Audiophiles: how is the market for quality sound systems doing? Do people still buy living room amp/speaker systems and attach to TVs? Feels like everyone just gives up and uses headphones or simple built-in speakers on TVs/computers/phones these days. And afaik speaker tech hasn’t gotten much smaller physically.

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soundbars and wireless audio systems are the craze these days

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i have a sonos 5.1 setup and it’s really really good after tuning but wouldn’t call it audiophile. sound stage is not as wide as proper home cinema hardware. i think high-end sony and yamaha systems that support Dolby Atmos might be better

This is a great option. The Sonos products work great. 

Not true atmos, but most of us don’t have spaces to support that anyway. So close enough