No more bass boost? Audio menu changed
All of my Roku devices no longer have bass boost or surround options. Has a setting changed or something else?
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As the description states, I'm wondering why my Roku wireless speakers sound "weak" in comparison to how they sounded before the Roku update. Music, movies and games had more bass in it than it does now. I know you have the independent bass and treble options under sound settings, but it doesn't sound nearly as good as they did before the update. Even with the bass set to max, the bass from the wireless speakers just doesn't sound as good as it did before. For instance, when I listened to bass heavy tracks before the update, I actually felt some vibration from the speakers. Not anymore. I hope Roku does an update to fix this for those of us that don't have the option of using a subwoofer because we stay in apartments.
I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment. The latest OS update robbed the Roku dashboard of its once signature sound settings. With bass boost engaged, it was not necessary to dial up the bass and treble settings any farther than 2, to hear the subs’ deep, authoritative impact, and the seamless blending of the satellite speakers. Combined, the complete system had a signature sound of its own. Currently, it’s lackluster sound fatigues the ears… it keeps you wanting for the adjustability it once had. It’s time to end these pleads for Roku to correct its blunder… Could it be the company no longer cares, and that we’re stuck with its diluted product.
WillieT you said it better than I have. Yes, on the previous menu you didn't have to 'dial' the bass from 1 to 10 to adjust. You had the 4 choices, which included bass boost and bass off. Bass off was convenient when you wanted to watch something late at night. You just went to bass off instead of having to click 10 notches. And most of all the sound diminished after the update everyone got. There's no point in going in circles with this. The update changed the bass menu. Danny the Roku moderator/helper just needs to acknowledge this and let us know if the bass menu can be restored with a software update.
jtac140 I have the Roku wireless speakers and subwoofer paired to my Roku TV. I live in a very large apartment and the subwoofer is not an issue. The Roku wireless speakers really don’t have much based because they’re meant to be used as surroundsound speakers. With Roku 10.5 I had plenty of bass. Sound was set to normal and bass at 4 and treble at 6. Now I set the sound to movie and did not touch any other settings. Leveling is off. With Roku 11 the sound schemes changed. But the wireless speakers aren’t supposed to have bass. They aren’t meant to. That’s why you pair it with a subwoofer. I have a Samsung Soundbar with subwoofer on another tv. The soundbar is nothing without the sub.
Trust me I get what you're saying, but it just had more of a bass presence, or at least seemed like it had more bass than what it was. I may just have to invest in the other pieces, but the fact is my apartment is really small and the walls here are paper thin, which is why I don't want to go with the subwoofer, but I might just have to bite the bullet so to speak and pick one up so I can play with it for a bit. I do have another question if you don't mind me asking though. Maybe I'm just getting older, but the speakers seem to produce a muffled bass dialogue with certain vocals coming through the speakers. Not sure if I'm the only one hearing them this way, but does the soundbar help with the muffled bass response with male vocals? Majority of the time it's fine, but some dialogue is hard to understand because of that. I know we have the speech clarity option now, and I've been playing around with it, but it also reduces overall bass frequencies. Anyway, thanks for the input 😁👍👍
