bigshot
Headphoneus Supremus
I just finished up researching and shopping for a new bedroom video/audio setup and I was surprised at how many things were different since I last shopped for AV stuff. I'll skip the video stuff... 4K, HDR, Dolby Vision, etc. It was the audio components that really surprised me. The TV I chose has multiple speaker ports firing in all directions, as does the sound bar. I don't know how anyone could predict how it will sound until they get it into their room and installed. But the presets are what totally shocked me. The sound bar does a psychoacoustic version of Dolby Atmos with a processor chip that sculpts the sound within multiple EQ genres... movie, music, sports, etc. There is absolutely no documentation about what any of the presets do, yet they all sound totally different. Aside from treble and bass, there is no way to adjust any of it. It isn't my main setup, so I'm not terribly picky, but it feels weird to take all of this on faith. I hope this doesn't become a trend in home audio too.