Chris Boylan

2 weeks ago | ecoustics.com | Chris Boylan

The TCL Q85H is TCL’s first soundbar system to support discrete 5.1.4-channel (or even 7.1.4 channel) Dolby Atmos surround sound. With powered subwoofer and wireless rear speakers included, the Q85H can be added to virtually any TV to provide a more cinematic and immersive surround experience for movies, TV shows and music. It supports the two most popular immersive audio formats: Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, as well as PCM and other forms of DTS and Dolby surround.

3 weeks ago | ecoustics.com | Chris Boylan

Some companies are new to the headphone game, maybe establishing themselves as a speaker or electronics maker and adding a headphone line in order to cash in on the lucrative (and seemingly ever-growing) headphone market. Sony is not one of those companies. Sony introduced its first pair of stereo headphones for sale in 1964, mainly intended for use with its popular line of reel-to-reel tape recorders.

3 weeks ago | ecoustics.com | Chris Boylan

Around three years ago, David Solomon, the VP of Business Development and hi-res music Evangelist from Qobuz, made the mistake of mentioning in public that Qobuz Connect was in active development at the company. “Ever since then, I haven’t heard the end of it,” said Solomon. “Not just questions like ‘When is it coming?’ but people claiming we were just lying and stringing people along – ‘Qobuz Connect is never coming,’ they’d say.

1 month ago | ecoustics.com | Chris Boylan

Panasonic made a triumphant return to the U.S. TV market late last year with two new OLED TVs and a MiniLED TV. We were big fans of Panasonic’s plasma TVs back in the mid 2000s to early 2010s (here’s my review of the VT25 Plasma TV from 2010), but the company’s big bets on 3DTV and plasma technology didn’t really pay off. LED/LCD TVs, with their higher brightness and lower manufacturing costs began to dominate the US market in around 2012 and Panasonic wasn’t able to keep up.

1 month ago | ecoustics.com | Chris Boylan

OLED TVs typically come up on top in picture quality ratings not just from us here at eCoustics, but from most of the tech review sites. There’s something about those self-emissive pixels and perfect blacks that make watching anything on an OLED TV a pleasurable experience. But OLED TVs are expensive, right? Normally I’d say yes. But Amazon just dropped the price of LG’s 65-inch B4 OLED TV to a ridiculously low $999.99.