
It consists of four wireless speakers that you place around your room (and work as your front-right, front-left, rear-right and rear-left channels) and a control box that plugs directly into your TV. It's truly the next evolution of multi-room audio.īut there's a new kind of surround sound system that's as easy to set up as a soundbar, yet delivers the true immersive experience of a larger surround sound system. Not only that, but you can use the app to manipulate the sound so that specific sounds come from different areas within that bubble.
(Yes, it's an expensive proposition.) Together they're able to create an immersive experience complete with virtual height channels that's similar to a 7.1 surround sound system. With the help of advanced digital signal processing (DSP) and support for immersive audio codecs, the Cell Alpha is able to deliver room-filling sound while also giving the illusion that certain sounds (instruments or vocals) are coming from specific areas of the room.įor the best representation of this triphonic sound, Syng suggests getting three Cell Alpha speakers in a room.

The speaker plays "triphonic" sound, an immersive spatial sound technology invented by Syng to describe the effect caused by Cell Alpha's three midrange-tweeter drivers. The there are two force-canceling woofers on the top and bottom of the speaker for the distortion-free bass (which is pretty darn impressive even at low volumes). It's a 360-degree speaker with three beam-forming drivers placed evenly around its equator, which are responsible for the midrange and highs.
It's different, however, because of its design and its sound. It plugs into the wall, has a companion app and supports AirPlay 2 and Spotify Connect. The Cell Alpha generally works the same as other wireless speakers.
