{"id":159293,"date":"2023-03-29T16:13:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T15:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=159293"},"modified":"2023-10-18T06:08:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T05:08:03","slug":"ultimea-apollo-s40-affordable-and-unique-soundbar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/ultimea-apollo-s40-affordable-and-unique-soundbar\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultimea Apollo S40: Affordable and unique soundbar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ultimea\u00a0brand introduced the affordable\u00a0Apollo S40\u00a0soundbar\u00a0.\u00a0The soundbar implements a 2.0 configuration and is built on two tweeters and two woofers \/ midrange speakers in a phase-inverted design.\u00a0There is no support for trendy formats and features like Dolby Atmos or Alexa or Siri voice assistants, but there is Bluetooth version 5.0 and\u00a0HDMI ARC\u00a0support .\u00a0At the same time, the price of new items does not exceed\u00a080 US dollars\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/391_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, the main &#8220;feature&#8221; of the Ultimea Apollo S40 soundbar was the ability to divide it into two halves if necessary and use it as a stereo pair.<\/p>\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n<div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ultimea Apollo S40 Detachable Soundbar | Double the Sound, Twice the Fun\" width=\"662\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8CJWqtVXSc8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That is, you can choose: to place the soundbar in the usual way under the TV screen &#8211; on the wall or on the shelf of the TV cabinet, or to install the two halves to the left and right of the TV &#8211; on the included stands, or on the wall.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/392_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The soundbar offers several DSP soundtrack processing to optimize the sound depending on the type of content and listening conditions &#8211;\u00a0<i>Movie\u00a0<\/i><i>,\u00a0<\/i><i>Music\u00a0<\/i><i>,\u00a0<\/i><i>Night\u00a0<\/i><i>,\u00a0<\/i><i>News\u00a0<\/i><i>\/\u00a0<\/i><i>Dialogue\u00a0<\/i><i>,\u00a0<\/i><i>Hi\u00a0<\/i><i>&#8211;\u00a0<\/i><i>Fi\u00a0<\/i><i>,\u00a0<\/i><i>Dynamic<\/i>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/393_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The switching arsenal of the Ultimea Apollo S40 soundbar includes an HDMI port with support for the ARC audio return channel, a digital optical input, a 3.5 mm mini-jack connector for analog connection of sources, and an analog RCA output for integrating the soundbar with an active subwoofer.\u00a0There is also a USB-A port for connecting external USB drives up to 64 GB with\u00a0<i>MP3, APE, FLAC, WMA<\/i>\u00a0audio files .<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/394_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimea.com\/en-eu\/products\/apollo-s40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ultimea Apollo S40<\/a> soundbar comes with a wireless remote control.\u00a0In addition, you can use the keys on the device to adjust the volume, source selection, and power control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ultimea\u00a0brand introduced the affordable\u00a0Apollo S40\u00a0soundbar\u00a0.\u00a0The soundbar implements a 2.0 configuration and is built on two tweeters and two woofers \/ midrange speakers in a phase-inverted design.\u00a0There is no support for trendy formats and features like Dolby Atmos or Alexa or Siri voice assistants, but there is Bluetooth version 5.0 and\u00a0HDMI ARC\u00a0support .\u00a0At the same time, [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/ultimea-apollo-s40-affordable-and-unique-soundbar\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":159294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-159293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-speakers","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159293","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=159293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}