How to Test That Atmos Is Really Working
A step by step way to confirm Dolby Atmos is actually decoding and reaching your height speakers, not just flashing across a...
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A Complete Setup Checklist
The order placement, cabling, levels, and calibration need to happen in, and why skipping ahead costs the most time to fix later.
Matching a Third-Party Subwoofer to a Soundbar
A subwoofer from a different brand than your soundbar can work, but only if you check for the one port that makes...
Setting Up for Two Seats, Not One
How to split the difference between a sofa and a side chair, so a system stops favouring one seat over the other.
When a Streaming App Says Format Not Supported
A flat rejection instead of a quiet downgrade usually traces to one of five specific mismatches between source and receiver, not a...
Wall and Corner Placement Effects
Why a speaker's distance from a wall or corner changes its sound more than any setting on the receiver, and what that...
HDMI Splitters and Audio Extractors: When to Use
An audio extractor pulls sound out of an HDMI signal for an older system, while a splitter just copies that same signal...
Playing Local Files and Plex Properly
A ripped Blu-ray remux can carry the disc's lossless track, but only if the server, the client, and cable all agree not...
Internet Speed Needed for Atmos
The video, not the Atmos soundtrack, is what actually decides how much of your connection a 4K stream needs.
Connection Mistakes That Cost You Atmos
Five connection habits quietly cap a soundbar at stereo or 5.1, even when the room and the disc are both capable of...
Dolby Digital Plus vs TrueHD for Atmos
The actual technical difference between Dolby's two Atmos carriers, and which one your disc player, streaming stick, or soundbar is really giving...
Getting Good Sound in an Open Plan Room
An open plan room has no fourth wall to bounce sound back at you, and that missing surface, not a faulty soundbar,...
Soundbar Buying Mistakes to Avoid
Six decisions made before the box is even opened explain most of the disappointed calls a home theater technician gets about a...
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