Question by : which is better sound bar or Home theatre?
I want to set up a sound system in my hall,a big one,own house.
Which will be better,sound bar or Home theatre?
Budget is medium.
Please suggest a good brand too.(or magazine in India)
I cant get an idea from any of the magazines.
Best answer:
Answer by Maniac
Don’t know much about the market in India, just know I really like Indian food!
Anyway, the deal about the sound bar is this… In order to simulate surround sound it needs side walls. The way it works is that it creates directed beams of sound that bounce off the side walls and simulate surround. If your room doesn’t have side walls like in a case where a living area connects with a dining area to the side it won’t work. If you have a nice rectangular room where there are side walls for these directed beams of sound to bounce then it can work ok.
Personally I would never use a sound bar but then I’m a pretty hard core guy when it comes to audio. See my theatre… http://mfk-projects.com/home_theatre.htm I put about $ 50,000 US$ into it by doing it all my self, it would have been at least $ 200,000 if done commercially. If you have the space, means to route the wiring etc I would recommend you go with a 5.1 surround system instead of a sound bar but this also depends on you. My down stairs system is very simple because it’s mostly just for TV and I don’t watch much TV. If surround sound isn’t an important thing to you then maybe a sound bar will be ok.
mk
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