Although the sound may not be at the forefront of our minds when we face the ultimate boss in a video game or watch as the protagonist in a film slowly turns the doorknob before walking into what ...

For years, surround sound was the preserve of home cinema obsessives, the kind of people who measured speaker placement in millimetres and spent weekends threading cables through floorboards. Like ...

Virtual surround sound has come a long way in gaming headsets. No headphones are technically considered true surround sound since the audio can only come from two directions, but gaming headset ...

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TL;DR: The Nintendo Switch 2 supports 5.1 surround sound with headphones in handheld mode, enhancing audio quality beyond the original Switch's docked-only feature. Early unboxing videos reveal this ...

We missed these in our CeBIT adventures and I’m going to say I’m kind of glad. The WaveOn MCH-501U is a surround-sound speakers system with optical in and six internal speakers. Details are as slim as ...

The home theater world seems to be dominated by soundbars these days, but a surround sound system with a subwoofer and rear ...

If you’ve been in a movie theater recently, you may have noticed that the sound is a whole lot more immersive. That’s thanks to spatial audio, a type of surround sound. The most well-known version is ...

Since its debut in 1993, DTS has made its mark in both cinema and home audio. Let’s take a look back at its significance. DTS Digital Surround (aka DTS Core): This is a 5.1-channel home theater ...

One surround sound technology that can be heard in theatres, on home entertainment systems and even mobile devices is the technology originally created by Dolby Laboratories. But what is Dolby Atmos ...