Sound bar or amp and speakers

[oldmanBjiujitsu]

Should I buy a sound bar or get a amp ? I have a spare pair of Q acoustic speakers (3030i) and was wanting better the sound coming from my tv (Samsung QE55) just wanted advice as to spend my £500 on a sound bar or just get a amp to run the speaker

 

[Al ears]

If it is purely for the TV I would get a decent sound bar or soundbase as it is what they are designed for.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Unless you want to add proper surround either now or later?

 

[bigboss]

For your budget; soundbar. Unless you want to add speakers in the future for surround sound.

 

[Gray]

The amp option would make good use of the speakers you've already got.
You really wouldn't need to spend too much on an amp

 

[oldmanBjiujitsu]

Thank you for your Replies .It would be nice to be able to run my music through it on occasion and wasn’t really sure of the sound bar sound quality I had been looking at the Sonos beam 2 but the fact that the speakers are just sitting there keep sticking in my head

 

[Tinman1952]

Thank you for your Replies .It would be nice to be able to run my music through it on occasion and wasn’t really sure of the sound bar sound quality I had been looking at the Sonos beam 2 but the fact that the speakers are just sitting there keep sticking in my head

I agree those speakers are excellent and even using analogue outs from the TV with the little SMSL SA50 power amp (£66) would sound better than a sound bar. Add an inexpensive little DAC to the optical output on the TV and it should be better still !

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Or get an amp with inbuilt DAC?

I get the impression (though have never heard one) that soundbars are not great with music.

 

[bigboss]

Or get an amp with inbuilt DAC?

I get the impression (though have never heard one) that soundbars are not great with music.

I don't think that's the case with ALL soundbars.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

I'm sure that's true, but given the speakers the OP has I suspect most conventional amps would be better than most soundbars in that context.

 

[ultraminiature]

With a new 4K Samsung TV and owning a NAD amp /CD and B&W connecting the TV to the amp just required an inexpensive Toslink optical to analogue RCA and the optical and an RCA cables. There is no lag (lip synch issues) as seen with some other sets ups of TV to speakers with optical inputs.

If considering surround sound then getting a Denon or other AV receiver might be worth considering.