With the rate at which consumer technology products are churned out, not to mention the competition involved in most corners of the market, it isn’t all that surprising how few manage to stay at the top of the game for years on end. Special products do, of course, come along and reign supreme for longer than Presidential terms, and among them is the Sennheiser Ambeo, which has dominated the premium Dolby Atmos soundbar market since its arrival in mid-2019 (first as the ‘Ambeo’ and now as the renamed ‘Ambeo Max’).
That’s a credit to Sennheiser’s ambition and delivery, and also somewhat down to the fact that the £2199 / $24995 / AU$2995 Ambeo hasn’t faced much competition at all in such a lofty segment of the soundbar market in which it predominantly occupies. The bottom line: it rocked in 2019 and, more than four years later, still rocks today. Which is why I’m surprised Sennheiser hasn’t yet taken what for me is the next step: to produce dedicated wireless rear surround speakers.
