Option one - installing as a Dolby Atmos speaker - includes placing them atop your front right and front left speakers, then running wires (not included) to your AV Reciever or amp's height channel outputs. Sony SS-CSE Dolby Atmos Enabled Speakers can be set up in two different ways.
Underneath, you'll see the Mica Reinforced Cellular 3.94" cone, which is apparently more rigid than a paper cone. The detachable grille comes draped in an acoustically-transparent black cloth and adorned with a shiny Sony logo. Sony's SS-CSE Dolby Atmos Enabled Speakers are compact and angular with "all-wood" construction and a matte black finish that resembles many home-theater-in-a-box systems. In my opinion, option two is more akin to using in-ceiling speakers for accuracy, but for those who don't want to drill into walls or see wires running down a wall, the bouncing method works nicely too.īut how do these $160/pair ($199 MSRP) speakers sound and can you actually get good Atmos from such affordable gear? Well, we put these Sony SS-CSE speakers through a myriad of demos and tortures tests and came away with some interesting results. Or you can mount them high on a wall, angled downward, to pipe sound directly at your ears.
You can set them atop your current speakers or mount them to a wall and, pointed upward, bounce the sound off your ceiling with the help of your AV Receiver's processing. Sony SS-CSE Dolby Atmos Enabled Speakers are versatile enough to be mounted in two directions.
Overhead speakers will always be a touch more accurate, mind you, but Atmos Enabled speakers do a nice job of tricking your ears into thinking sounds are coming from over your head. So they teamed up with speaker manufacturers to help them design and sell Dolby Atmos Enabled Speakers like the Sony SS-CSE speakers we're reviewing today.Īs one of the first people in the world to experience Dolby Atmos in cinemas and, later, the home, I was initially skeptical about Atmos Enabled speakers, but I have to say they generally work as advertised.
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For home entertainment purposes, Dolby realized many potential customers aren't able to install in-ceiling speakers or mount speakers over seating positions. When you go to a cinema, Dolby Atmos utilizes ceiling-mounted speakers to create an overhead dome of hemispherical surround sound immersion.