Recommend speaker for smart TV?

[Alan A]

Hearing aids. Everyone else will thank you.

[herr_oberst]

"What'd he say" "What'd she say?"

[masraum]

Another thing that makes this extra tricky is that sound and voice perception is actually VERY subjective (even when comparing folks with no hearing loss).

I assume some (most) of it is intrinsic and may be somewhat learned as well. Have you ever met someone that's moved from another country 4-5 years ago and they speak English with a very mild accent if any? Have you ever met another person that's been in the US for 20, 30, 40 years and they still have a very thick accent? I believe a lot of that is due to some folks having a better "ear" than others. The folks with the better ear hear the slight differences in the ways that people say things and then end up mimicking better.
A similar thing would be having 2 folks listening to the same person that speaks English with an accent (whether it's regional like southern, Boston, NY, NJ, etc... or some foreign accent). In extreme cases one person may completely understand everything the person says while the other person may only pick up 1 word it 10 (my wife and I for example).

I know that I've read that people are better at picking a familiar voice out of high noise levels than unfamiliar voices. So you'll be able to pick out a friend's voice in a noisy environment better than a strangers voice.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by Alan A

Hearing aids. Everyone else will thank you.

I got my Mother a device that streams her TV to her hearing aids.

[Dixie]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

I got my Mother a device that streams her TV to her hearing aids.

I prefer to poke whoever's next to me and ask, "what did they say?"

[Steve Carlton]

What does Wyatt usually say?

[dad911]

Originally Posted by Dixie

I prefer to poke whoever's next to me and ask, "what did they say?"

My Roku remote has a 15 sec backup button. I use it alot.

[911 Rod]

I was having the same issues with sound and had the CC on to combat it.
Found that my little brain couldn't read fast enough sometimes and I was missing watching the show.
I went through the TV settings and it was on dynamic. Changed to normal and all is good.

[Steve Carlton]

^^ Same issue here with CC. I want to watch a movie, not read a script.

I added Spotify to my apps and played a song loud to confirm that my soundbar isn't that great. Hopefully the Sonos will improve that and I can move my other Sonos to another room.

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by dad911

My Roku remote has a 15 sec backup button. I use it alot.

It probably has a jack for headphones too.

Might keep ya from wearing out that back button.

[Steve Carlton]

I wish I had a back button on my car radio. Better yet, one for my life.