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Klipsch Cinema 1200 impressions: Powerful, junior-sized Atmos—with compromises

Enlarge / The Klipsch Cinema 1200 set includes a sound bar, two satellite speakers, and a subwoofer. Hidden within a few of these are the key differentiators: upward-projecting speakers. (credit: Klipsch) I’m a longtime apartment dweller in a dense city, so home theater space is hard to come by. I have to decide what I […]

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The second-gen Sonos Beam soundbar arrives with Dolby Atmos, $50 price hike

The second-generation Sonos Beam soundbar. It comes in white or black. [credit: Sonos ] Sonos on Tuesday announced a new model of its Beam smart soundbar. The Sonos Beam (Gen 2), as it’s called, doesn’t change much from its three-year-old predecessor from a conceptual standpoint. Sonos is still positioning the device as a lower-cost and far […]

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Apple Music subscribers will get lossless and spatial audio for free next month

Apple Music on an iPhone with these new audio features enabled. [credit: Apple ] Today, Apple announced that its Apple Music streaming app will get two major new audio features next month: lossless audio support and spatial audio with Dolby Atmos for a wide range of supported headphones and speakers. Apple Music will play songs […]