However, this might change depending on the volume levels you’ve set. When fully charged, they’re claimed to run 10 hours straight before you need to charge them again. They’re charged when docked to the soundbar, but ONLY when the soundbar is in standby mode. They’re battery-powered and don’t need any cables to play sounds. Meaning, you can magnetically attach them to the soundbar and detach them when you want to experience surround sounds. The most attractive feature of this system is that the rear speakers are truly wireless. Maybe it applies for most of you as well. So, I didn’t want the highest end one, most loud with tens of speakers. I currently have a 30m2 studio apartment, and around 8m2 for my living room area. Something I also realized was, I don’t need a huge system because my apartment is super small. Then there were LG ones, which were also expensive. There were Samsung HW Q90R and HW Q950T in my list, while Q950T was super expensive.

So, I was looking a lot into an affordable solution. I will make a separate video for that, but I just wanted to highlight the HDMI 2.1 factor. In order to support Dolby Atmos, I had to buy a TV which has HDMI 2.1 support and I bought Sony Bravia XH90 55 inch 4K HDR TV. It might not be super accurate, but many advanced soundbars can do quite well. So they have up-firing speakers where the sound is bounced back from the ceiling trying to make the same effect. Even though this is possible in cinemas, it’s a bit hard to do in-home theatre systems. In Dolby Atmos, there are speakers mounted on the ceiling firing downwards, creating a 3D surround sound experience. Meaning, it will generate sounds on a horizontal plane. Normal surround sounds only have speakers on your ear level. If you don’t know what Dolby Atmos is, it’s the next-generation surround sound technology.

Don’t need to be the best sound system ever.

Should preferably be wireless, at least with less cables.

I was looking into many options and trust me, there are an overwhelming number of choices. Then I wanted a new TV to replace my old TCL one, and then wanted to upgrade the previous Bose solo 5 soundbar into a more premium one. The plan started when I decided and started saving money to buy a Playstation 5.

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