When 4K HDR video is streamed straight to TVs, we need eARC to extract multichannel audio formats like Dolby Atmos over a single HDMI cable from eARC-enabled displays to eARC-enabled receivers. Sony will be first at CEDIA 2018.

The evolution of home theater now sees system configurations starting at 7.1.2 and peaking with as many as 32 discrete channels. Do all these channels mean it’s time to change overall amp designs to match these configurations?

With the popularity of immersive audio growing rapidly the next step to elevate the performance of these formats is uniform, distributed bass management.

The $999 Denon AVR-X3500H is a 7.2-channel A/V receiver that incorporates object-based surround sound, Alexa voice options, and Apple's AirPlay 2 wireless streaming technology.

The new $13,995 Bryston SP4 Cinema Processor delivers up to 16 channels of object-based surround sound decoding.

After a leaky pipe ruined their home theater, these owners undertook a massive 4K upgrade including a Kaleidescape movie server and Apple TV.