The big brother of the LS-T10 compared test

The LS-T 30 is designed for people and homes where there is simply not the place or the desire for a sophisticated surround installation. A soundbar can, of course, not with a set of 6 individual speakers, placed around to keep the listener. He can only be a compromise to and must be unobtrusive, so most invisible, yet the housing Conditionally with flat screens too thin and significantly enhance unsatisfactory sound nevertheless. Onkyo has here early on recognized the gap and got off to a great throw over 1 year before with the LS-T 10. The now tested LS-T30 is the big brother of the also tested LS-10th And that must be taken literally, since the Brummer has a housing area 90,5x38 cm more space for larger chassis and serves as a shelter for flat units up to a size of 70 inches (178cm diagonal). The LS-T 30 is already because of its size until TV sizes above 50 inches really makes sense, because otherwise the built-in the front panel speakers spread well beyond the screen width beyond. Technically, this is not of concern, but the optical already looks funny if you take a bar of such and then it is a "small" 42 incher. Not to be underestimated is the depth of almost 40cm, does not offer any cabinet. Here is recommended before buying, once remeasure and possibly. Deduct the cabinet slightly from the wall. Those who have a TV in silver or white, which should necessarily resort to silver casing variant, which is also useful for black TVs incidentally. Simply because the bright housing just looks inconspicuous. The design has become a little more angular compared to the LS-T 10 and sees, thanks to the small slits on the left and right of the housing from a bit more technical. But this is a matter of taste. Just 11.5 kilos does the housing together with the chassis on the scale. And after wisdom: The more severe the case, the better the bass, one must be prepared for some. But the housing height has been reduced by a whole centimeter to 9.5 cm compared to the little brother LS-T 10, which is the slender inconspicuous pleasing look to good. Goods in LS-T 10 still installed 4 front / 2 and side chassis with 7cm full range drivers, the larger LS-T 30 is operated with 4 front chassis of 6.5cm size. For sets of beaming down-firing subwoofer with a growth of 12 to 16cm in diameter belong to. It is at the Brummer to an evolution of the highly successful Surround Sets HT-S4505 Onkyo. This raises the question of whether the absence of the side 2 speakers does not mean a step backwards for the surround sound of the LS-T 30 from the LS-T 10. The question is defined later in Sound Test.

The connection and the initial setup of Soundbase designed accustomed easily. In principle, the speaker stands after connection of power and the connection to the TV immediately available. Other settings and rummaging through menus omitted fortunately. Because the Sound Base responds to the remote control of most TV (Funai, LG, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, Toshiba and Vizio) and can be mitbedienen so easy. Important and well: The soundbar turns not only with the TV on and off, but also responds to the change in volume. Other manufacturers are not always as usability oriented here. All necessary cables (digital optical, power and 3.5mm) and even a vibration damping rubber mat are already in. On the USB port as the little brother has dispensed with, but optimizes the Bluetooth connection again. The device supports Bluetooth version 2.1 + EDR (Extended Data Rate), which on the one hand an over Bluetooth1 enables faster and more secure connection intake and increased by about a factor of 3 data rate is even better suited for streaming example of mobile devices and Spotify and co.

In practice, the Brocken sounds with conventional television material focusing on spoken content, eg in the classic Tagesschau by default slightly nasal and overtones. If you set the built-in sound program on "voice mode", uses the DSP technology from DTS typical speech frequency range, strengthened in light and reduces at the same time from the lower frequencies, which inhibit granted. The effect is clear erhörbar. In particular, the clarity and airiness is clearly improved here. Who looks like films and also action-packed foods and listening, which is not found his fortune here. For the stereo mode and the surround mode is recommended. The surround mode will simulate signals that sound like a 5.1 system also behind the spectators. Here, however, shows the limits of the compromise described at the beginning. It sounds in the surround mode while significantly wider and individual Atmoeffekte even a little staggered into the room. But a true surround Feeling the speaker is simply far away. In direct comparison with the LS-T 10 with additional lateral boxes can be a touch better detectability in some effects, such as the attack on the White House in White House Down hear. For the LS-T can not even begin to go with the momentum of its big brother. Overall, the LS-T30 sounds hearty with a significant amount of bass and that's what is missing indeed the vast majority of flat screens. Here, actually makes the large 16cm woofer in combination with the extremely stable housing noticeable. In this price range, there are no better Soundbar. More is always safe, but you also have to clearly dig deeper into their pockets. And the optically pure silver LS-T 30 convinced me even most.