It even comes with a wireless subwoofer.
How small can a soundbar get while still offering Dolby Atmos? According to Polk, the answer is 14.5 inches. That’s the width of the company’s newcompact soundbar, Polk is also including a wireless subwoofer for that price.— which itself is what I’d consider a small-ish soundbar — measures 25.63 inches wide. The MagniFi Mini AX manages to hack over 10 inches off of that, and frankly its dimensions and top-panel controls make it look more like a Bluetooth speaker than home theater gear.
But by now, you might be wondering how powerful a 14.5-inch soundbar can possibly be. The MagniFi Mini AX includes five speaker drivers — but none of them are up-firing. So like Sonos does with the second-generation Beam, Polk is virtualizing those Dolby Atmos height surround sound effects. You can optionally add in the company’s SR2 rear surround speakers for an extra $170.Image: Polk
Polk claims the MagniFi Mini AX can produce “quality that you’d expect to pay two or three times as much for.” The company’s VoiceAdjust feature optimizes voice clarity through the center channel and keeps all dialog easy to understand. There’s also a 3D audio mode that “transforms stereo audio to 360-degree surround sound.” That last trick isn’t particularly novel and usually has mixed results, but it’s another trick in this soundbar’s large bag of them.
Do I expect an ultra-compact soundbar’s audio to blow me away? Not entirely. This whole Dolby Atmos thing keeps getting more and more diluted as laptop makers and other tech companies throw the Atmos badge on products that often sound totally fine but rarely deliver any extra immersion. Still, I’m definitely curious about the MagniFi Mini AX’s performance, and Polk has certainly stuffed it full of features all for a reasonable $499.Subscribe to get the best Verge-approved tech deals of the week.
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