Despite their better hearing, a decent sound seems to be a male thing.
No; 'Hi-Fi' is a marketing term aimed at seducing insecure egotistical men who believe that owning summat better than the next man makes them superior. Women just aren't interested in the willy waving.
Having said that; even a basic amp and speakers set-up is vastly superior to most 'soundbar' type things. In the Great Technological Revolution, we'll be getting a DAC, amp and some nice speakers. We'd really like a nice telly to go with it, but it seems things are made to a pricepoint, rather than a quality standard.
Annoyingly, ITV only supply their catch-up service with Samsung tellies. My better half loves her Corrie, so I'm trying to figure a way round that issue. I'm not going to buy a Samsung just cos of this; the ones I've seen in shops are inferior to Panasonic and Sony models.
iPad/Apple TV/Airplay?