In addition to our wide range of Ci Architectural speakers which are perfect for Atmos installations, KEF also offer the Q50a and R8a Atmos-Enabled speakers which can be wall-mounted or placed on top of an existing front speaker.

The all-new-from-the-ground-up features tech developed for Blade, Reference and LS as well as some brand-new improvements specific to the R Series. Here's a short look at why we're so excited by this new product line.

You could win a bar bet by knowing that Quadraphonic sound (surround-sound as we call it now) first became available in 1969. In 1970, RCA Records released Quad-8 tapes which were 8-Track tapes that played discrete quadraphonic sound. If you played them on a standard stereo 8-Track you would only get half the sound, so this lack of backward compatibility meant you had to buy a specific Quad-8 player. Again, expensive with not a lot of demand. Quad-8 tapes were available until 1978, but demand was never strong.

Hopefully you've experienced Dolby Atmos in a theater, at a demo at your local audio/video dealer, or maybe even in a home installation. If you haven't experienced it yet, make it a point to do so because it really is spectacular.

By now you've heard about Dolby Atmos, a cinema audio format that is going to revolutionize how we listen to movies in the theater and at home. In this reprint from the good folks at Dolby Laboratories, here's the straight skinny on just exactly what Dolby Atmos is and what it can do for you.