Improving sound quality of my living room?

Question

Hello,

I just moved into my new apartment and have almost unpacked everything. I've noticed that the sound quality from my TV is very poor while it was just fine at my old place. It can be hard to hear voices and what people are saying yet it can get very loud. It's almost as if you have water in your ears.

Any idea what's causing this?

Answer 1

Yes I think I do. It depends on where the tv is and what is around it . audio sound get "absorbed" into things like fabric. So if your chairs and couches are set up different than before....if you have more carpet like wall to wall where before you had area rugs...the size and shape of the room will effect where the sound wave bounce off of and get directed back to where you are sitting. If you have the availability get a speaker system that you can hook up to your tv...they don't have to be that expensive ...try Best Buy if you have that store by you.

I moved my speaker up to the ceiling on the wall...this way the music didn't drowns out any conversation..this may work for your tv ans well ...think of it...where are the speakers located in the movie theater..they're above your heads.

hope this answer helps:)

Answer 2

What is different about your new room compared to your old room? Bare floor? Lower ceiling? Wood paneling?

Reflections are your enemy. Ideally, you want to hear sound directly from your speakers, not from bouncing all over the room en route to your ears. That bouncing smears the sound in time and phase.

If you have hard surfaces like hardwood floors or wood wall paneling, that's probably your problem. Add something to soften those surfaces, like rugs or wall hangings. Using a light (instead of sound) analogy, envision the spot where a beam of light emanating from your TV's speakers would bounce off the floor or wall and reflect directly into your eyes. (You can actually use a small mirror for this if you get my drift.) That's the spot you need to soften.

If hard surfaces aren't your problem, add more info about your new room.

Answer 3

What kind of floor do you have in your new place?  It carpet ?  Hardwood floor doesn't absorb sound, it bounce off sound so everything sound very nice on hard wood.