In fact, thanks to the taught precision of those little beams, the effect sounded better than
some traditional height speakers.
Not exact matches
In addition to a
traditional three -
speaker setup, you can fully customize every aspect of home theater with a combination of side - firing
speakers and rear
speakers — and even
height modules or in - ceiling
speakers for Dolby Atmos that create special sound effects above you.
Dolby Atmos — and its DTS counterpart DTS: X — represents a revolutionary cinema technology that not only frees sound mixers from the rigid restraints of
traditional surround sound mixing, but also adds
height speakers to engulf listeners in a hemispheric globe of sound.
Integrating upward - firing
speakers into a
traditional sound bar, a single self - contained unit can emulate the vertical
height and depth of Dolby Atmos technology.
To create 7.1.2 Dolby Atmos surround imaging, the bar boasts six «
height channel»
speakers on each side, which follow the same method as more
traditional Atmos
speaker designs, mimicking overhead
speakers by bouncing sound off the ceiling.
As mentioned above, the most common configurations are 5.1.2 or 5.1.4, which add two and four
height speakers to a
traditional 5.1 surround setup respectively, though Dolby supports much larger configurations.