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Note that the price of the ELAC-and-Rogersound speaker system is about $1,460-more than double the price of the Vizio soundbar-and a good Atmos-equipped receiver, such as the Denon AVR-S750H, adds at least $400. However, receivers generally donвЂ™t have a big effect on a systemвЂ™s sound unless you engage their room-correction technology, which we left off for our test.) (This receiver, which I use for most of my speaker testing, is relatively expensive and probably not what youвЂ™d use with the ELAC Debut 2.0 speakers.

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The contestants were systems composed mostly of recent Wirecutter picks: the Vizio SB46514-F6 from our best soundbar guide versus a full 5.1.4-channel system comprising the ELAC Debut 2.0 B6.2, B5.2, and C5.2 speakers from our best surround-sound speakers guide (with two pair of ELACвЂ™s Debut 2.0 A4.2 Atmos modules added), the Rogersound Labs Speedwoofer 10S from our best high-performance subwoofer guide, and the Sony STR-ZA5000ES, an Atmos-equipped AV receiver.

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We pitted a high-quality, Atmos-equipped soundbar system against a receiver-based surround-sound system in a blind test, concealing everything but the TV with black fabric so the listeners wouldnвЂ™t have a clue as to what they were hearing.

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The impressive performance weвЂ™ve heard from the best new soundbars has left WirecutterвЂ™s audio/video team wondering: Is there any reason left for a typical movie fan to bother with an AV receiver, as well as the required five (or seven or nine or 11) speakers plus subwoofer? We decided to try to answer this question in the most scientific way possible-through a head-to-head showdown. Many of todayвЂ™s high-performance soundbars support the more-immersive Dolby Atmos and DTS:X surround-sound formats, which add overhead and height effects and allow them to approach the enveloping, dynamic sound of an AV-receiver-based surround-sound system. This is due in part to the rise of the soundbar, which promises better performance than you can get from your TVвЂ™s built-in speakers in an easier-to-handle, less room-encompassing package than a full-fledged home theater system.ДЇor a long time, pretty much every soundbar sacrificed sonic performance for a smaller, plug-and-play setup, but the category has come a long way.

But these days, it seems the popularity of AV receivers has fallen somewhere below that of bedbugs and above that of Justin BieberвЂ™s mustache. The debut of the audio/video receiver in the 1980s spawned the home theater industry and inspired millions of people to pack their dens with speakers.