Miley
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TCL rolled out the Q95K at its flagship launch event in China and the channel count is the first thing you see: 11.1.4, with 22 speaker units and a quoted 1420W of peak power. The bar itself carries seven horizontal channels, two overheads and a subwoofer, while the two wireless surrounds each handle rear surround, rear side surround and rear overhead. A wireless sub comes in the box as well.
Peak power across 22 drivers is the number I would ignore completely. Peak is not continuous, and dividing it 22 ways leaves nothing meaningful per channel. The quoted 30Hz to 20kHz range has no tolerance attached either, so it tells you roughly where the response falls over, not where it is still flat. What does read as real engineering is the sub: dual 7-inch drivers mounted opposed, with long-stroke damping. Opposed pairs cancel reaction force against the cabinet, which is exactly what a light box needs if you want it to stop walking across a wooden floor.
B&O did the tuning, on hardware and algorithm both, and the Beosonic Mood Mixer comes along with it. TCL also lists adaptive room calibration through its app, 4K HDR passthrough, wi-fi and AirPlay 2. The step-downs are the Q85K and Q75K, both 7.1.2, at 1180W and 580W peak.
Pricing is 7999 yuan for the Q95K, 5999 for the Q85K, 4699 for the Q75K, all China only at the moment. What Hi-Fi says it has asked TCL about wider availability and had not heard back.
The part I cannot work out: how do three channels per surround travel over one wireless link without latency creeping in? Has anyone seen TCL publish anything on that?
Peak power across 22 drivers is the number I would ignore completely. Peak is not continuous, and dividing it 22 ways leaves nothing meaningful per channel. The quoted 30Hz to 20kHz range has no tolerance attached either, so it tells you roughly where the response falls over, not where it is still flat. What does read as real engineering is the sub: dual 7-inch drivers mounted opposed, with long-stroke damping. Opposed pairs cancel reaction force against the cabinet, which is exactly what a light box needs if you want it to stop walking across a wooden floor.
B&O did the tuning, on hardware and algorithm both, and the Beosonic Mood Mixer comes along with it. TCL also lists adaptive room calibration through its app, 4K HDR passthrough, wi-fi and AirPlay 2. The step-downs are the Q85K and Q75K, both 7.1.2, at 1180W and 580W peak.
Pricing is 7999 yuan for the Q95K, 5999 for the Q85K, 4699 for the Q75K, all China only at the moment. What Hi-Fi says it has asked TCL about wider availability and had not heard back.
The part I cannot work out: how do three channels per surround travel over one wireless link without latency creeping in? Has anyone seen TCL publish anything on that?
