Surround sound simulation

Wireless rear speakers and Atmos processing create a convincing 3D sound bubble with effects and motion cues that move cleanly from front to back, making the equipment largely disappear and delivering immersive object based surround envelopment for films and games even if height effects remain more subtle.

Listeners describe the Charge 6 as creating a surprisingly wide, room-filling soundstage for a single portable speaker, giving different elements of a mix space to be heard even if it cannot match the true surround effects of a multi-speaker setup.

Digital surround processing creates a modest but useful sense of space for casual viewing, though it cannot match the realism of systems with physical rear speakers.

Reviewers commonly describe the Flex 2’s soundstage as fairly narrow and forward for a portable speaker, saying it lacks the spacious, room-filling spread and instrument separation of some woofer and tweeter equipped competitors and often benefits from adding a second unit in stereo mode to widen the presentation.