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Related: About this forumAnyone else ever use the zvox sound bar?
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Years back I bought a zvox it lasted pretty long time. I bought another and its still going. But Ive thought about getting a different brand. I have hearing problems and dont wear my hearing aids all the time. The bar I have does good lowering background music and other noises allowing me to hear the dialogue better. It also does things like keeping the sound level even during ads. I know they arent supposed to increase the volume during them but they do push it.
Anyways anyone else using something similar and what do you think about it?
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I wear hearing aids. What is a zbar? I tried a search but didnt have much success. Thanks.
duncang
(2,648 posts)It has settings where you can lower the amount of background noise, music, etc.. But brings out the voices. Kind of like when youre in a busy restaurant and all the other people speaking or music going you cant quite make out the conversation of people youre talking to. If they dropped the music volume and a lot of the people stopped talking. Also it helps keep the volume even when they go to a commercial or when a show might raise the volume for the effect.
Before my wife passed away she would gripe about the volume. After I got it I could lower the volume and still hear the voices. She appreciated it.
Its not perfect but helps. It has a lot of combinations to try to match it to your hearing. One button may have 3 levels another may have 5. Not by my tv right now but think theres 4-5 buttons that control different levels so its got a lot of variations.
As normal with some hard of hearing I may have a hard time making out whether someone said lake or like. This seems to help.
duncang
(2,648 posts)Its a zvox
rajuncajdim
(16 posts)Vizio makes very good soundbars on a budget.
Allow you to lower background noise and music? I dont know whats available in the Vizio sound bars? The zbar seems to block out most of the sound above and below normal speaking range. That was one of the selling points I was originally looking for?
SheilaAnn
(9,970 posts)duncang
(2,648 posts)Its a zvox
Lulu KC
(3,002 posts)The music is sometimes so loud.
duncang
(2,648 posts)I dont know what else is out there. Im sure there are some. The no more blaring ads was a nice addition. It does take awhile to get set. You adjust one button on it and it can affect something you set earlier. Also you do need to listen for awhile after changing settings to make sure its good. But once its set youre good to go.
duncang
(2,648 posts)Its a zvox