Sony TV sound

I also have a Sony OLED TV, and the built-in sound from the TV is surprisingly good, far surpassing any other TV I've owned.  I initially thought I'd get a sound bar, but realized it wasn't necessary.  And for reference, I have a fairly high-end 2-channel audio system in another room.  Plus, the Sony OLED picture is superb.  

I also have a Sony OLED TV, and the built-in sound from the TV is surprisingly good, far surpassing any other TV I've owned. 

I echo all of this, but still connect through my 2 channel system when watching films, and it is undoubtedly superior.

+1. I have a 55" XBR (not OLED) with great picture quality, 

still sounds a lot better when I feed it through my stereo system.

I finally received a $25 widget that accepts eARC and outputs HDMI, so I was able to compare the sound using the TV speakers and using my audio setup. The two sound a bit different, and I'm not sure which I prefer. It’s not worth powering up the Ayre preamp, amp, and Bryston processor. The Ayre DX-5 DSD sends superb video to the full-array TV -- I was perhaps unreasonably leery about OLED.

Tonight I turned off the power of the Ayre preamp and confirmed that the amp was in standby mode then played selections from two Blue-rays, Legends of Jazz and Beethoven's 7th and 9th symphonies, using my Ayre DX-5 DSD with HDMI to the 85" Sony TV.  The sound was excellent, a quality I would be happy to live with.  It occurred to me that a satisfying downsized setup could be the Ayre disc player and Roon Nucleus with HDMI to the Sony TV.  A two shelf Salamander rack might sit below the TV.