Sonos challenged by new Dolby Atmos soundbar that promises BIG sound from a small speaker

There’s additionally a 3.5mm port at the back of the MagniFi Mini AX if you wish to join one other audio supply. Not that you will want it, out of the field, this speaker helps each Apple AirPlay 2, Google Chromecast and Spotify Join. The latter permits customers with the Spotify app to wi-fi beam playlists, albums and podcasts to the speaker with a faucet. AirPlay 2 and Google Chromecast each provide lossless, wi-fi methods to ship audio from smartphones, tablets and computer systems (AirPlay 2 solely works with Mac) to the speaker with out the trouble of pairing over Bluetooth, the inferior audio high quality, and the ping of your notifications interrupting your favorite monitor.

Polk Audio’s MagniFi Mini AX launches later this month within the UK with a price ticket of £429. The corporate additionally provides non-obligatory Polk SR2 wi-fi audio system, out there for £159 every, so as to add designated rear channels to spice up audio from DTS:X to DTS:X 5.1 playback.

“With MagniFi Mini AX we got down to create the world’s finest sounding, ultra-compact Dolby Atmos soundbar,” mentioned Frank Sterns, President of Polk Audio. “By integrating the immersive encompass capabilities of Dolby Atmos and DTS:X after which optimising it with Polk’s patented SDA know-how, we’ve created a product that’s not solely as enveloping as a soundbar thrice its measurement, however with a degree of soundstage accuracy that’s unmatched in its class.”