the headphones with the sound bar was very easy and the comfort on the bone conduction is way more easier in the ears .

I have an LG tv with Kanto yu4 speakers. Love my set up. Definitely get those instead of a sound bar

do you have a view on the Bower & Wilkins panorama 3 sound bar for a Sony A05L tv?

5:19 I'm using a 1Mii B03 Bluetooth transmitter with Soundcore space one and Soundcore Q45 to watch TV at night. There's no latency and it sounds great.

My home theater set up is a Sony Bravia OLED w/ a Samsung Q990 B. I have occasional signal loss with the surround sound system. I have tried pretty much everything to solve this problem. Could this issue be the result using mixed TV/sound bar brands?

I have a c1 and q930b no problem.. perfect combination. Connected via earc

Hey Caleb, I bought the hisense U8K 100" based on your review and it's working out great so far. Thanks! My question is related to my audio setup ..so i currently have the Nakamichi Shockwafe Elite 7.2.4 setup with the TV I am thinking about doing either a sonos or bose home theater setup sonos: Sonos Arc soundbar Sonos era 300 (qty 2) Sonos Sub (Gen 3) I checked out your review for this one which got me interested Bose: Bose Smart Soundbar 900 Bose Surround Speakers 700 Bose Bass Module 700 Keep in mind my main concern is movies and TV shows i dont listen to music that much. I will not be using an apple phone for the setup I'm in the android eco system. Would love to get your recommendation. Thanks!

I just bought the Samsung S89C..have the zvox 770 sound base.without a subwoofer.would I get better sound with a samsung sound bar and sub..or just get a sub for the zvox? And what sub would you recommend? As inexpensive as possible..thanks.👍

Question on placement of sound bars. I have a wall mounted TV with the sound bar attached below the TV, as usually done. Purchased a cabinet that is taller with no room for bar to be at the bottom. Moved to bar to the top of TV with no appearent change in the sound or quality of what is heard. Your thoughts?

Loving the rapid fire chapters...

What's the hint on the new Sony audio thing ;)?

For those interested in the LG G3.. I bought it January this year and its been the best TV I ever had. Definitely recommend!!

I have LG C3 connected with Q990c, its working fine, the only thing i miss is, i couldn't get the intractive menu directly on the TV. Still i can manage with samsung remote and Samsung Smart thing app.

I actually have to use headphones to watch because I’m in a small apartment and I had no idea that you could use something besides Bluetooth so that’s great information to have. I mostly watch on my Apple TV so I’ve been using my air pods pro until I can find a suitable replacement. Are we saying that an RF headset would be better suited than something like the air pods max?

It sounds like the viewer in the last question could use some room treatments. I am not sure if that is an option in their room, but it can help with dips in base performance and would not require moving the sub. I have homemade bass traps in my Room that consist of a 4‘ x 2‘ x 1‘ wood square covered in spandex material and filled with two sheets of rocksol insulation. This has made a huge difference in my base performance!

i use a LG C1 with the samsung q950a. besides needing an earc extractor to fix the audio delay for XSX/PS5 dolby atmos, worked great since day 1. the new q990c sound hdmi 2.1 should eliminate my audio extractor.

I have the lg c3 and a Samsung sound bar and use earc to connect. Everything works perfect and the tv remote will control the volume! It's a perfect match

I have a LG c8 and a lg c1 and they do not like to work with Vizio soundbars. I have to constantly reboot the soundbar, or change inputs on it, or even sometimes switch up the output source on the tv around until it works.

I've got the 990C in my living room and the 930C in my bedroom, and I'm in a second floor apartment and have no issues from neighbors. I can't say the same about the Infinity RS5s and 12" powered sub that I use for listening to music.

I have the LG C3 OLED tv and the Vizio M series soundbar, they sound perfect together

I have an LG C2, Apple TV 4K, and a cheap Vizio M215 something or other soundbar. We have the Apple TV connected to the soundbar then the soundbar connected to the TV via eARC. I tend to use the LG remote, and my fiancé uses the Apple TV remote. I have basic control of the Apple TV, but I usually am watching the KZread app through the TV rather than the Apple TV (due to the Apple TV version having a crazy signal glitch at the beginning of every video or ad break). The main issue is that the Apple TV remote rarely has volume control for the sound bar. I suspect it’s due to having the devices daisy chained and HDMI CEC not quite working right. I thought the glitch on the KZread app was due to the soundbar as well, but it only does it on the KZread app through the Apple TV, so it’s hard to attribute it to the soundbar. I have casually started shopping for another soundbar, ready to spend a bit more than $200 on a soundbar this time around lol

Quickfire question format big improvement Caleb. Not enough time to rant about dumb questions without enough detail or not answering everyone's question (we get it, you don't need to tell us). Not many disclaimers about over simplifying the answers (we get it, you're just taking a punt). Really good decisiveness in answers, not hedging your bets (product A is actually better for you than product B). Good teaser with the reference to Sony without overplaying it. Keep up the good work!

I noticed a compatibility issue with my new Roku TV and Denon soundbar. Occasionally, the soundbar will not have any sound, even though its on. I just unplug it and it seems to work fine for a few weeks and then the problem shows up again. Next time i will keep the TV and soundbar brands the same.

For clean power and surge protection you didn't mention a UPS. Is there a reason for that or do you not think they are a good idea?

I had a Samsung TV and a Q990B soundbar. Combining the soundbar and TV speakers with Q-Symphony did make a noticeable difference. I replaced the Q990B with a Nakamichi Dragon. It worked just fine with the Samsung TV and it's a Dragon so you don't miss the TV speakers. I did have to run my Apple TV box directly to the Nakamichi to get the best sound but that was the only change I made.

I have 100inch Hisense with JBL 1300 soundbar and it’s awesome.

Can you make a video about dts play-fi?

My Samsung neo QLED and Sonos Arc are frenemies.

I didn't realize until a couple years ago how much of a pain sound bars are. They're a great idea that somehow require a lot more work than they should to get what's advertised. It becomes a whole process to get stuff like atmos working on some tvs. HDMI cables can also play a part. It's probably not worth the headache unless you enjoy fiddling with tech. Yes you will probably get louder sound no matter what, but sometimes the higher quality audio the bar supports requires too much work to get working correctly.

I lost a 500 bucks Samsung soundbar after power fluctuations in Chicago few years ago. The power company Comed was like "too bad". After that, I run everything on UPS power systems and I can see how bad is the current coming from the power company. 😮

I have the 77" LG C3 OLED TV and the VIZIO 5.1.2 Elevate Sound Bar about every other week I have to unplug them and plug them back in for the volume adjustment to work. Not a great experience so will probably update my main soundbar in a year or so )-:

Sony A80k with Samsung Q930C, never found any issue too

Hey Caleb, I’ve been following your channel for at least 2 years. I do have a very complicated question for you and I’ve been trying different things and I’m tired of returning things to Best Buy. So here we go. I purchased the three year old Apple pro max headphones, and I have no problem listening wirelessly via Bluetooth on the latest Apple TV 4K. Here is where it gets complicated, I have a Frenchy, who falls asleep, right around the time when I want to listen to True HD -Atmos on my Blu-ray player. I have tried 5 to 10 different ways to listen to my Blu-ray disc wirelessly on my Apple pro max headphones , I’m sure there is a relatively simple answer for this. I just can’t find it yet. Any advice?

😂 Hearing the intro with my sleepy, cheery mind, Welcome to You Ass, Where Digital Trends... and then hearing the first question is about the LG tv not having an Eeyore (the donkey) eARC get it lol connection, i could not help but laugh 😂

I am a fan of LG's WOW Orchestra. It profoundly decenters the soundstage and provides a much deeper experience.

Fiio bta 30 pro and the audeze Maxwell, and you have an top notch headphone audio system for your tv. I use this system myself 😊

I bought same brand sound bar and tv which is LG and have it through the amazon fire stick! it worked great until amazon fire stick it will not support os which my lg is, and it all worked good together until then , now it works for a few minutes then stops and goes back through the tv! is there a fix???

I had a Hisense TV and Hisense soundbar. It was terrible. Lost sync within minutes, and had other issues. Sent both back. Now have a Sony TV with a Visio soundbar. Works perfectly! Absolutely flawless. So there you go.

I have a lg c3 and sennheiser ambeo plus soundbar and a polk hts 10 inch subwoofer Sounds good to me But sennheiser doesn't have a tv product so.... lol😊 I want to try out the new klipsch core soundbar out when it comes out that has the onkyo company tech in it

Based on the 10 mins new Sony sound, my guess is that Sony is going to have their own version of Dolby flex connect. Seen things flying around for it to be called Bravia theatre quad, so I'm guessing that they've found a way to do away with the control box on the current HT-A9 system and that the TVs will basically become the new control box/AVR etc. Probably be some updated drivers and they will come in black this time which also means you can do away with the cable to use the center acoustic mode as well.

I have a Sony tv with a Sonos Arc that’s mostly good. Occasionally when changing sources(Apple TV to cable), I lose audio and have to unplug the hdmi cable to the arc and plug it back in and it works. It’s a pain but whatever. I know it’s either the arc or the cable because it happened when I had the arc connected to my LG c8.

I asked the first question as well but with a different twist. I was curious how Samsung Q-Symphony, LG Wow Orchestra, and Sony Acoustic surface compare against each other if you have the same TV and soundbar? Any different? Any good? How do they rank?

Even my Sonos Beam gen 2 with rear SLs pisses my Neighbors off lol Cannot wait to move to a home one day soon for multi sub setups 🔥

I'm a bit hard of hearing & tend to watch a lot of TV w/ headphones. FWIW I've have pretty good luck w/ Avantree brand which can be found on Amazon. Reasonable price & design to have higher sound volume.

Can you tell us best tv for sport's through a sky box

Dominique Hernando, I would go with the Samsung S89C from Best Buy. It's currently (as of 3/11/2024) $500 cheaper than the S90C and $2000 cheaper than the G3. I have a S89C with a Sony HT-RT3 surround sound system hooked up to it and have had no issues.

What about wireless.. Neck speaker.. BT codec LDAC

I use Klipsch with my UK8

I used to be a stickler for making sure all my A/V equipment came from the same brand to ensure maximum compatibility. However, with my last upgrade, I decided to abandon that approach in favor of selecting the best available components regardless of brand. I ended up with an LG C2 OLED and a Bose Smart Soundbar 900 and I couldn't be happier.

My Sony TV's sound control used to operate perfectly (except for bad audio quality) until I added the supported Sony HT-A7000 soundbar with sub and rears which is connected via eArc so all should be perfect. But no! Lip sync is off but the timing varies so it cannot be easliy corrected. However, some of this may be due to KZread TV that sometimes destroys lip sync by being up to one second off! Sony seems to require auto volume to be turned on in order to get any surround effects. Auto volume then turns the sound to zero when muting or when fast-forwarding, then s-l-o-w-l-y turns the volume back up causing you to miss the first few seconds of dialog. Simply raising or lowering volume is now V-E-R-Y S-L-O-W and then it suddenly takes off and grossly overshoots. While raising volume I sometimes see the volume number go down one and then back up again. The time it takes to turn on the TV/soundbar varies. Sometimes it turns on like the TV used to before soundbar with a quick press on the power button. Other times I have to hold the power button down for most of a second before it turns on. So matching TV and soundbar brands doesn't always work, at least with Sony.

For affordability used receivers are the best. I use a 10 year old Yamaha receiver that I found at Goodwill for $10 paired with Kenwood speakers I found on Facebook marketplace for $20. It has a ton of settings that I can switch on the fly for when my neighbors are home and don’t blast them with my subwoofer. Lots of used electronics stores and some thrift stores have receivers because people are switching to soundbars. My good friend has an expensive soundbar that sounds great whenever I’m over there, but my $30 setup still blows that soundbar out of the water.

Bluetooth AptX devices work great with TVs, no sync issues. Just buy a transmitter+receiver, and pair with your favorite pair of wired headphones or earbuds. I put one on my parents TVs that will broadcast to multiple receivers. My dad and I can watch football in peace while everyone is yapping away.

Those form threads with 200 people saying the same thing that their soundbar doesn't work with their specific tv. He nailed that right

I have all my AV gear plugged into a UPS in case of power outage. It gives me time to shut everything off properly if I'm using my gear and suddenly lose power. They are pretty affordable.

Sony is obviously coming out with a new sound system to replace the HT-A9 or maybe it will have something to do with Dolby Flex. The HT-A9 is almost out of stock everywhere. Should we wait or try to find a HT-A9 at a good price???? Thanks Caleb....

I read that the Sonos arc subwoofer doesn't bother downstairs neighbors, is this true?

Caleb, thank you for answering my question on line conditioners or isolation transformers. If any of my fellow enthusiasts in the comments section have any questions I'd be happy to elaborate on my experiences. I am not involved in the AV industry in any way, it's a hobby for me as I am sure it is for many of you.

Sony a95L and Samsung q800C did not play well - had to replace with Sony soundbar

I had comparability issues with a Vizio sound bar hooked to a Hisense TV through earc. There was a horrible sound delay and no setting would fix it.

@YuanLiuTheDoc

2 ай бұрын

Carefully record your test method and results, then call Hisense support. I have U8H with M512a but no problem with delay. However, I called them for LPCM passthrough problem. They sent a U8K to replace my year-old TV

HDMI ARC supports compressed Dolby Atmos via the Dolby Digital Plus codec. I don't think many streaming services use uncompressed Dolby Atmos. Therefore, it should be okay for the first question asker to use their ARC connection if their TV supports DA passthrough.