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The $200 Soundbar Blindfold Challenge: When Music Majors Couldn’t Tell Sony from Yamaha
The dimly lit acoustics lab at Berklee College of Music smelled of coffee and skepticism. Twenty audio-obsessed students adjusted headphones, unaware they’d become pawns in a sonic experiment. “We’re testing 2,000 reference monitors,” Professor Evans lied. In reality, three 200 soundbars—Sony HT-S200F, Yamaha SR-B20A, and Vizio V21x-J8—sat hidden…