Buying New TV Need A Soundbar Recommendation


My other half wants a straightforward system to use and doesn't want a ton of electronics and speakers scattered about the room. We are buying a new TV and have decided on the 65" LG G1 OLED. I need a sound bar that will give me acceptable audio, be relatively easy to use, and not cost multi kilobucks. Probably go up to $1K for it. Be happier if I was at $500 to $700, but what is another $300 right? Preferably Atmos. 

Anyone have good recommendations? The easy to use is going to be a high selling point to my better half. 

neonknight

I agreement with what @g_nakamoto points out… I too find that a good 2 channel is surprisingly good… (or 4 in his case)

The Haus-boss did not like any of the sound from the sound bars we listened to briefly.

From there (2 channel) it then becomes a question of where to go. A sub is a very logical step, as is the 4 channel surround.

But we do not have a room for HT, so it is one combined 2-channel and TV set up.

The obvious problem there is we fail at this aspect:

My other half wants a straightforward system to use and doesn’t want a ton of electronics and speakers scattered about the room.

Yep, that is what sound bars are about… physical and operational simplicity. 

ghdprentice has Sennheiser Amebeo fixed the latency issues? There's nothing worse than seeing lips move and a delay in sound.

I have had no latency issues with the sound bar. A couple times the TV optical output would cause latency… I would reboot the TV and it would go away. It was the TV, not the sound bar.

After living with this for about eight months. I am really happy with the sound bar. My previous sound bar… high end for ten or twelve years ago was shrill. This has wonderfully natural voices. I am really happy I finally got one.