Oh, interesting. Thanks! Donna > On Nov 25, 2016, at 10:49 AM, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Donna, a sound bar is a general term for a long sometimes tube shaped or > square thin box with stereo speakers mounted. Instead of having traditional > speakers that sit in the corners and fire in to the center of the room these > have the speakers fire out from a. Single box you sit under your TV for > example in to the room sort of inversing the sound distribution process. > It’s great for smaller rooms and apartments or conditions where you don’t > want to run wires. > > >> On Nov 25, 2016, at 9:01 AM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >> >> OK, maybe this is a dumb question, but what is a sound bar? I have a Sonos >> system, but have never heard it referred to as a sound bar. >> >> And BTW, like others, have been very happy with the sound of the Sonos, and >> the accessibility of the IOS app. >> Cheers, >> Donna >>> On Nov 25, 2016, at 7:58 AM, Scott Berry <sb356...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> It really doesn’t matter what sound bar you use. I don’t have a Sonos and >>> the sound is I think really awesome. >>> >>> >>>> On Nov 25, 2016, at 12:17 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Mary, >>>> >>>> I haven't actually tried it but the Sonos system is pretty good I have the >>>> sonos play 1 speakers and the IOS Sonos app works great for config and >>>> useability >>>> >>>> The SOnos Play bar would be very configurable but you would need to have a >>>> tv or device that you can connect it to as I don't think it has HDMI for >>>> plugging in the Apple tv, but the bar does have Optical which most tv's >>>> have >>>> >>>> Might be worth while having a look into, >>>> >>>> >>>> I have my aTV connected to the tv I have and then that is connected to my >>>> speakers via optical and works great, I've been thinking about the sonos >>>> play bar to allow my sonos play 1's to be able to output the audio from >>>> the aTV. >>>> Might have to have a look at it again tomorrow. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten >>>> Sent: Friday, 25 November 2016 11:21 AM >>>> To: viph...@googlegroups.com; mac4thebl...@freelists.org; >>>> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Good sound bar that will work well with an Apple TV and voiceover >>>> >>>> I know I have brought this topic up before. Another year has gone by, and >>>> there are many sound bars on sale right now with substantial discount. But >>>> if I don't work any better than what we have now, I don't want to spend >>>> another few hundred bucks and be disappointed. The problem I have, and I >>>> know others have had it as well, is that when you have voiceover on your >>>> Apple TV and that is connected to a sound bar, you miss words from >>>> voiceover. When sound is playing, as when you have music or TV program >>>> active, there are no VoiceOver missing words. This has something to do >>>> with the HDMI, and I don't remember exactly what. But I know that when I >>>> look at the sound bars online, it doesn't really give any indication of >>>> any of the specs that I might need to know up to see if voiceover is going >>>> to work right. We just got a Roku streaming stick with accessibility. It's >>>> suffers from the same problem as voiceover. You miss lots of words. So, I >>>> would really like to get a nice quality sound bar that actually lets me >>>> use these devices. I can sort of get around it with the Apple TV by using >>>> a Bluetooth speaker. But then of course, the sound bar isn't in use. >>>> Anyway, I would really like a top quality sound bar that is going to do >>>> what I need it to do for any of these connected devices that have voice >>>> accessibility. Does anybody have any advice? >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>>> Visionaries list. >>>> >>>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>>> >>>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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