Content tagged with '5.1 surround sound'
Grand Theft Audio – 5 great games for your surround sound home cinema
Video games are often regarded as a visual medium (well, there’s a clue in the name…) but as with films, sound has become a vitally important part of the production,… Read more
Posted on: Tuesday, 30 Oct 2012
Categories: Home theatre, Music, Speakers
Tags: 5.1 surround sound, 7.1 surround sound, Battlefield 3, Bowers & Wilkins 684 Theatre, Company of Heroes, Dead Space 2, home cinema, Home theatre, Limbo, Microsoft Xbox 360, mini-theatre, MT-60D, Sony PlayStation 3, The Beatles: Rock Band, video games, Xbox
Exclusive Tubular Bells studio-quality downloads including a 5.1 version
On the 25th May 1973 an album was released that would change the perceptions of what was possible in the sphere of popular music. One of the most phenomenal albums… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 8 Oct 2012
Categories: Music, New music
Tags: 24-bit FLAC, 5.1 surround sound, audiophile recordings, classic albums, Kevin Ayers, Mike Oldfield, Richard Branson, Tubular Bells, Virgin Records
Why buy a soundbar? – The science of psychoacoustics
Bowers & Wilkins launched Panorama 2 this week and we asked Senior Product Manager Mike Gough to explain how soundbars work. There is no doubt that discrete speaker systems, be… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 3 Oct 2012
Categories: Home theatre, Speakers, Tools of the Trade
Tags: 5.1 surround sound, home cinema, Home theatre, panorama, psycho acoustics, soundbar, surround sound
Album review: Pink Floyd – Immersion and Discovery boxsets (EMI)
The latest Immersion and Discovery box sets reveal just how much more Floyd there is to go around. Having spent the last week listening to more Pink Floyd than usual… Read more
Posted on: Monday, 26 Sep 2011
Categories: Music, Tone Audio album reviews
Tags: 24-bit 48kHz, 4.0 quadraphonic mix, 5.1 surround sound, alan parsons, Dark Side of the Moon, Discovery boxset, Immersion boxset, limited edition Pink Floyd, pink floyd, remasters, Shine On
3D TV needs 3D sound
One of the big hits at the Bristol Sound & Vision show is 3D TV. Unsurprising as it is something of a buzzword at the moment. We had a good… Read more
Posted on: Saturday, 27 Feb 2010
Categories: Home theatre
Tags: 5.1 surround sound, bowers & wilkins, Discussing sound quality, Loud speakers, surround sound
Nick Cave to remaster Bad Seeds albums in 5.1
The second batch of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds albums set for remastering in 5.1 Surround Sound are: Tender Prey, The Good Son and Henry’s Dream. The band pledged… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 4 Feb 2010
Categories: Discussing sound quality
Tags: 5.1 surround sound, Nick Cave & Bad Seeds, reissues
Classic Album Sundays’ Colleen Murphy listens to The Great Curve
Bowers & Wilkins says: Great idea – it’s... 2 days 8 hours ago View commentPeter Gabriel’s Live in Athens audio finally available
Thorsten says: The Album is really good, some tracks are... 2 days 23 hours ago View comment