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Here's why one might want analog out. I do....

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In Reply to: RE: NO ANALOG OUTPUT? posted by cloudwalker on August 02, 2014 at 11:38:07

We have our flat screen TV mounted on the wall above the fireplace mantle with just enough room to place a wide sound bar on the mantle just below the TV.

The sound bar has digital and analog inputs. I prefer analog because we can use the TV remote to control the analog output level from the TV driving the sound bard.

Had we used a digital output from the TV, we would have been forced to use the remote control that came with the sound bar to adjust it's volume, having to deal with two remotes instead of one (TV Remote & bar remote).

Sometimes analog is just much more convenient. Our Sony has variable analog out and the next TV we get will require it too.

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RE: Here's why one might want analog out. I do.... - cloudwalker 16:57:57 08/03/14 (1)
so, the soundbar has a DAC? Did not know any speaker did. I have never used a soundbar. I thought that was what people used when they did not have room for a center speaker below the TV? I have a question then...do you connect the soundbar to the center channel output on the receiver? I use a pinnacle center speaker and it sounds pretty good to me.
- RE: Here's why one might want analog out. I do.... - AbeCollins 19:57:28 08/03/14 (0)
  A soundbar is often used instead of a full-blown AV surround sound system. They typically come with digital inputs and analog inputs and through digital signal processing (DSP) they attempt to synthesize a surround effect.
  
  In my case I do not have a surround sound receiver and all the associated speakers. I can simply drive the soundbar via a digital input or stereo analog input. Yes, it has it's own built-in DAC and amplifier.
  
  I simply drive the sound bar via the 2-channel analog output from my TV in order to get a more robust sound vs the TV's tiny speakers. And I disable the DSP surround effects which sound annoying, 'phasey', and artificial.
  
  You wouldn't use one of these soundbars if you have a full-blown surround AV setup. Instead, you would use a passive center channel speaker along with your AV receiver and associated speakers for all the other channels.
  - ZVOX Audio Soundbars (Open in New Window)

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