{"id":142424,"date":"2022-03-03T12:52:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T12:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=142424"},"modified":"2022-03-03T12:58:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T12:58:18","slug":"bowers-wilkins-panorama-3-immersive-sound-from-a-single-body-soundbar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/bowers-wilkins-panorama-3-immersive-sound-from-a-single-body-soundbar\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowers &#038; Wilkins Panorama 3: Immersive Sound from a Single-Body Soundbar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The third iteration of the Bowers &amp; Wilkins soundbar, the Panorama 3, features Dolby Atmos capabilities, a first in the Bowers &amp; Wilkins portfolio.\u00a0The history of the Panorama series began in 2009, and the name does not come from a consonant term, but from the merger of the cult names of the golden age of cinema &#8211; Panavision and Cinerama.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/12_techweek.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Panorama 3, like the previous British soundbar, still carries 13 speakers in a 3.1.2 configuration.\u00a0They are enclosed in a case measuring 65 x 140 x 1210 mm.\u00a0The manufacturer stated that &#8220;with a powerful sound that fills the entire room, no single-chamber competitor can match.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For this, a 400-watt amplification was built into the system.\u00a0The speakers are grouped in LCR format, but there are also a couple of woofers &#8211; they use almost the entire volume of the case.\u00a0Dolby Atmos surround sound is delivered by upward-firing 50mm drivers specially designed by Bowers &amp; Wilkins.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital and Dolby TrueHD audio streams are also supported.\u00a0There is an ARC \/ eARC HDMI interface, plus an optical digital input.\u00a0For control, touch buttons are provided on the top panel, which are visible only with backlight during operation.<\/p>\n<p>Panorama 3 supports both AirPlay 2 and Bluetooth with aptX Adaptive &#8211; streaming music from iOS and Android gadgets will not cause problems.\u00a0There is support for Spotify Connect, and streaming services are available through the Bowers &amp; Wilkins app &#8211; Deezer, Lastfm, Qobuz, Soundcloud, TIDAL and TuneIn.\u00a0This year, the expansion of this list is promised, and at the same time support for multiroom.\u00a0In addition, in the future, the possibility of upgrading electronics is promised.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/13_techweek.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Bowers &amp; Wilkins Panorama 3 soundbar is already on sale for $1,000 in the US.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third iteration of the Bowers &amp; Wilkins soundbar, the Panorama 3, features Dolby Atmos capabilities, a first in the Bowers &amp; Wilkins portfolio.\u00a0The history of the Panorama series began in 2009, and the name does not come from a consonant term, but from the merger of the cult names of the golden age of [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/bowers-wilkins-panorama-3-immersive-sound-from-a-single-body-soundbar\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":142428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-142424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-speakers","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}