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Old 26-11-2010, 20:34
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I have seen a DGM Soundbar (Model SP060) for £50 in Nettos today, and I have to admit that I am VERY tempted, but im unable to track down much info online, I wondered if anyone knew about these sound bars and if they were much cop?

Quality?
Power?
Connectivity?
Aesthetics?

Any information given will be gratefully received. Many thanks in advance,

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Old 26-11-2010, 20:46
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One of these?

http://www.digimate.co.uk/en/productDetail.asp?prod=57

I wouldn't open my wallet for one though. To be honest I would be surprised if it was a high quality device. But then I did spend the very thick end of a grand on my audio system so perhaps I'm not exactly target audience for this sort of thing.
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Old 26-11-2010, 21:07
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Yes, Thats the one!
I wouldn't open my wallet for one though. To be honest I would be surprised if it was a high quality device. But then I did spend the very thick end of a grand on my audio system so perhaps I'm not exactly target audience for this sort of thing.
Yeah, perhaps your not the right person for me to ask, but Im not fortunate enough to have that sort of money available to me. Even the £50 for the soundbar mentioned above is a bit of a stretch, but I suppose all im asking is "Is it worth its beans?"

Still, would be interesting to know why you would steer so well clear, other than you being an audiophile?
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Old 27-11-2010, 19:56
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Still, would be interesting to know why you would steer so well clear, other than you being an audiophile?
Not so sure about the audiophile bit it can be almost a term of abuse in some quarters

It is very often a case of you get what you pay for. There are some products that sound far better than their price would suggest. But more often than not I have found systems at the cheaper end of the price scale fail to impress with their sound capability.

One thing I would advise however is if you cannot hear this device in action then walk away. Bit late to discover that it distorts at any volume above a whisper or whatever when you get the thing home.
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Old 28-11-2010, 09:11
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Chris,

Thanks again for your reply, firstly let me assure you that I meant no abuse with the term audiophile!

I have decided to take the plunge and buy one of these, and try it out. I have decided that if its not any good then I will return the product as "unfit for its purpose" or perhaps even tell a little white lie and say that its faulty and claim a refund.

I will reply again once i have more info, after I have gotten the unit home and given it a little test.

To second what you said about some products out-performing their price, I recently bought a low end ipod dock for my son to use in his (tiny) bedroom. I intended on spending about £50, but after testing out a large number of docks in PC World, I found that the best sounding one was only £35, perhaps down to the fact that it had ported bass, which the others didnt have. It wasnt a Bose by any means, but im sure that my 11 year old will appreciate it - especially in the confines of his bedroom!
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Old 28-11-2010, 09:53
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Not so sure about the audiophile bit it can be almost a term of abuse in some quarters .
I think the derogratory label would be audiophool! RobAnt says while wondering why Jools Holland isn't going to be broadcast in DD5.1 on BBC1HD (Andrew Marr show).
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Old 28-11-2010, 13:15
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Chris,

Thanks again for your reply, firstly let me assure you that I meant no abuse with the term audiophile!
None taken

There is the lunatic fringe of the Audiophile tendency who have more cash in their wallets than brain cells in their heads who are prepared to waste over a grand on a cryogenically treated mains lead!

http://www.russandrews.com/product.a...WKJPNHSRYXERID

I have decided to take the plunge and buy one of these, and try it out. I have decided that if its not any good then I will return the product as "unfit for its purpose" or perhaps even tell a little white lie and say that its faulty and claim a refund.

I will reply again once i have more info, after I have gotten the unit home and given it a little test.
I would still have been more inclined to try and listen to it first. At least that way you would save your self the faff of going back to the shop if you do find it is a pile of poo

To second what you said about some products out-performing their price, I recently bought a low end ipod dock for my son to use in his (tiny) bedroom. I intended on spending about £50, but after testing out a large number of docks in PC World, I found that the best sounding one was only £35, perhaps down to the fact that it had ported bass, which the others didnt have. It wasnt a Bose by any means, but im sure that my 11 year old will appreciate it - especially in the confines of his bedroom!
I have a soft spot for Sennheiser headphones. I use a pair of their mid to upper range HiFi units at home. For work i had need to buy a load of headphones for users to listen to audio on their desk PCs (legitimate work use i might add ) Anyway knowing the abuse they were likely to suffer I wasn't prepared to spend more than about £20 a unit but needed something that sounded good as well.

I settled on a cheap pair of Sennheisers and was more than satisfied by their performance. They were sonically easily as good as units three times the price.

So being cheap does not always mean nasty. Nor does expensive always mean good. I tend to be a bit sceptical and would rather play with a unit and have a good listen before parting with the hard earned.
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Old 28-11-2010, 13:40
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Ok heres the low-down. I went to nettos today, the Mrs gave me the money to buy the sound bar as an early christmas present, so like an excited pre-schooler I took myself down and purchased the speaker bar. Upon opening it I was really impressed with the build quality and how respectable it looked for its money. I plugged it all together and wired it in to my cheap MP3 player. The sound quality is great. I appreciate its not going to blow the socks off the more expensive kit, but given my expectations it more than out-performs.

The only issue I have found with it so far is a slight (some might say major) design flaw. The speaker bar is wall mountable, comes with brackets and fixings and fits flush to the wall quite nicely however the kettle lead that powers the unit plugs into the BACK of the unit - ie against the wall, and there isnt enough space for it to go in once the bar is mounted. STUPID DESIGN!

Anyways, this doesnt affect me in the slightest, seeing as I have the bar sitting nicely on my fireplace, but I can imagine that some users, expecting to wall mount the product, would be rather peeved at the fact that they would have to either GOUGE a wedge in their wall behind the bar, or not wall mount after all.

Overall I am very pleased, and will be using the speaker bar quite a lot in the future!
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Old 28-11-2010, 13:43
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Old 28-11-2010, 13:55
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The only issue I have found with it so far is a slight (some might say major) design flaw. The speaker bar is wall mountable, comes with brackets and fixings and fits flush to the wall quite nicely however the kettle lead that powers the unit plugs into the BACK of the unit - ie against the wall, and there isnt enough space for it to go in once the bar is mounted. STUPID DESIGN!
I've not seen the unit and I understand you don't want to wall mount it, but might this help?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Right-Angle-...ref=pd_cp_ce_2
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Old 28-11-2010, 14:04
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I've not seen the unit and I understand you don't want to wall mount it, but might this help?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Right-Angle-...ref=pd_cp_ce_2
Hi Matt, It may help to an extent but to be honest, without a kettle lead with almost NIL size in the rear, the wall mount thing is almost going to be impossible - Im thinking that they mis-designed and realised that they made a boo-boo and thats thus why they are selling the products off cheaply?
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Old 09-01-2013, 20:32
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I have bought one, the bar cannot be fixed to the wall unless you cut a hole for the power connection into the wall!!!!!!

I cannot get the unit to work, i have followed all of the instructions to no avail.

I have tried to get technical support at the company, they fob you off with a promise of a call back that you never get, big mistake, this will be going back as I cannot get it to work!!!!
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Old 12-01-2013, 03:03
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Try the bar with a different source. Some sort of personal music player with a 3.5mm headphone jack if that's how it connects. Alternatively the stereo phono out from a Sky box or CD player or games console if you have one on hand. If it works with neither then it's likely that the bar is faulty. But if it does work with the other device then the problem is in the TV.

Common causes would be the headphone jack is switched off in the TV menus or the volume is set too low. I have installed quite a few TV where the headphone output is controlled by a sub menu buried somewhere in the TVs main menu. Alternatively you are connecting to the TV via phonos, but the sockets on the TV are for an input rather than an output which is what you need.
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