Focal delivers an impressive home theater speaker system for the money, but one that fell short of delivering a great Dolby Atmos experience in our listening environment. There are many good things ...

For nearly 30 years, the humble home surround-sound setup hasn’t changed much. Sure, we’ve gone from having centre and rear channels matrix-encoded into ordinary stereo tracks via Dolby Pro Logic, ...

For less than the cost of dinner and a movie out with the family, you can bring home this eight channel home theater speaker system. While soundbars get more complicated (and more expensive), A/V ...

Is one subwoofer really enough?

It's nearing time to lay out the wiring before the drywall and I want to lay out the in-ceiling or in-wall speakers for the living room. I'm not looking for anything amazing, just a 5.1 setup (but ...

There are a lot of ways to spend $1,500 in the audio world. For the “cost is no object” crowd, $1,500 wouldn’t be an unreasonable sum to pay for speaker cables. For others, it’s the cost of a nice set ...

Having 7.1 surround sound is good, but I'd rather have this.

Dolby Atmos is essentially the "name brand" spatial audio format. It's a way to more convincingly create surround sound in the cinema and at home. How it works, and how well it works, will vary ...

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 ...

Forget sound bars and souped up TV speakers, a real Dolby Atmos immersive surround sound system is more affordable than you might think. I still remember my first time… hearing Dolby Atmos that is. It ...

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We received numerous emails from fellow Audioholics who recently upgraded their home theater systems to find that the sonic improvements were less than expected. This is a topic that comes up more ...