Inside Dolby’s Soho Square Atmos cinema

Gizmodo’s Chris Mills is one of the lucky few to have spent time in the 4K Atmos cinema that has pride of place at Dolby’s London office in Soho Square, and, as he tells us in his review, the experience left him seriously impressed.

As many of you will know, Atmos is an object-based multi-channel [...]

Is Ciné Beta the ultimate home cinema?

By the end of this, you’re going to love Jeremy Kipnis for his ambition and commitment to his consuming passion for film and music, or be so consumed with envy yourself that you’ll never want to see or hear his name again. For Jeremy has let his childhood fantasies run wild and built a state-of-the-art [...]

Dolby Atmos releases coming thick and fast

With ‘Brave’, almost a year ago now, Dolby launched its new object-based multi-channel cinema audio system, Dolby Atmos. Then, later on in the year, came ‘The Hobbit’.

‘Brave’ and ‘The Hobbit’ weren’t the only Atmos releases in 2012, and there are plenty more to come in 2013, too. Next up, it’s ‘Oz The Great And [...]

BVE 2013 Audio Theatre seminar programme

Ahead of the doors opening on BVE 2013 at its new venue – ExCel in East London’s Royal Docks – here’s the complete Audio Theatre session programme for the three days.
The programme will see days dedicated to ‘Sustainability and Audio’, ‘Audio Networking’, and ‘Audio for DSLR’ and will cover practical insights from end users. technological [...]

New wireless soundbar gets Bluetooth too

The new Orbitsound M9 wireless soundbar and subwoofer system is the wireless successor to a unit that was launched last year. Gone is the iPod dock. In comes Bluetooth to supplement the optical, AUX and 3.5mm inputs.
Stereo inputs are processed and reproduced as “spatial sound” via twin 2.5-inch mid-high drivers, single 1-inch tweeter, and side-positioned [...]