#Dolby atmos demo disc january driver

The Leaf clip, which follows a leaf falling from a ground to demonstrate the height channels of Atmos, is some proof of the speaker's ability to fill a soundfield's headroom, but it's the plane battle scene in the film Unbroken that provides confirmation of that. We're looking at a sub-ВЈ10,000 system here. Making up the 5.2.4 configuration are two pairs of 826-Ds for the front, rear and Atmos channels, the also-new centre speaker and the previous-gen subwoofer, modestly paired with an Xbox and Onkyo amplifier.

Best audio of CES 2020: Technics headphones, JBL speakers and moreДЄfter eyeing up, and learning of, the 826-D's technological we sit down in a hotel suite to see how they perform with a variety of clips on a Dolby Atmos demo disc that's very familiar to us.

Naturally, Focal would point you to its Chora Surround, Center and Sub 600P to round out your speaker set-up.Дespite their modest price, for Focal floorstanders anyway, these are made in the company's factory in France so it's not surprising that their aesthetic appeal is complemented by a fine build. Otherwise, though, the two are largely indistinguishable in their matching black, light wood and (our favourite) dark wood finishes вЂ“ a good thing for speaker package matching, of course. To cater for the deep inset of the Atmos driver, the 826-D is slightly taller than its non-Atmos sibling overall.

#Dolby atmos demo disc january driver

It seems Focal has thought of everything, too, as the grilles have been designed to only fit atop the driver one way to ensure they're always effective and not counteractive. Even the magnetic speaker grilles that hide its unique form are peppered with directivity guides on their insides to aid angled dispersion.