Whenever you’re watching movies or series on your TV screen, you might experience scenes during which you can’t properly hear the voices from different characters and understand what’s being said. This is essentially because flat screen TVs tend to have weak built-in speakers, which, due to their lower-end audio capabilities, can end up reproducing faint, muffled, and unclear audio, especially during scenes with background soundtracks that are louder than the actual dialogue. When experiencing such poor audio quality during dialogue, you might feel the need to rewind those scenes or have subtitles On just so you can hear or at least understand what’s being said. If that’s your case, then one of your best options is to get a TV loudspeaker. These devices are particularly designed to deliver a significantly better audio quality than that offered by the default speakers integrated within most flat screen TVs. Not only do TV loudspeakers support immersive audio formats like Dolby Digital, which allows them to deliver a more realistic sound that helps to create a more immersive listening experience, but some models also feature voice enhancing technologies which make dialogue clearer and easier to understand by raising specific sound frequencies from voices over other audio playing, even at low volumes. So, if you’re looking for a TV loudspeaker that can deliver a well-balanced audio and effectively make dialogue easier to hear and understand, then the ZVOX AccuVoice AV157 is an outstanding choice for you to go with.
The ZVOX Accuvoice AV157 is a true high-fidelity TV loudspeaker powered by three 2″ x 3” high-output full-range speakers with neodymium magnets and a 24 Watt Class D digital amplifier that make it capable of delivering an amazing Hi-Fi sound for a truly immersive listening experience. It leverages ZVOX’s proprietary PhaseCue virtual surround processing technology, which gives you a rich and room-filling three-dimensional sound for music, movies, and TV shows, while also boasting support for Dolby Digital decoding, allowing it to deliver a high-quality digital surround sound for movies and other video content. It also features 12 levels of voice boost that allow to tailor the sound to your hearing needs, for which it utilizes ZVOX’s patented AccuVoice hearing aid technology, which offers you 6 levels of voice boost that effectively separate the voices in your media from background noises and then enhance them so you hear them clearly, along with ZVOX’s SuperVoice dialogue-boosting technology, which offers you 6 stages of sound reduction for non-vocal background sounds to make dialogues even clearer. The AV157 also boasts an Output Leveling (OL) function that allows it to automatically control the current volume level to help prevent wide changes in volume by making faint sounds louder and loud sounds softer, which is great for times when you’re switching channels and also during commercials. It also integrates a four-digit alphanumeric display that shows the current setting for its volume, bass, treble and PhaseCue virtual surround sound, plus multiple connection ports, including an Optical Digital Toslink input, a 3.5mm Analog input, and a headphone/subwoofer output.
By using this true high-fidelity TV loudspeaker, you can get an incredibly clear voice reproduction for any sort of media, not only for when you want to listen to music, podcasts and audiobooks, but especially for watching videos, documentaries, TV shows and movies. With it, you can have a truly immersive listening experience for all of your listening needs.
Now, let’s have a more detailed look at the ZVOX Accuvoice AV157 and check out everything that true high-fidelity TV loudspeaker has to offer you.
DESIGN & SPECS
Starting with the device’s size, this TV loudspeaker has a sleek and compact form factor, measuring just 17 inches long by 3.375 inches wide by 2.875 inches tall, allowing it to fit virtually anywhere (even small countertops with limited room) without taking up too much space. The unit is also rather, weighing only 2.8 lbs. (3.1 lbs. with its power supply cord).
On top of its sleek dimensions, the ZVOX Accuvoice AV157 also sports a modern and minimalist design, which perfectly matches any TV and/or home theater set up.
Moreover, this TV loudspeaker also packs a high-quality and sturdy construction. Its cabinet (i.e. its outer shell) is built of a premium fiberboard material, and is also treated with a smooth finish, which gives it a refined look and some extra durability.
SET UP / INSTALLATION
When it comes to its installation, you’ll also be happy to know that the ZVOX Accuvoice AV157 is also designed with a super easy set-up process in mind, featuring a simple plug-and-play setup that requires just one single connection cable to connect it to your TV. Its installation should be rather quick, taking you no more than 3 to 5 minutes at most.
We’d also like to mention that while you can have it installed on a countertop, you can also have it wall-mounted instead if necessary.
AUDIO SPECS & AUDIO QUALITY
Moving on to the TV loudspeaker’s audio specifications. For reproducing its high-fidelity sound, the ZVOX AccuVoice AV157 comes equipped with a set of three 2″ x 3” high-output full-range speakers which are integrated with neodymium magnets that allow it to deliver sounds within high and mid frequencies with astonishing clarity, along with a 24 Watt Class D digital amplifier powered by an advanced virtual subwoofer technology that allows it to deliver a great-quality bass.
The particular combination between its three 2″ x 3” high-output full-range speakers together with its 24 Watt Class D digital amplifier make this this true high-fidelity TV loudspeaker capable of delivering an unmatched Hi-Fi sound quality, thus for a truly immersive listening experience.
Note that the loudspeaker’s three high-output full-range speakers and its 24 Watt Class D digital amplifier are rated to have a combined 45 Watts of Sound Output.
NOTABLE AUDIO FEATURES
ZVOX’s PhaseCue Virtual Surround Sound
To ensure you can get the most immersive listening experience possible, the ZVOX AccuVoice AV157 also leverages ZVOX’s proprietary PhaseCue virtual surround processing technology, which makes it capable of delivering a rich and room-filling three-dimensional (3D) sound, making music, movies, and TV shows all sound much more realistic, just like you’d be experiencing those moments in person.
Support to Dolby Digital Decoding
In addition, it also features support for Dolby Digital decoding, which enables it to reproduce a high-quality digital surround sound that makes the sound from movies and other types of video content much more vivid and immersive.
12 Levels of Voice Boost (for adjusting the sound level of dialogues)
What’s more is that this true high-fidelity TV loudspeaker also features 12 levels of voice boost that allow to tailor the sound to your hearing needs.
More specifically, it utilizes ZVOX’s patented AccuVoice hearing aid technology, which offers you 6 levels of voice boost that effectively separate the voices in your media from background noises and then enhance them in order to make them clear and easy to understand.
Additionally, it also utilizes ZVOX’s SuperVoice dialogue-boosting technology, which offers you 6 stages of sound reduction that can be enabled to dramatically reduce non-vocal background sounds (which can often make dialogues harder to listen to), thus making dialogues even clearer, as well as noticeably easier to listen to and understand.
Output Leveling Function (for automatically adjusting volume levels when necessary)
Last but not least, the AV157 also boasts an Output Leveling (OL) function, which essentially consists of a sophisticated sound processor that allows it to automatically control the current volume level to help prevent wide changes in volume by making faint sounds louder and loud sounds softer. This essentially ensures that there are fewer jarring moments during times when you’re switching channels or when commercials come on.
Furthermore, its Output Leveling (OL) function also helps to boost the audio levels from a DVD or Blu-Ray player when those aren’t loud enough.
INTERFACE / CONTROL PANEL
We’ll now go over the loudspeaker’s interface, starting with its control panel, and then its connection panel.
Integrated at the top-front-side of the loudspeaker, there’s a built-in four-digit alphanumeric display which shows the currently selected settings for its volume level, its bass, treble, and also for its PhaseCue virtual surround sound function. The loudspeaker’s alphanumeric display is bright and easy to read, even in low-light conditions (i.e. nighttime).
Then, at the back-side of the device, we have its connection panel, which includes several connection ports. Going from left to right we have its dedicated power adapter’s port, followed by an Optical Digital Toslink Input port, which is then followed by a 3.5mm Analog Input port, and then by a headphone/subwoofer Output port.
For controlling the loudspeaker’s operation, the ZVOX Accuvoice AV157 also comes together with an included remote control which features large buttons with easy-to-read labels, which makes it easy and intuitive for users to operate the loudspeaker, even for those less tech-savvy people.
WHAT’S IN THE BOX?
Inside its package, users will find: their ZVOX Accuvoice AV157 TV Loudspeaker, along with its dedicated power adapter and power cable, along with a wall-mounting bracket and screws, and also a User Manual.
FINAL THOUGHTS
All in all, this true high-fidelity TV loudspeaker allows you to play sound from all types of media with a crystal-clear voice reproduction, including not only for listening to music and podcasts, but especially for watching movies, TV shows, and other video content. Not only is the ZVOX Accuvoice AV157 a great audio solution for anyone that’s looking to get a truly immersive listening experience, but it is particularly an outstanding audio device for elderly and other people with hearing problems.
If you’re interested in purchasing it, know that each unit is currently discounted from its standard price of $249.99, and is now going for just $199.99 (saves you $50), and each purchase also comes accompanied by a 60-Day Trial. You can order yours online, either directly from ZVOX’s official shopping page, or you can instead get it from Amazon, if you’d prefer.
