It’s a nice-sounding bar, and that gimmick is neat, but there are better options for under $1,000. The Vizio Elevate for $648: This is an awesome-looking soundbar with side speakers that swivel skyward when you’re watching content with object-based audio. The Alexa-enabled soundbar is fine on its own, with surround speakers and subwoofers available from Polk if you want to upgrade. The Polk React for $197: This soundbar works if you want to get surround sound eventually but don’t have the cash right now. It comes with a wireless subwoofer and can be upgraded with LG-made surround speakers. The LG SP9YA for $697: This is a good Atmos bar for smaller rooms.

By way of an encore, it turns out to be a hugely capable wireless speaker when you want to listen to some music, too. But thanks to its 400 watts of power and its nine carefully developed and even-more-carefully positioned speaker drivers, this Sennheiser is capable of big, enveloping sound with a strong suggestion of the sonic height that Dolby Atmos soundtracks thrive on. Sennheiser Ambeo Plus for $1,500: Given the price tag and the physical dimensions of the soundbar-which doesn't even include a subwoofer-the Ambeo Plus might look like a poor deal. The difference is that the SR-C30A ships with a compact (335 x 160 x 364 mm) wireless subwoofer for some authentic Hollywood-style rumble and punch. The Yamaha SR-C30A for $280: This model SR-C30A soundbar looks very similar indeed to the SR-C20A, and that’s because they’re basically the same thing where dimensions, specification, and sound quality are all concerned. optical cables are limited to a length of about 20 feet unless a repeater is. Here are some others you might want to consider. RCA connector or fiber-optic cable with TOSLINK (Toshiba Link) connectors. There are a lot of great soundbars out there, and we don’t have room to feature them all. Inputs: 3 HDMI ports (one ARC), optical, RCA, Bluetooth, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Google Chromecast built-in. It’s a profoundly capable device, especially for anyone who’s considering cutting holes for loudspeakers in their home cinema’s ceiling. But thanks to 13 state-of-the-art speaker drivers, 500 watts of power, and some fearsomely complex digital sound processing, the Ambeo Max gets far closer to delivering the sensation of actual speakers positioned above your seated position than any other soundbar-far, far closer in fact. It’s not what you’d call especially discreet, and it’s not especially affordable either. At times, it sounds so good you might think there are tiny speakers flying around your room. Even without the addition of satellite speakers for surround, the Ambeo uses its tech to throw sound around your space with full Dolby Atmos immersion.

The company’s massive-and massively expensive-Ambeo Max showcases some of the most advanced processing and audio quality we’ve ever heard from a single bar. I'm about to buy a 52' Panasonic plasma for just over half the price of such a device.The acclaimed audio brand Sennheiser waited decades to launch its first home soundbar.

The 'ideal' solution is a reciever which has an adjustable delay. Integrated digital interpolator filter and D-A converter. TOSLINK in is handled by a really old Hercules Fortissimo II and it adds quite a bit of latency to the audio if I pipe the TOSLINK input through the other sound device, a HD audio. This handy little unit will convert your uncompressed digital audio from either a coax of optical source to a standard analogue left and right RCA output Useful for connecting DVD/Blu-Ray players to displays or audio equipment that have no digital audio input. I always have a PC hooked up to my TV anyway. Some TVs with SCART can also output through SCART (investigate this?). Ordinarily, I usually use the RCA outputs on a TV (not an option for you it seems). Handling audio externally can be a problem if the TV has a high latency. It'll also delay audio to sync, but normally only audio going through the TV anyway. Some TVs do as much as five processing stages, so are delayed by five frames. If it has a 'game mode' or similar, enable it. It's holding back frames while it processes the current one.

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