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VIZIO S4251w 5.1 Sound Bar Review

Chris Burns — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:50:30 +0000

This week we’ve had a peek at the soon-to-market VIZIO S4251w 5.1 Sound Bar, a speaker unit that comes packaged with a wireless subwoofer, two satellite speakers, and the ability to connect wirelessly (or wired) to your HDTV. While several different wired connections are available, the main sound bar connects with the subwoofer using Bluetooth

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Sonos PLAYBAR Review

Chris Davies — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:00:47 +0000

Movie and TV audio for music lovers: that’s how Sonos describes its new PLAYBAR, the first product from the whole-home audio company to tackle sound that comes with moving pictures, rather than audio for its own sake. Speaker-bars aren’t a new concept, but Sonos is aiming to bring some of its near-legendary ease of use

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The Speaker Sound Bar from Sceptre works with any TV

Shane McGlaun — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:01:14 +0000

There a lot of people out there with flat screen TVs mounted on the wall or sitting on the entertainment center that want better sound than the TV came with from the factory, but lack the room for surround sound. If your TV is wall-mounted, it’s not always convenient to use a traditional 2.1 or

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Orbitsound T9 soundbar promises a roomful of magic stereo

Chris Davies — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:01:25 +0000

Soundbars are usually long, so Orbitsound is bucking the trend with the new T9. Whereas rivals aim to put their left and right speakers as far apart as possible, Orbitsound relies instead on proprietary spatial sound technology that promises true stereo from a box just 30cm long. And, just to sweeten the deal, they’ve slotted an iPhone dock

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Orbitsound T12v3 Review

Chris Davies — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:00:27 +0000

Home entertainment can be difficult: do you invite dozens of speakers into your living room in the quest for perfect sound, or opt for a one- or two-box setup and maybe sacrifice some quality for simplicity? UK firm Orbitsound claims to have the compromise, with its T12v3 soundbar using a clever, patented system to create

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Maxell maxsound Soundbar is small and compact

Shane McGlaun — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:26:10 +0000

If you have a small TV in your office or a dorm room and you want better sound and not much room the Maxell maxsound Soundbar might be the ticket for you. This small soundbar is the curved bit of plastic you see in the horrible product shot courtesy of Maxell. The stand is designed

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Panasonic 3D speaker bar and Blu-ray 3D home theater kit unveiled

Chris Davies — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:50:09 +0000

It’s not just LCDs and plasmas on Panasonic‘s mind today; the company also wants your home entertainment to sound better. Hitting the market in April is the Panasonic SC-HTB520, a slim-bar audio system with wireless subwoofer, and the Panasonic SC-BTT770, SC-BTT370 and SC-BTT270 Blu-ray 3D home theater systems. Panasonic has clad the SC-HTB520 in a

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Orbitsound T14 Sound System Features Spatial Stereo Technology

Evan Selleck — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:38:10 +0000

During CES’ (in)famous CES Unveiled event, we got to spend some time with Orbitsound, who first made an impact on the Consumer Electronics Show back in 2008. After the company launched their successful T12 soundbar in the United Kingdom, The company has made their confident and powerful debut into the United States, with a focus

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Panasonic SC-ZT2 full-wireless 3D audio system outed

Chris Davies — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:55:13 +0000

Panasonic have announced their first “full wireless” 3D audio system, the Panasonic SC-ZT2, promising Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD 7.1-channel surround-sound with only two speakers. Each slender speaker houses four one-inch tweeters together with an integrated long-stroke woofer; they all point down, reflecting sound off of the floor so as to mimic a regular surround-sound setup.

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JVC TH-BS7 and TH-BA3 soundbar systems debut

Chris Davies — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:02:19 +0000

JVC have outed a pair of new home cinema speaker systems targeted at users who’d prefer to fill their room with sound rather than cables. The JVC TH-BA3 and TH-BS7 are each soundbar systems: the TH-BA3 has a front soundbar, wireless rear stereo pair and a wireless subwoofer, while the TH-BS7 forgoes the rear speakers

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Yamaha YSP-5100 Digital Sound Project packs extra bass, wireless iPod connectivity

Chris Davies — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:34:23 +0000

Yamaha have been quietly plugging away at their soundbar technology for a while now, and their latest model looks to be the most alluring yet. As ever, the concept is straightforward: why have a room stuffed full of speakers when a single row of them – together with some clever digital processing – can reproduce

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Sharp HT-SB500 3.1-channel speaker bar debuts

Chris Davies — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:10:08 +0000

Sharp have thrown a new model into their soundbar range, this time promising 3.1-channel sound versus the more typical 2.1-channel. The Sharp HT-SB500 squeezes 32W into its slender under-screen form, and uses Dolby Virtual Speaker technology to emulate a 5.1-channel surround-sound system. It also has new, touch-panel controls and an included remote control, the latter

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iLive home theater speaker bars sport iPod dock

Shane McGlaun — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:05:51 +0000

I have seen just about everything get an integrated speaker dock. Over the years, I have seen toilets with iPod docks, clocks, cars, and even bikes. It’s no surprise to see a home theater speaker bar that has an integrated iPod dock. iLive has announced two new speaker bar systems including the iT319B and the

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