If there was one consistent trend among the soundbars I saw CES 2020, it was that manufacturers are embracing virtualized 3D audio in a big way. Samsung’s budget-priced T-series soundbars, for example ...

The HT-G700’s $500 price tag might sound enticing given its array of 3D audio functionality, but it’s missing a huge feature: Wi-Fi connectivity. Sony doubles down on virtualized 3D audio with the ...

While audio can help sell the illusion of video, there are some limitations. A typical stereo headphone setup may provide some limited left and right differentiation at a basic level, while virtual ...

Toshiba's sleek new sound bars eliminate the need to identify listening “sweet spots,” as users are able to hear accurate, balanced and powerful sound wherever they are within the room. The sound bars ...

OSSIC is a new headphone developer founded by veterans of respected hi-fi company Pioneer and computer peripherals company Logitech – and with that pedigree, the company should know as much about ...

This concert sounds insane. It’s not just that the electronic, laser-like sounds coming from the modular synthesizer onstage recall an intergalactic battle from a sci-fi movie. It’s that they’re ...

Virtual reality developers say that audio is just as important as video for VR, and PlayStation VR supports 3D audio, a technique that delivers positional sound to help make it feel like you’re ...

Sony always makes home audio products a part of its CES presentations, and 2018 is no difference. Perhaps most notable are the HT-Z9F and HT-X9000F, two soundbars that include Dolby Atmos surround ...

On a crisp afternoon late last year, I made my way to Manhattan’s Upper East Side to meet Edgar Choueiri, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University. Choueiri also ...

Ambisonic rendering is a way to simulate the precise locations of sounds in 3D, and an ambisonics algorithm has allowed researchers to create rich virtual 'soundscapes.'Researchers decided to test the ...