I'm thinking of getting a sound bar for my tv or a headphone. Any users of either one? Both a little pricey so want

[SheilaAnn]

some guidance on this one. TIA.

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Sure they're a little pricey, but to me, they're worth it, being that I'm profoundly hard of hearing. It does help.

[SheilaAnn]

4. The Sound Bar or the headset?

[SWBTATTReg]

11. I use the sound bar, and I haven't used the headphones yet, but I do have them. And, to be clear, I don't

really use the sound bar too much, as I would bother others w/ the sound bar, so I use the closed caption feature on the TVs extensively (I recommend this to you). Get used to the CC, and you won't really miss that much, and it's nice, I don't have the TVs, radios, etc. blaring anymore (which I have burned out the volume controls on 3 TVs thus far).

Good luck to you.

[Charlie Chapulin]

2. I have a Bose 500.

It replaced a Bose 300, that went to the family home. Both are nice. Bose can be a little spendy, but they make a quality product.
I’ve heard LG ones that sound good, for less money.

[Jerry2144]

3. You might not need a powered sub woofer

I got a TCL brand one with no sub woofer for about $90. Sounds great, speakers are aimed forward. Just make sure it has ARC or audio over HDMI so the bar takes the place of the TV speakers and volume controls off the TV remote works

[SheilaAnn]

6. My tv is a Vizio and I noted many Vizio sound bars. What's the best place to shop for these?

[Jerry2144]

18. It depends upon where you are

Costco or Sam’s sometimes have deals
That big box chain store that claims to give you a best buy
Wallymart
Target
Amazon

The brand doesn’t matter much. You want the ARC (audio return channel) feature on an HDMI port to have the sound bar replace your tv speakers. Some even will let you plug in headphones or give you a Bluetooth audio link for private listening. Amazon has a decent TCL Alto R1 for $90 which would meet most of your needs, I think

[Blue Owl]

5. I discovered my TV was too outdated to connect to it properly

So make sure the connection ports are compatible

[SheilaAnn]

7. Yes, I'm 84 years old and not a techy by any means. Do I need a separate remote for this?

[Blue Owl]

10. The sound bar should come with its own remote

Double check with the store or vendor you buy it from that there is a return policy window in case it isn’t compatible

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Bluetooth TV? Would the headphone be instead of the sound bar?

I don't know about soundbars. I can say that I am really enjoying my AKG Y500 Bluetooth headphones for music, streaming, and videos, all on the computer or tablet. Comfortable and excellent sound, love the features.

[rajuncajdim]

15. cans

headphones are actually a REALLY good alternative to a soundbar...my hobby is high end portable audio(amps,dacs,iem's) and when you hit a certain price point(approx.300-500$$ or so, the returns diminish quite a bit and to the person asking where to buy vizio soundbars, I got mine at amazon...cheers. p.s. akg makes some very good cans.

[CentralMass]

9. On the cheap ypu get somerhing like this.

[Bluetooth Transmitter & Receiver] YMOO Bluetooth 5.3 Audio Adapter for TV/Airplane/Bluetooth Headphones/Speaker, 3.5mm Jack Aux HiFi Stereo, Dual Link AptX Adaptive, Low Latency for Flight, Travel https://a.co/d/1q4g4Jw

It plugs into the audio jack of your TV.and sends the audio via Bluetooth to Bluetooth head phones, or ear buds, or even Bluetooth sneakers closer to you.

[live love laugh]

12. It depends on the TV. I bought a cheap Black Friday TV

by Westinghouse a few years ago and the sound was barely audible.

I bought a sound bar and it didn’t help very much. I ended up giving it away and buying a Sony.

The picture and sound are superb — there’s no comparison to the other TV. And no soundbar is needed.

Sony and LG are made by the same company I think. And Best Buy has open box deals sometimes that knocks the price down.

[rajuncajdim]

16. sony

and L.G are not made by each other, one is south koren the other from japan

[live love laugh]

17. Ok 👍🏼

[duncang]

13. I went with a Zvox sound bar.

I asked the other day about if anyone knew if there were sound bars that had a filter to cut background noise and music. The zvox does. This morning I did some searching. Here’s some names. Soundfun Mirai, Zvox, and Serionic. Do a search for voice clarifying sound bar.

[duncang]

14. Just looked.

A Zvox av100 cost $129 at Amazon. A Zvox pricier one is $199.