Being almost a clone of the Play: 1, the Sonos One can't be paired with a Play: 1 for left and
right channel stereo setups.
Not exact matches
Most top soundbars come in three
channel configurations: 2.0 (left /
right stereo), 2.1 (left /
right stereo plus subwoofer) and 5.1 (5 surround sound speakers plus subwoofer).
After thirty years of driving, it's been ingrained in me that the volume knob for the
stereo is on the left side and the
channel selector is on the
right.
Devices with
stereo speakers deliver sound from independent
channels on both left and
right sides, creating a richer sound and a better experience.
While Apple calls two HomePods paired together
stereo sound, it is not possible to set one HomePod as the
right channel and one HomePod as the left
channel as with traditional
stereo sound.
In fact, though Apple doesn't refer to it as
stereo, it does pay attention to the distinct left and
right channels of a
stereo track and uses them to create the sound you hear.
Most soundbars are two -
channel stereo or left -, center -, and
right -
channel speakers.
One cool Sonos feature is
stereo pairing, which lets you link up two of the same type of speaker (two Play: 1s, two Play: 3s, and so on) as dedicated left and
right channels.
The Playlist has a somewhat more spacious sound, probably because it's a
stereo speaker, with separate left and
right speaker drivers (the Play: 1 uses the same woofer and tweeter for both
stereo channels).
LG not only built the left and
right channels in discrete enclosures, they tossed a battery into the
right channel so you can operate it as portable
stereo Bluetooth speaker.
The company's latest TrueWireless
Stereo Plus also requires Qualcomm hardware for separate left
right channels and to benefit from 10 percent power savings.
Stereo audio is simply two
channels of audio, one for the left speaker and one for the
right speaker.
And one odd issue: The earphones switched
stereo channels in our left -
right ear test.
The guts of the
Stereo M speaker system are in the left
channel, but you can tweak the firmware so that you can position the master speaker to be on the
right, which is how I tested it (being
right - handed, that felt more natural to me).
The DTS Headphone: X simulated surround sound offers strong lateral imaging, mixing the
stereo channels to give a good sense of left - to -
right positioning.
According to a Reddit post, videos recorded in landscape mode have the
stereo audio recorded in inverted
channels — audio from the left is recorded on the
right channel and vice versa.
Double mode mirrors playback to both speakers, whereas
stereo separates them into left and
right channels.
The sleek and powerful sound bar provides a wide separation between the left and
right channels for more accurate
stereo sound.
Designed for 55 ″ and larger TVs, the VIZIO 54 ″ 3.0 sound bar creates a greater separation between the left and
right channels for an enhanced
stereo experience and a bigger sound stage to fill the room that big screens usually reside.
You can also expand or contract the
stereo image by dragging on the orange halo at the center, indicated by dual speaker icons for the left and
right channels.
For users with the problem, the wireless earbuds may both play the left or
right channel of audio, instead of splitting the
stereo stream appropriately.
Left
channel: 2 x 3» mid-range drivers, 1 x 3/4» tweeters
Right channel: 2 x 3» mid-range drivers, 1 x 3/4» tweeters Main soundbar: 42.32 x 3.74 x 3.15 inches, 8.9 pounds Surround speakers: 3.18 x 7.42 x 2.77 inches Subwoofer: 6.93 x 12.52 x 15.86 inches, 14.7 pounds Inputs: Optical digital audio, coaxial digital audio,
stereo RCA, 3.5 mm, USB Connectivity: Bluetooth
If the idea of streaming high - resolution music to a single wireless speaker fills you with horror take some comfort in the fact that any of the Heos HS2 range can be paired and assigned left /
right channels for true
stereo playback.