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> And still it didn’t sound quite right. So we dug out our Blu-ray and popped it in, and there it was: the pristine sounds of Junkie XL’s warring drums and guit

> And still it didn’t sound quite right. So we dug out our Blu-ray and popped it in, and there it was: the pristine sounds of Junkie XL’s warring drums and guitars coming out of our soundbar. Pretty laughable commenting about how 'bad' the audio quality sounded coming from a soundbar. > You might be asking, if I am so annoyed by watching movies on Max, Disney+, Netflix, and the rest, why don’t I just watch them from my film snob collection? Funny you should ask, because it’s a not-so-funny story: I moved during the pandemic and someone stole our physical media collection—save for one box of our absolute faves. That’s right, somewhere in the Valley someone acquired a film school’s worth of greatest movies on Blu-ray and DVDs right off the curb next to a moving truck. Rude. Funny, this is a point in favor of streaming media. Nothing to steal, nothing to get lost, nothing to keep or move or take up space. > Our Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pizza box collection? Gone. How did we realize? Shortly before watching Mutant Mayhem we looked through our box. It wasn’t there... How much time is the author wasting rummaging through her boxes of movies/TV looking for stuff? I'm all for 'original content' not muddied by constant re-compression and reauthoring, but rip the physical media and get rid of it.

nunez 2y ago
There are some really good sound bars on the market. They can even do Atmos!
- Kirby64 2y ago
  What does Atmos compatibility have to do with anything? You can find a $80 soundbar that Dolby Atmos. And sure, you can get okay sound from a soundbar. Perhaps even decent if you spend a lot... but it's going to pale compared to a proper surround sound system.
  - nunez 2y ago
    You're absolutely right (though I'm very happy with my Sonos Arc and surround Ones, especially in the maintenance front). However, the assertion that soundbars are _de facto_ bad at sound quality is incorrect, as you pointed out. That's what I was challenging.

nunez 2y ago

There are some really good sound bars on the market. They can even do Atmos!

Kirby64 2y ago
What does Atmos compatibility have to do with anything? You can find a $80 soundbar that Dolby Atmos. And sure, you can get okay sound from a soundbar. Perhaps even decent if you spend a lot... but it's going to pale compared to a proper surround sound system.
- nunez 2y ago
  You're absolutely right (though I'm very happy with my Sonos Arc and surround Ones, especially in the maintenance front). However, the assertion that soundbars are _de facto_ bad at sound quality is incorrect, as you pointed out. That's what I was challenging.