Lautsprecher Teufel Announce New Cinebar 50 [Soundbar With Subwoofer Offers Virtual Surround Sound]

We all know that flatscreen televisions are great. They offer tons of features like super-sharp pictures and integrated tuners. Some even come with multi-card readers and built-in wireless. But there is one thing that I think we can all agree on and that’s the fact that most HDTVs have average speakers. To help remedy this, the sound engineers at Germany’s Lautsprecher Teufel have just announced the release of their new Cinebar 50 flatscreen sound system.

The Cinebar 50 is basically a two-piece sound system consisting of a slim speaker bar and an external subwoofer. There are six individual chassis in the main unit, which house the entire control and connector mechanisms, as well as an amplifier featuring 2 x 100-watt RMS power. The subwoofer uses its own amplifier to supply the bass-hungry 250-mm chassis with an additional 150-watt RMS. Touted as a complete all-in-one system, the Cinebar 50 offers a virtual surround-sound system capable of DVD, Blu-ray, satellite/premiere/DVB-T-decoder playback in stereo or spatial sound all thanks to the Dolby virtual speaker technology.

The Teufel Cinebar 50 also includes a remote control and comes with two brackets located at the back of the speaker that can be used to mount the unit directly to the wall. A table stand is also included in the package. The Cinebar 50 retails for 669EUR (about $950) and will be available for shipment sometime at the end of July. For more information and complete specs visit www.teufel.eu.