Sound Bar

Turn up the Volume on Your Home Theater System


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According to research by the CEA, a majority of U.S. households own at least one high-definition television. But HDTV is not complete without audio equipment that takes full advantage of digital surround sound.

So before tuning in to watch the big game, the Consumer Electronics Association recommends the following products to enhance your experience:

Sharp HT-SB300 2.1 Sound Bar Audio System with Digital Decoding
The Sharp Sound Bar features 32 watts of total output power and 2.1ch front surround system with main driver plus subwoofer in one unit. MSRP: $299.99

JVC TH-BA1 Sound Bar System
The TH-BA1, a sound bar system that features a low-profile 4.1 channel front surround sound bar and wireless subwoofer, combines sleek design and simple setup with performance that delivers convincing surround sound. MSRP: $399.95 Read more

Atlantic Technology Unveils 7-Channel Sound Bar for Home Theater

by jessica on Wed, 2009-09-16 12:33


Atlantic Technology FS-7.0 Surround Bar and SB-800 Subwoofer

At CEDIA last week, Atlantic Technology introduced the world's first seven-channel sound bar home theater speaker system. The new FS-7.0 Surround Bar is the first loudspeaker that can reproduce all seven channels of a home theater soundtrack in a single 40-inch wide enclosure. In addition to the FS-7.0 Surround Bar, the company also introduced the SB-800, an 8-inch subwoofer designed for use with the FS-7.0.

The speaker includes three 1-inch soft dome tweeters, each of which handles the upper frequencies for one of the front LCR channels. Also on the front panel are a pair of 4x6-inch woofers, featuring dual voice coils which reproduce all three of the front soundstage channels' upper bass and midrange reproduction. The left driver reproduces the left front channel and half of the center channel, and the right driver handles the right front channel and the other half of the center channel. The LCR treble is handled by the three 1-inch tweeters. Read more

Over-Sized Soundbar for Your Over-Sized TV

by jessica on Thu, 2009-02-26 13:27


Leon Speakers OS Soundbar Speaker

Leon Speakers has announced new OS (over-sized) soundbar speakers that are custom-built to match some of the largest flat panel displays (up to 120 inches), including the LG Philips 100-inch LCD, Panasonic 103-inch Plasma, Hitachi 103-inch Plasma, Samsung 102-inch Plasma, Sharp 108-inch LCD, and others.

The OS Series is available in LCR, L/R, and center-only combinations, and feature audiophile-grade, full-range European drivers, ranging from three inches to six inches. Each channel has dual 4-inch Peerless HDS woofers and a Morel MDT29 or ET-338 1-inch hand-treated, cloth-dome tweeter.

"With the OS speakers we have redefined the limits of on-wall speakers once again, and have designed a beast of a loudspeaker. It's so large that it gets fork-lifted out of our facility and on the last install, it had to be lifted by a crane through an apartment window," said Jeff Gordon, CEO of Leon Speakers.

Get your own beast of a loudspeaker custom-built in only three to five business days…that is, if you have (at least) $6500 to spare.

Call 1-888-213-5015 or visit www.leonspeakers.com for more info.

Upgrade Your TV with Panorama from Bowers & Wilkins


Panorama in living room The Bowers & Wilkins Panorama is the ideal way of upgrading your flatscreen TV's sound. Amazing audio quality with surround sound and stereo. Active center speaker for wonderful movie sound. Simple connection and set up. A true one-box solution: no subwoofer required.

Bowers & Wilkins' Panorama will do for your flatscreen TV what the iconic Zeppelin did for your iPod® - enhance its sound quality beyond what you imagined possible. And just like the Zeppelin, along with that amazing audio comes intuitive control and stylish design.

The Panorama is the result of intensive research by B&W's renowned engineering team at its UK Research and Development division in Steyning, West Sussex. It includes technologies originally developed for high-end speakers such as the legendary 800 Series, and uses them to bring a new level of performance to soundbars.

Using a combination of multiple drive units and Digital Signal Processing (DSP) the Panorama not only boosts the quality of your TV to unprecedented levels, it also provides users with an immersive surround performance from a single speaker. The wide 'sweet spot' it is capable of creating allows more people to experience the effect together, making it the ideal family entertainment system. Read more

Samsung Blu-ray Home Theater Sound Bar

by jessica on Fri, 2009-01-09 14:59


Samsung HT-BD8200 Samsung's HT-BD8200 Home Theater Sound Bar is the first in the industry to be equipped with a Blu-ray player and wireless subwoofer. The Blu-ray player has Full HD 1080p playback and virtual 5.1-channel surround sound. The wall-mountable sound bar is just 2.6 inches deep and also features Samsung's "Smart Volume" technology for automatic volume level adjustments. It can play back your video, photos, or music from your iPod (or other MP3 player), mobile phone, and digital camera using the USB port or via Bluetooth. It even includes a handy iPod dock.

The HT-BD8200 is Wi-Fi ready and with the optional USB dongle you can access BD-Live interactive features such as Netflix for instant streaming video or Pandora music.

The Samsung HT-BD8200 Home Theater Sound Bar should be available the first half of 2009. Pricing has not yet been announced.

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