In the history of recorded sound, multichannel surround sound at home is a relatively recent phenomenon. Many of us grew up with stereo, and the younger iPod and MP3 generation still do much of their ...

Apple's neat system should take some inspiration from Sonos ...

Surround sound is a no-brainer for movies and games--it helps you forget you're watching a two-dimensional screen, and immerses you in the action. Movie theaters have been incorporating it for well ...

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The HomePod 27.2 update brings big changes to HomePod, including low-latency wireless speaker functionality for Mac.

Sonos' clever new feature makes surround sound more flexible than ever.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Virtual surround sound has come a long way in gaming headsets. No headphones are technically considered true surround sound since the audio ...

The goal of any home theater surround sound system is to create a sense of space. When watching movies or TV shows — especially those with 5.1 or 7.1 soundtracks — a good sound system places you in ...

Hear footsteps behind you and feel every explosion.

Call me old fashioned but when I see the comforting glow of a vacuum tube I know that I'm in for some sonic pleasure. And that's precisely the thinking behind the aim AS301DTS USB audio tube headphone ...

Brendan is a freelance writer and content creator from Portland, OR. He covers tech and gaming for Lifehacker, and has also written for Digital Trends, EGM, Business Insider, IGN, and more. Surround ...

Audyssey as a company is sort of a brain trust that creates and licenses signal processing solutions. They employ the sciences of psychoacoustics, acoustics, signal processing and use highly complex ...