Coby and sonic emotion Unveil 3D-Audio Sound Bar

Set to be unveiled at the upcoming CES 2010 trade show, the new Coby 3D-Audio Sound Bar is said to recreate a "real 3D sound environment" using just stereo input. Coby teamed up with sonic emotion, a provider of 3D sound technologies, for the development of this product.

"It's the first sound bar on the market that plays 3D sound from simple stereo input," said Andy Macaluso, sonic emotion Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "Most of the audio we consume is stereo: It doesn't matter if you're listening to your iPod, watching Desperate Housewives or football, with the new Coby sound bar audio comes to life around you in 3D and you don't hear the device," he said.

A 3D sound stage is created by using wave field synthesis. What is wave field synthesis? This is how the company describes it (per the sonic emotion website):

"Unlike conventional surround sound, sonic emotion technologies use wave field synthesis to create a field of sonic waves resulting in the illusion of sounds originating from all around. Listeners are surrounded in immersive, balanced audio regardless of their positioning, device location, and room dimensions. Thanks to the all-enveloping sonic waves listeners don't hear sounds from speakers, in fact they won't even notice where the device is!"

No pricing information is out yet, but hopefully they will announce more at CES 2010.

For more details check out www.sonicemotion.com.