TV audio

Here's what Sony's top of the line 75" tv has for audio, pretty impressive:

Sound:

• built-in 2.2-channel sound system (85 watts total)
• Acoustic Multi-Audio technology uses four frame tweeters to position sound where it appears onscreen, increasing immersion
• Acoustic Center Sync synchronizes TV speakers with compatible Sony sound bars for fuller, more immersive sound
  • works with Sony HT-A7000, HT-A5000, and HT-A9 systems
• front-firing subwoofers add surprisingly powerful bass
• sound is projected to the side and vertically to provide 3D surround sound without additional equipment
  • audio signal is "upscaled" to surround sound, so everything you watch gains the benefit of 3D audio

I have a 75” Sony x93L and the sound is pretty good. Not very “spatial” like full full system but definitely good for 90% of the TV I watch. I do find it lacking when it comes to watching football however. The announcers are a little “lost” in the crowd noise IMO. To be truthful, it’s that way a bit over my sound system too but not as bad as just the TV. Overall, broadcast TV (live TV) sound has a lot of room for improvement but that’s another thread…

I have 2023 75" and 85" Sony XR Bravo TVs, both in rooms with audio setups I don't use, because the audio of the TV is so good.  I reserve the audio setups for Roon and Blue Rays.

My understanding is that much tv or movie video content these days is multichannel and using a 2 channel stereo for sound is not the best approach to be able to properly discern voices and such because the sound is mixed for that format.

So I ended up with a Samsung and I went with a multichannel soundbar designed for the task as an experiment rather than defer to a 2 channel stereo by default. I think was a good choice. It even does a decent job with music but not on par with the 2 channel stereo it shares space with.

This was a midrange Samsung. My understanding is that some new Sonys actually use a technology where the screen surface is used as a speaker essentially and reviews seem to indicate that approach actually works quite well to deliver high quality fuller range sound.

It all depends on what you are used to. To me it would sound like s---.