- Movie and streaming sound mixes are so bad, can't hear dialogue and loud sounds are maxed out
- People say you just need to buy a sound bar because TV speakers are cheap now when they used to be better
- Remember cheap budget TVs from the 2000s absolutely had worse speakers and they still were clear
- Get a sound bar anyway
- No audio
- Diagnose with online help for a few days, no dice.
- Return to manufacturer for repairs
- Wait a month
- Sound bar control board is faulty, replacement shipped back over another 2 weeks
- Sound bar works now
- Bass sounds are so loud you can feel them
- Mild trauma response
- Drop bass balance on sound bar
- Mix is still bad
- Sound bar has a mode for being able to hear dialog better. Turn it on.
- Everything is louder, mix is still bad.
- Pull up 480p anime on a free streaming site on normal computer headphones
- Mix is immaculate, dialog is clear, music can be heard but does not overpower
