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[deleted] t1_j9fi3ss wrote

Reply to comment by Similar-Collar1007 in Paramount’s $1.5 Billion Write-Down Is the Bill for Peak TV Coming Due | Analysis by flowerhoney10

It's like they stopped at a gas station way off the highway, the one that services a small community near some provincial park and kept renting DVDs up until 5 years ago because the internet out there sucked. Then they dug through the discount DVD bin now that they're getting rid of them. The 3 for $5.00 bin. And those three movies are what they decided to make TV shows out of lol. Such a random, disjointed and mediocre mix.

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Calcutec_1 t1_j9fedfj wrote

Reply to comment by Zero_ST in Why is it that a lot of TV shows these days have really poor sound mixing by StarChild413

sure, IF you have self powered speakers, you can connect ONE to the phones out port, that's not ideal though as I´ve mentioned. if you want to connect TWO you'd need a mixer in-between.

neither option will give you good sound. A Soundbar would be both cheaper, less hassle, and give you a LOT better sound.

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Zero_ST t1_j9fdum2 wrote

Reply to comment by Calcutec_1 in Why is it that a lot of TV shows these days have really poor sound mixing by StarChild413

You have fundamentally missed the entire point of this thread.

>>>you can't connect only speakers to a tv

>>>those ports are made to be used with headphones

>>So which one is it? You can't connect speakers to a TV at all or you can but it's not made for it?

Now would you care to answer the question?

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Calcutec_1 t1_j9fdi8x wrote

Reply to comment by Zero_ST in Why is it that a lot of TV shows these days have really poor sound mixing by StarChild413

> Most people aren't audio nerds with top of the range systems, and sound design should account for that.

sigh.. even my 80 something year old parents got a soundbar, it does not take an "audio nerd"

as for your other "points". if you refuse to learn how to do things properly for good results, then that's your business.

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Zero_ST t1_j9fccma wrote

Reply to comment by Calcutec_1 in Why is it that a lot of TV shows these days have really poor sound mixing by StarChild413

>someone who knows more than you on the subject

Uh huh. Except...

>you can't connect only speakers to a tv

>those ports are made to be used with headphones

So which one is it? You can't connect speakers to a TV at all or you can but it's not made for it? Which is wrong anyway as they're typically labelled audio out, not headphones.

>you are still just amplifying the Stereo signal, so you are not getting substantial benefits in vocal clarity

And yeah, that's the whole point of this thread. Most people aren't audio nerds with top of the range systems, and sound design should account for that.

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Calcutec_1 t1_j9fbf98 wrote

Reply to comment by Zero_ST in Why is it that a lot of TV shows these days have really poor sound mixing by StarChild413

First of all, no it's generally called the phones or headphones OUT port. Auxiliary ports are what you plug IN to for example amplifiers to connect an music source ie a phone or iPod.

Second, those ports are made to be used with headphones with have a lot lower impedance than speakers or amplifiers, so you it's not optimal for sound quality to use them for other things than headphones.

Third, you are still just amplifying the Stereo signal, so you are not getting substantial benefits in vocal clarity, you need to separate the signal for that to happen, by having at least a centre speaker and then L & R speakers, or a sounder that does that virtually.

and forth, learn to recognise when you are speaking to someone who knows more than you on the subject, and learn instead of argue.

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