ZVOX Soundbase perfect for your Christmas TV

Posted by Dan Seitz on December 28th, 2011 at 11:30 am

Surround sound is a lot of fun, but it also happens to be an incredible pain in the butt. The problem is, pure and simple, the fact that you have to design, wire, and install a five-speaker system. Anybody who has done this has learned the new depths of rage to which a man can sink.

Fortunately, the Soundbase is here to alleviate our troubles. And it’s awesome.

The Soundbase uses acoustic tricks to simulate a directional five-speaker setup. It’s not quite the same quality, but, speaking as an experienced field sound recordist and audio editor, roughly 90% of people who insist they can tell the difference are full of crap anyway, and for day-to-day use, you’ll never notice. Besides, in a small space like an apartment, it’s six of one, half a dozen of the other: acoustics will be your friend on this one.

The ZVOX system has a lot of good ideas that make it great. For example, the units are designed so that you can just put your TV on them. Yes, that saves a lot of space.

The sound quality is pretty impressive as well. ZVOX units start sized for 22″-37″ screens and scale up from there, getting into some monster TV sizes before they ask you to switch to their tried and true Soundbar product. The best part? The price. The Soundbase starts at $200.

Soundbase [ZVOX]

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Dan Seitz Dan Seitz is a semi-professional nerd (he'll have to code a homebrew game for the NES before he goes pro). He grew up fiddling with video game systems, computers, cameras, and other technology you should never hand to an eight-year-old if you want it back in pristine condition. Currently, he lives in Boston with his girlfriend, her cat, a Shih Tzu, and far too many objects with processors.