I hadn't heard of the "Clear Voice" button before.

Post #440,652 by a6l6e6x 1/6/22 10:45:11 PM 1/6/22 10:45:11 PM Reply	I hadn't heard of the "Clear Voice" button before. The "surround music" is definitely a problem in obliterating speech. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #440,653 by Another Scott 1/6/22 11:21:19 PM 1/6/22 11:21:19 PM Reply	Yup. It's not perfect, of course, but it works. It's kinda freaky how well it does work. https://usa.yamaha.com/products/audio_visual/sound_bar/ats-1080/index.html Cheers, Scott.
Post #440,655 by boxley 1/7/22 10:16:57 AM 1/7/22 10:16:57 AM Reply	voice is usually always on a separate track, cool that they identified it "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #440,656 by crazy 1/7/22 3:30:15 PM 1/7/22 3:30:15 PM Reply	In the old days I had a separate center front speaker That usually provided the boosted dialogue from that separate track. They put it on all speakers but that center speaker allowed much better dialogue in total.
Post #440,659 by a6l6e6x 1/7/22 10:00:58 PM 1/7/22 10:00:58 PM Reply	Well, Costco doesn't have it anymore. But, Amazon and others do for $30 more as Yamaha SR-C20A. Anyway, I ordered one to replace the old Vizio 5.1 sound bar that I have. The Vizio sporadically drops down in volume for while at inconvenient times and then recovers. Given my hearing condition, that "clear voice" option is something I really need. Thanks for the extra info you provided! Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #440,661 by Another Scott 1/7/22 11:48:13 PM 1/7/22 11:48:13 PM Reply	Good luck with it!
Post #440,666 by crazy 1/8/22 9:19:07 PM 1/8/22 9:19:07 PM Reply	We shall see It says it will show up on Tuesday.
Post #440,695 by a6l6e6x 1/14/22 9:55:04 PM 1/14/22 9:55:04 PM Reply	Re: We shall see Mine came on Tuesday too. I installed it yesterday and again today.. My TV hangs on a wall mount and the speakers need to be attached to the TV. I had to make some aluminum adapters to make that work. The reason for the second installation was that I missed the clue that the speakers are intended to be pointing at the ceiling and not at the listeners. That also makes the LED status lights visible to the listeners. Attached to the HDMI ARC connector on the TV, turning On the TV turns on the speaker soundboard and let’s the volume be controlled by the TV controller as well as sound bar controller. Also the Yamaha’s SB Remote App allows my iPhone to fully control the soundbar via Bluetooth. The sound is just fine! Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #440,704 by crazy 1/16/22 12:04:54 AM 1/16/22 12:29:51 AM Reply	Nice for the purpose but not good enough I can stream music to it via Bluetooth from my phone so it gives me a nice set of portable speakers for when I'm working on my plants. But as far as all-encompassing, it doesn't do it. It's got a great bass for a little thing but I accept it's a little thing. I will get a real subwoofer. I will get back speakers on the ceiling about 8 ft away up and behind me. I will get a real AV console that does 7.1. When I left Colorado to move to Washington I gave up my speakers. They were too heavy for me to lift. I will find someone to deliver a pair for me here. Also it has no digital display. Various blinking lights. So I have no idea what the actual numeric volume is until it blasts me away or is silent and then I have to figure out from the blinking lights. I don't like that. That's okay. It served its purpose. It will be music while working on the plants. I will do a real 7.1 environment when I set up my home theater. I've done it before, I know what I'm going to do now. Scratch that. I don't know s***. We are up to 7.2. what the 2 is I'm figuring out. Scratch that scratch. 7.2 is the same thing as 7.1, they just decided to add another number to account for the subwoofer. Assholes. Edited by crazy Jan. 16, 2022, 12:12:04 AM EST Edited by crazy Jan. 16, 2022, 12:15:15 AM EST Edited by crazy Jan. 16, 2022, 12:25:31 AM EST Edited by crazy Jan. 16, 2022, 12:29:51 AM EST Expand All History

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