The other was Dan Gonda, a Los Angeles saxophonist who plays in numerous jazz combos, R&B groups, and pit orchestras for musicals.
#Dolby 5.1 test pro
One was LeRena Major, a longtime music industry pro who is a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the group that picks the Grammy Award winners. Subtracting Atmos capability would reduce the total price of the receiver-and-speaker system by about $570.įor powerful, precise bass in stereo and home theater systems, the best subwoofer is the affordable and compact Rogersound Labs Speedwoofer 10S.įortunately, we knew the perfect listeners for this test: musicians who were hardcore into sound but not hip to home theater, so they wouldn’t be able to guess what we were playing for them.
Note that the price of the ELAC-and-Rogersound speaker system is about $1,460-more than double the price of the Vizio soundbar-and a good Atmos-equipped receiver, such as the Denon AVR-S750H, adds at least $400. However, receivers generally don’t have a big effect on a system’s sound unless you engage their room-correction technology, which we left off for our test.) (This receiver, which I use for most of my speaker testing, is relatively expensive and probably not what you’d use with the ELAC Debut 2.0 speakers.
#Dolby 5.1 test full
The contestants were systems composed mostly of recent Wirecutter picks: the Vizio SB46514-F6 from our best soundbar guide versus a full 5.1.4-channel system comprising the ELAC Debut 2.0 B6.2, B5.2, and C5.2 speakers from our best surround-sound speakers guide (with two pair of ELAC’s Debut 2.0 A4.2 Atmos modules added), the Rogersound Labs Speedwoofer 10S from our best high-performance subwoofer guide, and the Sony STR-ZA5000ES, an Atmos-equipped AV receiver.
#Dolby 5.1 test tv
We pitted a high-quality, Atmos-equipped soundbar system against a receiver-based surround-sound system in a blind test, concealing everything but the TV with black fabric so the listeners wouldn’t have a clue as to what they were hearing.
#Dolby 5.1 test movie
The impressive performance we’ve heard from the best new soundbars has left Wirecutter’s audio/video team wondering: Is there any reason left for a typical movie fan to bother with an AV receiver, as well as the required five (or seven or nine or 11) speakers plus subwoofer? We decided to try to answer this question in the most scientific way possible-through a head-to-head showdown. Many of today’s high-performance soundbars support the more-immersive Dolby Atmos and DTS:X surround-sound formats, which add overhead and height effects and allow them to approach the enveloping, dynamic sound of an AV-receiver-based surround-sound system. This is due in part to the rise of the soundbar, which promises better performance than you can get from your TV’s built-in speakers in an easier-to-handle, less room-encompassing package than a full-fledged home theater system.įor a long time, pretty much every soundbar sacrificed sonic performance for a smaller, plug-and-play setup, but the category has come a long way.
But these days, it seems the popularity of AV receivers has fallen somewhere below that of bedbugs and above that of Justin Bieber’s mustache. The debut of the audio/video receiver in the 1980s spawned the home theater industry and inspired millions of people to pack their dens with speakers.
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