Sound bar in a box . . . can't understand dialog.

Soundbar is something I find really difficult to give recommendations for because every one is unique be it size, features, performance and of course price.

You don’t really need to spend $1k for soundbar... There are soundbars with sub for less than $200. But if you can, spend more. Lots of $$$ in soundbar goes into the form factor and home theatre features such that normal speakers can sound as good for half the price. I find myself needing around $1k to get acceptable sound from TV soundbars, and many brands don’t even manage to reproduce proper sound even at higher prices (Granted, these brands, which shall not be named, also do not manufacture either a) AVRs, b) HT speakers, c) literally any proper audio product of any form, hence me concluding that their target customers are the kum gongs)

Cheap soundbar:
https://wisepick.org/best-soundbar-under-500/

At cheap prices really, soundbars don’t give much improvement over TV speakers (unless you’re using those new super slim LCD/LED TVs which have horribad speakers - maybe the cause of cheap soundbars rising?) except mainly for the fact that it has a subwoofer.

I'm surprise the Samsung HW-MS650 isn't on that list with the link.
I've yet to read a bad review on it and am considering getting one myself.

All the best,
Nonoise

Choosing the sound is not an easy to task as so many varieties are available offering different quality, features, and at different prices. A home theatre system has many considerations to look for. And without knowing about them you can’t figure out which to buy.

If you are a first time buyer, we suggest you to have a sound knowledge of the product. It is because then only you can figure out what requirements you want and are they matching the products you are choosing.

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I had a very similar situation. Put my main system in the family room, but in the living room we had a three-wide Salamander cabinet with a shelf going all the way across that had housed a sound bar (Def Tech) in our old house. In the new set up I crammed into this space Def Tech monitors and a center channel speaker.  Only the subwoofer outside the cabinet.  Better equipment than the sound bar, but dialog uniteligible.  First of all it was the room. Old house had a small room and the sound bar worked fine. New house has cathedral ceiling, large room, lot of glass. What I did to fix it was to get sound absorbing foam from parts express, with an adhesive on one side , and put it on the sides, tops and backs of the cabinet shelf. Then fluff designed for inside speaker cabinets (loosely) in the remaining space.  Put the speakers on rubber cones/feet.  This helped enormously.  Still, I find the sound much better directly in front of the cabinet.  Not perfect, but no room for floor stands, wife’s happy, and it’s not my main system anyway.

I sorted out my mother's TV sound with a cheapo Logitech 2.1 computer speaker set. The sub has its own volume control, which makes balancing the sound fairly straightforward.

Personally, I put the TV through my hi-fi, and am very pleased with the results.