A quick primer before you spend $100 or $10,000 on your next sound system.

Dolby Atmos soundbars can spread audio effects around and above your ears. Here are our top picks from Samsung, Sonos, Bose, ...

Dolby Atmos expands audio from horizontal to vertical, transforming the surround sound experience with 3D soundscapes. Dolby Atmos is not just for home theaters -- it has made its way to devices like ...

Variety is said to be the spice of life. Why only eat cherry Starbursts when you can sample orange, watermelon, lemon, etc? The same applies to multi-channel surround sound upmixers. But the folks at ...

At CES 2026, I spent time with Cleer Audio’s Arc 4 and Arc 4+, and came away genuinely impressed by how far this category has ...

Songs on Apple Music can now be heard in Spatial Audio at no extra cost. Spatial Audio uses Dolby Atmos tech and plays by default in iOS 14.6 or later on all Apple AirPods and Beats true wireless ...

Though it was never mentioned during the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024 keynote, Apple will add a very cool new feature to its AirPlay streaming technology in the fall: support for ...

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Two years ago, Dolby Atmos hit the commercial theater scene with the promise of a more enveloping, and consequently more lifelike sound. The most noticeable aspect of the format was the addition of ...

Ray Dolby, the engineer and inventor who helped revolutionize movie soundtracks, died at his home in San Francisco Thursday, September 12, 2013, at the age of 80. Born in Portland, Ore., Dolby studied ...