Distorted soubnd on LG Smart TV 42LW5500-ZE

I have no idea of the environment around the TV, but it could be as simple as something crawling into the speaker and causing havoc, or the speaker it self self-destructing. Something hatching out inside would account for the slow degradation. It is springtime. after all! Be careful when opening....

Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA

Bad speakers. LG made their own and they were crap. Even if you find some on ebay, they're just as old and likely to sound like garbage. Just add a cheap soundbar or powered computer speakers/sub. Even a crappy soundbar w ill sound a lot better than the LG did when it was new. The rest of the TV is well made.

I second that. I've never heard a slim flat screen TV with good sound... typically ranges from acceptable to very poor, and gets worse with time. That's one upside to my old console TV. The CRT isn't a great picture, but the speakers are nice. Even a cheap Walmart sound-bar will help you, or hook the audio-out into an external stereo if you have one laying around.

Thank you to all posters. Do LG sound bars have also crappy loudpseakers?

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me on ebay, they're just as old and likely to sound like garbage. Just add a cheap soundbar or powered computer speakers/sub. Even a crappy soundbar w ill sound a lot better than the LG did when it was new. The rest of the TV is well made.

Well, yeah. But they're still far better than the ones the TVs have. Flat TVs have special needs, and the speakers are necessarily very thin and are all plastic, including the frames (generally). Even a cheap soundbar will have drivers that are physically much larger than those in the TV and not limited by the constraints of a thin TV cabinet, so they make much more sou nd with much less effort.

Hi Miguel, I hope you are all well.

As others said this sounds like a problem with the speakers. The coil is gl ued to the plastic membrane and is now loose from one side. I have had luck fixing some of these speakers. Depending on the speaker con struction it may be easier to pull the magnet or separate the membrane from the frame. Either way once you get access to the coil you can glue it back , I use two component adhesive. Make sure you glue it exactly at the origin al position. Once dry glue the magnet/membrane back, the magnet may need ce ntering, for that I apply an audio signal while the glue is not dry and cen ter it for a loud and clear sound.

Thank you, Jeroni. Glad to hear from you again, after es.ciencia.electronica near defunction.