A gaming setup usually gets built for the eyes first. The monitor gets the budget, the GPU gets the attention, and audio ends up running through whatever speakers shipped in a box years ago. It’s the one part of the rig that stays frozen while everything around it gets faster and sharper. Price: TBD Where […]
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The jump from built-in TV speakers to a real soundbar is bigger than the jump from a $500 soundbar to a $1,500 one. The first upgrade fixes everything that was broken. The second upgrade chases marginal gains most living rooms can’t even reveal. The change shows up inside five minutes of plugging one in. Dialogue
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REVIEW – A good sound bar can really elevate the movie-watching experience, especially with flatscreen televisions that are pretty much ubiquitous at this point. One brand that I’ve seen around but haven’t had the opportunity to experience yet is ULTIMEA, so when the ULTIMEA 5.1 Dolby Atmos Sound Bar came up for review, I had
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REVIEW – The speakers on many TVs aren’t that great. They lack depth and often sound tinny, which may be fine when listening to voices or dialog, but for music and movies, they are pretty disappointing. But sometimes adding a speaker system results in more wires, more remotes, and more space. What does the Creative
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REVIEW – I first learned about Ultimea when I reviewed their Nova S80 Dolby Atmos soundbar, which I found to be a solid product at a reasonable price. Therefore, when I had the opportunity to review their new flagship soundbar, the Skywave X70, I couldn’t resist. The X70 appeared to be a significant upgrade from
REVIEW – Ultimea’s products have been providing delightful surround-sound audio in my home for quite some time. I’ve appreciated the easy setup and rich, full sound and have been looking forward to listening to their new Skywave F40 soundbar with Dolby Atmos. How does it perform? Let’s dive in! ⬇︎ Jump to summary (pros/cons) Price: $299.99 Where
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REVIEW – Not three months ago, I reviewed the Ultimea Aura A60 7.1 soundbar. I was pleasantly surprised at the sound I was able to get from that small package with Dolby Atmos to boot. Today I’m back with the Ultimea Poseidon D80 Boom 7.1 soundbar, and I’m here to tell you it’s a worthy
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REVIEW – I love watching movies and learned that many films lack depth without surround sound. Even run-of-the-mill TV programs elevate with a good surround sound system like Ultimea’s Apollo S70 Ultra 7.1. How does it perform? Please join me for a look and listen – it has a few tricks up its sleeve! ⬇︎ Jump
REVIEW – I love watching movies. Subbed, dubbed, foreign, domestic, it doesn’t matter. Give me some good acting and a good story and I’m sucked in. I do most all of my movie watching at home. Have you tried taking a 6 member family to the movies? I’d have to sell a kidney! Anyway, I
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REVIEW – Our house has two living rooms, and we recently redid our “back” living room. Since that’s where the wood stove is, and a big new couch, we’ve been spending more time there. Our front living room has a TV with soundbar, but the back living room just has a TV with built-in TV
REVIEW – Ultimea was kind enough to send along their new Solo B30 Soundbar to test along with the Poseidon E40 projector. I was going to write a separate review, but they work nicely together, so this is kind of a mini-review add-on. It’s two-fer Tuesday! What is it? The Ultimea Solo B30 Soundbar is
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REVIEW – If you are short on desk space, an under-monitor soundbar may be your ticket to audio nirvana – without sacrificing space. Creative has made a budget friendly, compact, under monitor soundbar in the Sound Blaster GS3. We’ve plugged it in and given it a go to see how this sub-$50 option sounds. What
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REVIEW – When I was in college I got into PC gaming and had a friend help me weld custom speaker stands for a surround sound setup to enhance my gaming. Fast forward a few years (decades), and I’ve long since ditched 6+ speaker setups for my hybrid work/gaming desk setup for a couple reasons:
REVIEW – I have been searching for a new soundbar with Dolby Atmos for my bedroom/man cave. I already have one in my living room that I love, but it was pretty expensive. I’m looking for a more budget-friendly option. Luckily, I was offered to review the Ultimea 5.1.2 Dolby Atmos soundbar, which costs less
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REVIEW – As I continue to remodel and upgrade my home office/Studio to be a warm interesting and creative space, I have been introducing things like Steampunk shelves for an added industrial look, and I have been looking for unusual items to give me the feel I want. When this KEMIMOTO Midnight 40B 16” 2-Speaker
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REVIEW – I don’t know what happened along the way in television design but it feels like all the manufacturers forgot that sound is important when you’re watching a show. I have one television in particular that no matter how high I increase the volume, speech is still very mumbly. I have solved that problem
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REVIEW – As it turns out, this is the sound system we didn’t know we needed. My son and co-reviewer Mason picked this out after having a good experience with Creative speakers for a previous review. Our main TV already has a nice soundbar, and I have a portable speaker to use around the house,
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REVIEW – Are you looking for powerful sound combined with snazzy looks, from a company with decades of multimedia experience? I’ve been running some relatively boring black computer speakers on my work/gaming desk in my office for years now. I previously had a Creative 5.1 surround system on my gaming/workstation but the wires and logistics
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REVIEW – I can remember the days when I spent a whole lot of money on a 5.1 surround sound system. It was made up of 2 relatively large left and right front speakers, a center channel speaker, 2 rear speakers, and a subwoofer. The connections also meant that there would be a whole bunch
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REVIEW – Like many of you, I’ve been suffering with the scourge of using the built-in speakers on a television in my house. Nearly all televisions have garbage speakers that are either tinny or too quiet or both. Many built-in TV speakers are also downward- or backward- firing so that the sound that’s getting to
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