If I ever go to the movies it's on a weekday matinee for like $7 a ticket. Cheaper, less crowded. Take our own snacks and just buy drinks. Otherwise you're spending $60-80 on everything. Nope.
I'm thinking all of those new AM4 X3D CPU's are just 5800X3D's that didn't cut the mustard and are being repurposed after they had enough of a stockpile to release them. I could be wrong, but that's how I see it.
I also think AM5 will last a bit longer than 2025 as I'm sure they'll stockpile...
You're not getting the same depth of sound out of 1.5" - 2" speakers as you are even bookshelf speakers. Completely lack mid's. And having a sub trying to fill in those mids from a location that mids shouldn't be coming from sounds awkward.
Maybe it works for some people. I just didn't find...
In a theater room. Still sounded flat and boring. Plus I have 20' ceiling in my living room. Regardless, haven't heard a sound bar that was worth buying. They're superior to the TV's built in speakers, sure. But for $400-600 one of those HTIAB's from Onkyo or Yamaha sounds worlds better.
I run...
I listened to a dozen or so top tier sound bars and they were all pretty meh. Not one of them could do Atmos worth a darn. And the simulated 3D sound was very weird.
Still better than TV speakers, but for the price of some of them it's better to get a HTIAB.