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[Closed] soundbars - slightly awkward requirements

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Morning all,

I'd like a decent soundbar. I'm rejigging the living room and the telly's going on a wall bracket in the corner and the hifi speakers are going on a different wall. There's a sub as well.

Is there a soundbar for a couple of hundred quid that would pair nicely with a sub, and is active with output for a sub?

The cheapest ones seem to be not much cop. The best reviewed budget end ones have a sub included which I don't need, then the slightly more expensive ones have fancy "sub bass" solutions inbuilt which I don't need either.

And I guess it needs to be active with audio output for the sub.

Any ideas?

Ta!


 
Posted : 11/01/2019 9:35 am
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ideas? keep the TV sound system separate from the Hifi speakers and sub? Simpler. Or is it that you already have a sub that you'd like to use with a new soundbar?


 
Posted : 11/01/2019 11:29 am
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Already have the sub. which I'd switch between soundbar and hifi inputs.


 
Posted : 11/01/2019 12:45 pm
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You need an active output from the soundbar, i.e. your sub is passive?


 
Posted : 11/01/2019 1:15 pm
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Q Acoustics M4? £Under £200 and Q Acoustics have a very good track record with speakers.
I imagine quite a few will have a wired sub output but it won't be advertised.


 
Posted : 11/01/2019 1:18 pm
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If the sub is passive, I doubt there'll be anything on the market but assumed it active like 99% of subs.


 
Posted : 11/01/2019 1:19 pm
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Yamaha YAS-107 is another. I know you said you didn't really want the ones with built in sub but it won't do any harm to have it.


 
Posted : 11/01/2019 1:27 pm
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I was going to suggest the M4, because I just got one and notice it has a sub output, but I think this is a line level output, so designed for use with a powered sub (hence my question above)?


 
Posted : 11/01/2019 1:30 pm
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Cheers all.

Yeah, sorry, it is a powered sub.

don't know why I went down the road of needing an active soundbar. I'm guessing lack of thinking, lazy assumption plus continued lack of thinking.

Where did you get the M4 for less than £200? - Edit: Amazon. ta!


 
Posted : 11/01/2019 3:05 pm