Sharp SD SP10

The Sharp SD-SP10 is the most affordable single-speaker surround/subwoofer system, but it's sonically competitive with more expensive competitors. It employs Dolby Virtual Speaker Technology and Audistry surround processing, offers excellent...

The surround-sound effects disappear for listeners seated off to the sides.

Sharp's SD-SP10 budget-priced virtual-surround speaker/subwoofer combo is sonically competitive with far more expensive single-speaker systems.

Directional 5.1 effects such as those featured in The Patriot were not truly discrete. But this new rendition created its own credible phasing of the whizzing gunshots, and nuances such as tweeting birds in the distance were practically there on the...

Overall, the SD-SP10 creates a punchy, dynamic sonic presentation with an expansive virtual soundstage. It was easy to forget that I was listening to two little boxes, instead of a discrete multi-channel surround system. To get the most convincing...