Can a soundbar rival a surround-sound system in a blind listening test? (2020)

Re:Can a soundbar rival a surround-sound system in a blind l... by Tsiklon on Monday July 05, 2021 @10:42AM (#27738485)

I think your right here. The rise of the sound bar as installed below many TVs, I believe is a direct response to the preponderance of modern LCD/LED TVs to have as small a footprint as possible - the lack of depth leads to the installation of smaller speakers of perhaps lesser quality because there is no cabinet within which to place larger fuller range speakers.

People who choose to make use of a sound bar are using it to enhance/replace the speaker array that the TV came equipped with.

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Re:Can a soundbar rival a surround-sound system in a blind l... by tolbish on Monday July 05, 2021 @01:15PM (#27739942)

Although thr rise of sound bars may have come from supplementing the television, I do not think you are correct in your final sentence.

People who use a sound bar do so because it checks as many audio needs as necessary within a simple setup. For myself and many others, its use as a quality bluetooth sound system is just as important.

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Re:Can a soundbar rival a surround-sound system in a blind l... by ampdepolymerase on Monday July 05, 2021 @01:19PM (#27739971)

Are modern phased array sound bars capable of bouncing sound off walls to emulate surround sound? I understand that Apple's Homepods for example have quite sophisticated algorithms for sound.

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Re:Can a soundbar rival a surround-sound system in a blind l... by fy20 on Monday July 05, 2021 @02:34PM (#27740657)

It's not quite the same, but third number of Dolby Atmos systems denotes the number of ceiling facing speakers to bounce audio:

https://professional.dolby.com/categories/soundbars/

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