I adjust four settings. That's a 33% increase in settings. But I swear that fourth one makes it at least 34% better.

But? What about the audio qualities did improved. Just three settings!

Interesting you mention speakers. With my old TV, I had a pair of fairly basic, cheap speakers that I had been using with my desktop PC hooked up to it via the headphone jack at the back of the TV. One thing I noticed was that the sound quality of the speakers weren't affected by adjusting the Bass and Treble settings. The sound that came out of them was fairly neutral, for lack of a better word. Definitely not boomy. I could plug in my headphones in one of the speakers as there was a headphone jack and the sound quality was also tolerable, not boomy, though much richer/layered.

Another thing that annoys me about newer TVs is they don't have a basic 3.5 mm headphone jack. Just some Optical Audio Digital Out thingy. I have no idea what the heck that is. Do soundbars have a 3.5 mm headphone jack on them? Those old speakers died so I don't have them anymore, otherwise I'd figure out how to hook them up to the TV to see how they sound. Now, based on your comment, it looks like I'll be buying another pair of speakers. So my question to you is do you have a brand that you'd recommend, and obviously, how do I connect them to the TV (or do new versions of 2.0 speakers connect via Optical Audio Digital Out?)

I'm sure you can tell I'm not very tech savvy, lol.

I support speakers with warm tone. Each audio device has has a characteristic soundscape. This is especially important when selecting headphones and there can be huge difference how easy or hard to listen a device is. Soundscape of audio devices can be roughly characterized as warm, neutral and boomy. Older TV's with a bit muffled sound quality can be often characterized as warm and are easy to listen.

A good thing about soundbars is that most of them have equalizer, but when soundbars are geared toward boomy movie sound, they probably aren't soundscapewise the thing the OP is looking for. Also higher end neutral devices have ability to produce very sharp sounds, which might produce unpleasant surprises.

This exactly. Flat screen TVs don't generally have the space to house decent quality speakers, so the sound is usually less than you'd like. A sound bar is the best way to handle that. You'll be amazed at the difference in sound quality!

Came here to say just that. Have a soundbar myself and I don't think I could ever go back

Agreed. A semi decent sound bar can be had online for under 100 bucks.

I second this I have my Roku stream bar SE connected to my Roku TV via HDMI ARC and it works flawlessly it's a small little compact sound bar but it packs a punch I loveit

Does turning the Apple TV on and off fix it?

No soundbar, just connected the Apple TV to the Samsung TV itself

I’m using a Sonos sound bar with an lg c3

The crackling sound will develop after watching Apple TV for a bit. If I push the back button I get an audio stuttering loop that lasts until I shut down the Apple TV

Turning it back on and everything is normal

Happened to me only 2x starting this morning randomly 

It’s only when I turn on the Apple TV itself

The mixes are usually fine. Their dynamic range is an acceptable range for the intended listening environment: a movie theater. Most home listening environments have a higher background noise level and inferior audio system, so the acceptable range is lower. It would often be beneficial to many customers if a less dynamic mix option were available. However, so few people understand the true nature of the underlying issue and any system or default setting that used the non-original mix would be ridiculed and complained about from the opposite direction. TVs and audio gear that offer built-in compression features are a good compromise imo. I think many of them could be more effective, however, with more appropriate DSP algorithms. To be fair, one-size-fits-all is tough.

Many movies are broadcast in 5.1 (surround). But if you don’t have a surround system, then you have no center channel, and that’s where most of the dialogue goes.

You mean the speaking sounds like a whisper but the music and sound effect can be heard by people driving by your house?

the mix is probably good. if it isn’t sounding good it probably has to do with the speakers you’re listening on and possibly the room

Same for me!! It's hard especially with music that literally drowns out the words. People just sound like Charlie Brown's teacher. Thanks, I'll look for a dialogue setting.

Thanks, I'll have to check this out. It's a struggle for me to watch TV over speakers because I have a hard time hearing dialogue, and then with anything cinematic (i.e. movies) I absolutely have to use headphones because I can't hear the dialogue no matter how loud the volume is.

Headphones usually are 1 person only. Even if you’re talking about fancy ones that let multiple people listen to a single audio source, they have to 1) find and fiddle with headphones, and 2) be cut off from the rest of the family. I like my solution better, but that’s a personal preference so your mileage may vary.

Soundbars are great too. I’ve had those surround sound systems as well. The one aspect of the portable speaker that was a better experience for me was the ability to move jt where I want. If we want to watch a movie while we eat we can plop the speaker on the dining room table and not have to turn the speaker on the TV way up for example.

The ability to control the distance and position of the baby really improves your tv watching experience.

Yeah, that's a really cool lifehack.

It has 8 buttons and a door to open for fine tuning dials. When I was adjusting the tuning in the video, I was using the dials. That's why the color went weird when I popped the door. I can't find any spot on the tuning that has sound and video, but when I bought it, the listing showed a video of the TV hooked up to a PS3. It had sound and video on that, so I know it can do it.

I don't see an option for it but on the back it says: 'Press "CH-"3's' and then says that changes the sound carrier frequency between 4.5, 5.5, 6.0 & 6.5. I'm not quite sure what it wants me to do to change it.

Will this work for various brands of devices or just phonak?

I'm the daughter in law, but thank you 😁. My husband is a technological luddite bless him, I'm the phone / laptop / iPad sorter in the family! 😂