Sonos Era 300 MSRP $449.00 Score Details DT Editors’ Choice “With Dolby Atmos, the Sonos Era 300 offers an entirely new way to listen to music.” Pros Dolby Atmos Music-compatible Incredible, immersive sound Easy, fast room tuning Perfect as home theater surrounds Line-in for analog sources Bluetooth, AirPlay 2 Cons No Google Assistant The Sonos…
LG Tone Free T90Q review: Taking a spatial shot at the AirPods Pro, with a little help from Dolby MSRP $230.00 Score Details DT Recommended Product “Hyper-immersive listening and an insane number of features.” Pros Head-tracking spatial audio Good ANC and transparency Very comfortable Wired listening option Good call quality AptX Adaptive Bluetooth multipoint Cons…
Netflix has announced that it has added spatial audio to a variety of movies and shows on its streaming video service. The audio format is available to all subscribers regardless of their subscription tier or their country. To find spatial audio-enabled content, type “spatial audio” into the Netflix search bar. Any of the titles shown…
When it comes to immersive home theater sound, you can’t beat the unbridled power of Dolby Atmos. Combining the powerful fundamentals of traditional surround sound configurations with dedicated height channels that add an extra layer of three-dimensional immersion, watching your favorite movies in Atmos is a lot like sitting in a luxury movie theater equipped…
Vizio M-Series 2.1 (M215a-J6) review: A Dolby Atmos intro MSRP $179.00 Score Details DT Recommended Product “The Vizio M-Series 2.1 (M215a-J6) is one of the best dollar-for-dollar investments you can make in better TV sound.” Pros Great price Good assortment of inputs Easy setup Very good sound quality Dolby Atmos and DTS:X Cons No Wi-Fi/AirPlay/Chromecast…
Sonos Beam (Gen 2) MSRP $449.00 Score Details DT Editors’ Choice “Dolby Atmos adds a splash of 3D fun to an already excellent soundbar.” Pros Easy setup Immersive, room-filling sound Sleek design AirPlay 2 Cons No HDMI inputs Requires compatible TV for Dolby Atmos Since its debut in 2018, the $399 Sonos Beam has been…
Not long ago, the term Dolby Atmos was used exclusively to refer to an immersive sound experience that you could only get in theaters. But in the last few years you’ve been much more likely to see the words splashed across the display stickers and boxes of 4K TVs, home theater receivers, soundbars, and streaming…
Apple’s spatial audio function, which works with the corporate’s AirPods Professional earbuds and AirPods Max headphones, affords a fairly cool strategy to get immersive audio from each music and films. Help for spatial audio, nevertheless, is much from common in relation to streaming video companies, with probably the most notable holdout being Netflix. However that’s…
The TCL Alto 9+ soundbar isn’t new — TCL showed it off at IFA 2019 in September — but that hasn’t stopped it from making an appearance at CES 2020. Its reason for being there? To showcase Roku TV Ready in action. This new initiative allows people to control their soundbar using their Roku TV…
Vizio has always enjoyed a reputation for producing soundbars that are fantastic values, delivering far better sound than their affordable prices would suggest. And while that’s still true, at CES 2020, Vizio is upping its soundbar game considerably. Contents Elevate soundbar Vizio M-Series Vizio V-Series <strong>Top Tech of CES 2020: Audio</strong> The Vizio Elevate soundbar…