Functionality + Design very good, sound OK

Functionality + Design very good, sound OK

Panasonic SC-HTE80EG-S Compact Stereo Speaker Board (120 watts RMS) Silver (Electronics)

Customer Review

I own this soundbar for a few days, and they operate with a BluRay player and a flat-screen TV, both also Panasonic.

The connection of all devices via Viera Link is excellent solved, you have to adjust a little only on TV, and even the device turns on together with the TV, or responds to turning on the BluRay player. The volume can be controlled via the TV FB. Turns the TV off, the soundboard and the Bluray is also switched off. Perfectly solved.

That the unit HDMI provides connections with Auto Lip Sync, a criterion not the Sonos Soundbar, which offers only TOSLINK, and thus no lip was also to buy this Soundboard, and for example, can guarantee Sync, among other drawbacks (not all television supply the TOSLINK starting with all channels).

Facility will be very fast, the remote control is simple but functional. Setup is done quickly.
The device features a super design as TV stand, including an ordinary processing. That was also a selling point, we wanted the "silver dice" our old home cinema system away (even if they had a better sound).

Bluetooth works great, especially with the Bluetooth standby function that wakes the device via Bluetooth connection. Thus, the possibility of this box as opened 'Sonos for the poor' to operate where one per tablet eg Spotify, internet radio, YouTube playlists (which can not Sonos !!) and other media players to stream on the soundboard. Brilliant! And with very little standby power, which is partly below 0.5 W. This is not worth mentioning, Sonos treats himself as a big swig from the bottle. But please do not expect Sonos sound quality, that's too much to ask. The sound quality is generally OK, but nothing special, why magazines like AREADVD have tested this product sounded moderately excellent, do not open up to me.

In Detail:

- The Bass rumst well relative to the size of the device. And the device is really not large.
- Heights I miss something, I believe are partly underexposed.
- High volume levels come partly also good, a little tinny with increasing volume. One should not overdo it just, it's not high-end box.
- Virtual surround sound (Sound setting 'Cinema') in the action scenes at the beginning of 'Skyfall' is well developed here, please do not make an effort comparing to a 5.1 system. One can, with a suitable volume level so thoroughly have fun.
- Listening to music is not a high-end fun, that also works as a by-Herbe trickling over medium volume level with no real stereo effect. But that's OK with us because in our house not badly soundproofed High End orgies with bass thunderstorms are usually possible.
- The improvement in the regulatory TV sound in the bass range is good, with voices etc. not particularly. Since our TV actually has a very good sound (very spatially, well understood in parts) is the 'jump' as underwhelming. "Quantum leaps" are not. That alone does not justify the purchase of this device.

Overall, I'm not completely satisfied for 250 euros with the sound, but the design, quality, interaction with other components, functionality and versatility ("Sonos for the poor") played when purchasing a role, so overall a good purchase I do not regret !

For real home cinema surround sound pleasure I buy a surround sound headphones, so I can really look loud action movies. The cost to the family life less ;-). For my purposes, this combination is better than a wily 5.1 system that I can not install anyway because of space and cabling reasons (apart from the fact that my room geometry will not accommodate all).

Overall, 4 stars are really justified. 5 stars fail due to the lack heights, the lack of stereo feeling, etc. But you have to be able to accept halt. And that goes also for the average listener. When writing this review is running on the device, the Spotify playlist, and I am pleased to have a favorable "Power Stereo", which does not really stand out.

Another addendum in January 2014:

After I had in the meantime set down to 3 stars, I sit I back up to 4 stars. My meantime conducted sound sample was thus distorted that the equalizer my Spotify app (which I have not noticed!), Was in the mode 'On' with neutral sound settings. (The tablet with the Spotify app served as a "source" via Bluetooth). It was only when I got the equalizer completely deactivated, also the sound of the Speaker Boards was much better.

A test with my reference pieces "NWO" by Ministry and "Use My Third Arm" by Pantera on high volume was then quite bulky, with clearer, but for improvement heights ;-)

The sound is now, in my view, given the size of the device but OK. No high-end disclosure, but OK. As other reviewers write, the factory settings must be changed:

After my sense of hearing and room acoustics, the sound is better, if the options are set up to 'dialogue gain' (Level 3), and the subwoofer on Level 2 remains, and Low Volume mode to 'OFF' is. I hear music even better in the 'Cinema' as in 'Music' or 'Stereo' mode. But that's a matter of taste.

All in all, I stand by my assessment that this device be money's worth.

all good 45 Rank: 4/5
October 31
Disappointing 60 Rank: 2/5
August 21
So far okay! 1 1 Rank: 4/5
April 30
Okay aside accessories Rank: 5/5
February 5
Very cool accessory Rank: 4/5
December 3

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