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Descaler fluid. My coffee pod machine is warning me that it will be going on strike after 20 more cups if I don’t descale it. And it will - it’s done it before!
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Bought a HiSense AX 5125H soundbar as a Christmas present to myself to go with the 58" HiSense TV in the lounge.
Rated quite highly by critics and on sale at 189.
Rated quite highly by critics and on sale at 189.
Yeah, flatscreen TV's never seem to have good sound quality. Maybe my hearing but some programmes seem to have muffled speech. I bought a Bose soundbar although they describe it as a TV speaker. It has a speech setting. Much better!
9/10 a half decent separate audio setup will give better sound than built in speakers.
However, many tv progs and films do have muffled speech, some of them regardless of the audio setup you run. Ever noticed how most of the time you can hear things fine on most tv ads, and yet you'll watch an atmospheric drama/film and can't make out much of what they're saying. It's not unusual for folk with perfectly good hearing to put the subtitles on.
3x LG sets - acceptable sound level/quality.
The 24" tv in the kitchen, the most recent set bought - absolutely abysmal. Even on max volume, it's difficult to hear, above the fan oven's fan, it's muffled, squeaky, totally lacking in bass.
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Sometimes you can tweak the equaliser settings on the TV, and boost the high frequencies for the speech.
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I have bad hearing. In fact, at my last hearing test, the guy kept coming into the chamber to check I was pressing the button. He marked my hearing loss down as profound in the high frequencies.
What narks me right off is when the programme makers insist on putting music over speech.
WTH?
Me too, but I have exceptionally good hearing. I have always had a problem, understanding what people are saying, when there is noise to contend with.
I think the programme and film makers think it makes things more atmospheric. Actors mumbling through their lines at little more than a whisper.
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Ya what?
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I had a medical (drugs test really) at a large defence contractor a few years ago, it was held in a portakabin outside the main gates, there were trucks coming and going with reversing alarms beeping constantly, I think the nurse gave up in the end and gave me a pass
Eh?
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