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3.0 out of 5 starsAmazon Fire TV Soundbar, 2.0 speaker. Works with Dolby Audio NOT DD+ or DTS.
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2024
Amazon Fire TV Soundbar, 2.0 speaker. Works with Dolby Audio NOT DD+ or DTS. DTS Virtual:X does not use dts codec, it is just enabled on the soundbar like a virtual 3d sound widening eq setting. Through Dolby Digital codec with volume at halfway vocals are clear and it sound pretty nice compared to TV speakers, but at lower volumes clarity is lost. Trying to use both tv speakers and sound bar leads to audio sync issues that your tv options may fix, but probably not 100%. I ended up using an optical audio cable instead of the HDMI, saving me an HDMI port and keeping my CEC capable streaming device "FireTvStickMax" in control of my tv. Sooo, I Must use 2 or 3 remotes instead 1 or 2, fire tv remote, soundbar remote and tv remote if I need to change tv settings... I still don't know which of the tv's digital audio output sounds better, Dolby Digital or PCM? Soundbar lights up green with DD, that makes me feel it could be more surround, but PCM seems 2x louder, lowering the volume they sound the same to me, think more clarity with pcm, but does PCM from tv make it stereo out to soundbar? IDK but I think so, you would think as long as the source is surround/DD then the tv pcm out should contain multi-channel audio. I chose DD at around half volume, I can see 2 lights on the soundbar at half volume... and hopefully its more surround sound capable. I probably should have spent this $ on a real surround sound system, but this has a nice size footprint so it's not in the way and movies are more enjoyable now.