TCL built a 22-speaker soundbar for turning living rooms into movie theaters, but it’s skipping the US
I’ve used enough soundbars to know most “360-degree audio” claims are marketing fluff dressed up as innovation. TCL’s new flagship might actually have the hardware to back that claim up for once. It’s built around an 11.1.4 channel Hi-Fi architecture and tuned in collaboration with Bang & Olufsen.
- ▪I’ve used enough soundbars to know most “360-degree audio” claims are marketing fluff dressed up as innovation.
- ▪TCL’s new flagship might actually have the hardware to back that claim up for once.
- ▪It’s built around an 11.1.4 channel Hi-Fi architecture and tuned in collaboration with Bang & Olufsen.
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I’ve used enough soundbars to know most “360-degree audio” claims are marketing fluff dressed up as innovation. TCL’s new flagship might actually have the hardware to back that claim up for once. The Q95K is TCL’s new flagship soundbar. It’s built around an 11.1.4 channel Hi-Fi architecture and tuned in collaboration with Bang & Olufsen. To me, it sounds like a serious attempt to compete with premium home theater setups. TCL So what’s actually inside this thing? The system spreads 1420W of peak power across 22 independent speaker units. The exceptional output is split between a main bar handling seven horizontal channels, two overhead channels, and a subwoofer channel, along with wireless surround speakers covering rear, rear-side, and rear-overhead audio.
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