I figured one of the sound sources was out of sync, so turned off TV sound. Now we have full surround, but its out of sync with picture. Very hard to tell which is late though.

It also could mean you lose multichannel audio—if your soundbar only contains two speakers, that’s fine, but if you have a 3.1 or 5.1 soundbar, you’ll lose your surround sound, which makes ...

Each loudspeaker in a surround sound system serves a purpose in delivering the spatial audio experience. Most people understand that the front left and right speakers go at the front, and rear ...

It's one of the first portable speakers rocking Bluetooth 5.4 with Qualcomm's low-latency Snapdragon Sound certification. You'll get a stutter-free wireless stream with less than a 50ms delay.

Samsung makes some excellent audio hardware, with the added benefit of syncing well with high-end Samsung TVs — this 11.1.4 channel model is one of the manufacturer’s flagship sound systems ...

If you want a full-fledged home theater, a dedicated surround sound system is a must-have. These systems use rear speakers to make it sound as if you're right in the middle of your favorite movies ...

And there are other fine 3D object-oriented immersive audio formats like DTS:X and Sony 360 Reality Audio. (Many, though not all, of the best surround sound systems support those, too.) ...

The Sonos Premium Immersive Set bundles a few of its speakers to create a power surround sound system: The new Sonos Arc Ultra soundbar puts nine speaker channels up front, a Sonos Sub 4 subwoofer ...

Plenty of modern headphones support 3D audio, including Dolby Atmos, at least in a virtualized kind of way. For Apple TV users, it’s pretty easy to use headphones to get solid surround sound.

TV and movies are generally already recorded with surround sound in mind, so video will often benefit from spatial audio-enabled tech. Music files in Amazon Music, Apple Music, and Tidal also list ...

The two most common surround sound audio configurations are Dolby 5.1 and Dolby 7.1, and both sound incredible, especially if you’re only used to traditional two-channel stereo audio.