Advice on my Audio Setup

[Bazmamfoo]

Hey Guys,

So I've been playing around with a couple of Android boxes for the past few months and starting to get to grips with them. One thing I really struggle with is optimising my sound quality.

I am looking for some advice from someone who knows about these things who could point me in the direction that I should have everything running.

My set up is:
1 x Toshiba LCD TV, speaker output is quite poor (buzzes at loud or bass-heavy moments).
1 x Samsung sound bar with sub-woofer, sound is good but constant hissing when volume is high.
1 x Ugoos UT2, has HDMI cable which can transfer sound to TV, OR 3.5mm aux socket that can output sound straight to soundbar.

So, I know this is only 3 components but there are multiple combinations:
- Should I play sound directly from my Android box to my soundbar to avoid the TV speakers?
- Should I have sound directly to soundbar but also playing through TV speakers through HDMI simultaneously?
- Should volume be max on android player at all times and adjust only on soundbar or vice versa?

I know these are basic questions, and the obvious answer is to play around and see which sounds better to me but the truth is I have a bad ear for these things. I want to ensure I'm hearing music/movies in the best quality possible, so are there general rules for these types of set ups?


Any advice or help at all is very musc appreciated.


Thanks

[McrRed]

Before the experts arrive , here's my twopenneth. TV speakers are crap. Only use them at low volumes. Play your sound through your soundbar.
All amplifiers distort at max volume (called clipping) so turn your device down to 70/80%.

Keep doing what you're doing - which is educating your ears, and when you're ready, ditch the soundbar and get a proper system :-P

[Bazmamfoo]

Re: Advice on my Audio Setup

Before the experts arrive , here's my twopenneth. TV speakers are crap. Only use them at low volumes. Play your sound through your soundbar.
All amplifiers distort at max volume (called clipping) so turn your device down to 70/80%.

Keep doing what you're doing - which is educating your ears, and when you're ready, ditch the soundbar and get a proper system :-P

Thanks mate

So should I use the aux jack on my Ugoos direct to sound bar? Or put the sound bar direct into TV headphone jack?

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