Last month, as part of my current work involving surround sound, I wrote about the use of subwoofers, from the viewpoints of both audio professionals and consumers. This month, I'll tackle the ...

One requirement for 7.1-channel surround is sufficient space behind your couch and listening area — at least 5 feet or more. If your couch is jammed up against the rear wall or you have a ...

This column will be devoted to the basics of surround sound for video, as part of my series for non-audio folks. As I noted last month, plain old stereo still isn't all that well understood in the ...

Surround sound processing for stereo music has been around since the early ‘70s and it even survived the quadraphonic era. With surround sound decoding technologies like DTS:X and Dolby Atmos today's ...

Review: Fluance ES1 series surround and center channel speakers are self proclaimed "higher fidelity" loudspeakers. This in depth review will put that claim to the test. Sound as good as they look?

Back in the fall of 2018, Roku released a set of wireless TV speakers with an unusual restriction: They worked only in conjunction with a Roku smart TV. The speakers sounded great for $200, but they ...

Two manufacturers are racing to bring wireless immersive multi-channel surround sound to a broader market. Which one will win? There’s no denying that immersive surround sound or “3D Surround” formats ...

I have a 7.1 USB sound card from Startech with 3 discrete 2ch outputs. It's a Startech ICUSBAUDIO7D. It uses a C-Media CM6206 chipset. I have kind of a weird intended use case for it and I don't know ...

Lenovo has introduced the Legion Y960 gaming headset during its latest hardware launch event in China. It is priced at 599 ...

A recording and playback system that provides a more realistic audio environment for a home or movie theater compared to the classic stereo configuration. Action movies as well as concerts are greatly ...

A digital audio encoding system from Dolby that provides four channels. Derived from the Dolby Stereo technology used in movie theaters, Dolby Surround was introduced in the early 1980s for video ...