Sony HT-AX7 makes 360-degree home theater audio portable

If you consume much of your audiovisual content on a smartphone or tablet, then the living-room soundbar isn’t going to satisfy your listening needs. Sony’s new HT-AX7 could fit the bill though, which promises room-filling immersive audio in a portable… Continue reading Sony HT-AX7 makes 360-degree home theater audio portable

LG Display bakes cinematic sound into gigantic TV’s OLED panel

As part of its sizable presence at the K-Display 2022 expo this week, LG Display has revealed a 97-inch OLED TV panel that not only promises a brighter big-screen viewing experience, but also uses the surface of the display as a huge sound system.Conti… Continue reading LG Display bakes cinematic sound into gigantic TV’s OLED panel

Safran aims to seat premium air travelers in personal sound bubble

For folks who like to listen to music during long-haul flights, capable noise-canceling headphones are an essential carry on. But that may change for passengers in first class thanks to Euphony in-seat audio from Safran Seats and Devialet.Continue Read… Continue reading Safran aims to seat premium air travelers in personal sound bubble

Flexound Pulse envelops movie watchers in their own personal sound bubbles

Flexound Augmented Audio has launched the Flexound Pulse, a cinema seating solution that creates a personal sound bubble around movie watchers for the promise of a full-range quality audio experience without the use of external loudspeakers.Continue Re… Continue reading Flexound Pulse envelops movie watchers in their own personal sound bubbles

Sony releases smart speakers that immerse you in all-around sound

Sony offered a glimpse of its first 360-degree audio speakers back at the online-only CES 2021 expo in January, with two units based around the company’s 360 Reality Audio spatial audio tech that’s reported to create “ambient room-filling sound that im… Continue reading Sony releases smart speakers that immerse you in all-around sound

Lucid Air electric sedan first to feature Dolby Atmos immersive audio

Since being launched in 2012, Dolby Atmos technology has found its way into theaters, living rooms, mobile devices and more. And now the immersive 3D audio experience is driving into the automotive space in the upcoming Lucid Air electric sedan.Continu… Continue reading Lucid Air electric sedan first to feature Dolby Atmos immersive audio

Subwoofer Gets Arduino Brain Transplant

The Samsung PS-WTX500 subwoofer is designed to be used as part of a 5.1 channel home theater system, but not just any system. It contains the amplifiers for all the channels, but they’ll only function when the subwoofer is connected to the matching receiver. [Alejandro Zarate] figured there must be …read more

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Sniffing Signals To Teach Old Speakers New Tricks

Like many of the stories you’ll find on these pages, this one starts with a user being annoyed about their device’s inability to perform a simple task. All [Jay Tavares] wanted was for his Bose Cinemate speakers to turn themselves on and off as needed. It seems like a reasonable …read more

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