Dragon 11.4.6 Home Surround Sound System

The Nakamichi Dragon doesn't get featured in many soundbar showdowns because at its quality, performance and price it has no peers. It's more expensive, but it still offers great value. I acquired Nakamichi mounts for the soundbar and the surround speakers. The soundbar mount has versatile mount points, and once mounted there's still some lateral flexibility to center the soundbar. The mount is discrete and feels solid with the heavy soundbar in place. I mention all of this here because it's also the best wall mounting solution for a soundbar I've seen. Make sure that the HDMI cables you get (for any soundbar) support 48Gbps and have smaller terminators because they need to start bending close to the HDMI ports on the soundbar. The mounts for the surround speakers feel solid and are discrete, but the surround speakers are heavy enough that I recommend hitting a stud. I mounted them on the side walls. The mounts are very easy to use and provide routing for the power cable. The vertical speakers in the surround speakers are angled to reflect off of the ceiling and rotate so they can be aimed at the primary seating area, providing flexibility in where they can be mounted. The room I set this up in has an 8 foot ceiling, the speakers are mounted at seated ear height, and this is the only environment I can speak to. Connecting the surround speakers and subwoofers required pressing one button, and there have been zero connectivity issues. Audio sync has been flawless. (The TV must be plugged in the HDMI port one and whatever port the TV uses for its HDMI ARC/eARC port.) The system doesn't have an automatic calibration feature, but the on-screen menu is easy to use. Just pick the matching physical configuration of the speakers and enter the distance from each speaker to the primary seating area. Sitting off center still provides amazing sound effects' localisation. Some of the setups I've experienced can't maintain this, but the Dragon's speakers and processing shine here. I had to move the subwoofers a few extra inches away from the wall to eliminate some boominess. It eliminated the reflected sounds bad timing and sharpened the bass. There's enough power to drive all of the speakers and maintain clarity throughout the entire frequency range at all volumes, so you don't have to turn it up if you don't want to. But you'll want to. I adjusted the subwoofers' crossover frequency for my preference, but I liked the default levels and settings of all of the other speakers after calibrating for distance. I switch between the Music and Movie modes based on what the source material. I use an Oppo UDP 205 Blu-ray player, Apple TV 4k, PS5 and Nvidia Shield Pro (through the Oppo HDMI IN) as sources. DTS X Pro through the Dragon is amazing, and is currently much, much more expensive to get any other way. Dolby Atmos positioning is so smooth and clear that my dog spins while looking up and around in time with birds circling. Music in surround sound, including Dolby Atmos depends on the quality of the remixing. Sometimes it's more natural sounding or broadens the sound stage wonderfully. Sometimes the positioning of instruments and sounds feel like the artist's intention. Some mixes are distracting in ways that I don't prefer, but this should get better as the industry gains experience with it. When it's done right you feel right there. (The Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense, Taylor Swift - The Eras Tour.) Metallica's Black album is better in stereo in my opinion. Upmixing of movies and music is done really well by the Dragon. It can play and handle anything, and everyone you know will hit their limit before it even gets close to its own. My unit came with the latest firmware, so I never experienced the lower bass mentioned in some reviews. I love it. I love how easy it is was to setup and calibrate. I love how well it handles the variety of sources I throw at it. Most of all I love how it sounds. There's one thing that I wish it did better, which is transition from source to source with less delay before the audio starts. It's definitely not a deal breaker for me. I don't channel surf or constantly switch sources, but I notice the delay when I do. I tried to find comparable setups using separates or soundbars, and they simply don't exist. If this is reasonable for your budget then you can buy it knowing that you can't find anything that can compete with all that it can do so well for anything close to its price.

Purchased in July 2024 and no issues so far. Physical appearance and build quality looks excellent and feels solid. Setting up was very easy. The only signal cable I had to connect was the HDMI cable from the soundbar to the HDMI EARC input at TV. All other speakers including soundbar requires plugging into any 120v outlet, no other connections required. I did purchase the Nakamichi soundbar and rear speaker wall brackets separately as it was needed to facilitate my installation. Programming was very easy following the on screen set up guides, even the Bluetooth app was a breeze to understand. Once setup, I didn’t need to use the wireless remote as much as I expected . The soundbar automatically synchronizes with powering on/off with tv as well as volume up/down using existing tv remote. The sound is amazing. Sounds like a concert hall with ground shaking bass. The highest volume I’ve turned it up was approximately 35 of 100, sounds clean and no distortion to bass and high’s despite high volume settings. When I heard this thing for the first time I was blown away and up to this day I love it as much as the first day I got it. No regrets whatsoever. I have family and friends with different soundbars and none can come close to this. So whether I’m watching a movie or having a house party, this soundbar has definitely surpassed my expectations. I got the quad 8” subs before the 12” subs came out. Given the chance at that time, I would have gotten the 12” subs since I love heavy bass. Don’t get me wrong, the existing 8” quad subs still makes ground shaking bass. I will purchase the 12” in subs in future and integrate it to my existing system. I would recommend this to anyone and if need, would buy again without hesitation.

I’ve owned a lot of audio gear over the years, and this is hands down the most impressive system I’ve ever experienced. The Nakamichi Dragon doesn’t just sound good—it completely transforms your environment into a true cinematic space. The immersion is on another level. You don’t just hear the sound, you feel it move around you. The bass is deep, controlled, and powerful without being muddy, and the clarity across vocals and highs is crystal clean even at higher volumes. What really surprised me is how well it performs even in a non-traditional setup. I’m running this in a truck cab, and it still creates a massive, room-filling soundstage that honestly feels bigger than the space itself. That says a lot about how well this system is engineered. Movies feel like you’re in a theater, music feels alive, and even regular content sounds upgraded. Once you dial it in, it’s hard to go back to anything else. If you’re on the fence—don’t be. This is not just a soundbar, it’s a full experience. Worth every penny.

Great product. The soundbar is big and heavy so pay attention to the size. The sound quality is exceptional. Even though the ceiling in 20ft at my home, it is great after using advanced audio settings. Probably it would be much better in a smaller room but anyway I needed one for living room. Extremely easy to setup and took me literally 10 mins. No issues with connectivity, it connects automatically once you set it up. Brilliant system., To Top it all, exceptional customer service. I saw the price drop by 800 dollars after I purchased it, they honored the reduced price as soon as I reached out. Recommend it though it is expensive.

NAKAMICHI – DRAGON 11.4.6 - BEYOND AMAZING!! After searching far and wide for an immersive audio surround sound system in my living room. I settled on purchasing the ‘Nakamichi Dragon 11.4.6 – I am not at all disappointed! ORDERING – Ordering through Amazon was EASY! SHIPPING/DELIVERY - Approximately 4-5 Days. I used tracking for delivery date to personally inspect the box packaging while the UPS truck had arrived. No physical damage to the shipping box. Great Shipping! Zero Issues! UNPACKING – UPS kindly placed the 150 lb. box inside my garage door for safety, until I was ready for unpacking. I had planned out the living room areas for sub-woofer and surround speaker locations. I wore soft gloves, as I unpacked and carried every piece to its place, so as to not leave finger print smudges on every surface, apparently the sound bar is prone to finger prints smudges. I carefully unpacked the 35 lb. sound bar and each sub-woofer. Additionally, I purchased the ‘Dragon Speaker Stands’ for mounting Surround Speakers as I have no suitable ready to go location for each of the two Surround Speakers. PHYSICAL SET UP – Set up overall including the Dragon Speaker Stands, overall took 45-minutes. PROS: Everything was relatively rewarding as placement of every piece was finalized. ------ DRAGON SOUND BAR *Set-Up Tip – Wearing gloves, I placed two TV tray stands in from of TV credenza as they were close to the same height. I placed the sound bar on the two TV tray stands, under each end of the DRAGON Sound Bar. I could then easily reach underneath the DRAGON Sound Bar with easy access to plug-in the AC power adapter and all HDMI plug hookups. This is better than rotating the 35 lb. DRAGON Sound Bar for better visibility, just to plug in each plug. The sound bar Is relatively heavy to continuously rotate per HDMI Plug. After a sound check and everything worked, I very easily moved the DRAGON Sound Bar back onto the TV credenza to its location, below in front of the TV. All cables very easily slid through below the TV, to the rear of the credenza for cable management clean-up. NAKAMICHI DRAGON USER MANUAL – Read through ‘NAKAMICHI DRAGON USER MANUAL’ step-by-step to preset all my preferred video / audio and speaker settings. Time about 15 minutes. I will tweak these settings a bit more as I get more settled and adjusted to the dynamics of sound throughout my living room. FINAL IMPRESSIONS – I am totally Stunned and Overwhelmingly Satisfied with DOLBY DTS coming from NAKAMICH DRAGON 11.4.6!!! I have zero regrets with the overall setup which was gratifying in itself. The audio sounds are Explosive and Immersive and All-Around My Living Room! My Family & Friends are dropped jawed at what this NAKAMICHI DRAGON 11.4.6 Delivers from the subtle whispers sounds, clear dynamic voices up to Heart Pounding Explosions and all the effects traveling throughout my living room where there are no speakers such as the ceiling and areas between the surround speakers! DOLBY DTS Surround Sound is simply Awesome when played from content provided in that format. Everyday regular TV programming is still immersive in ‘all speaker stereo mode’. I enjoy the subtle audio sounds as to where normally you would not pick up on to hear those sounds. I Am Very Pleased & Extremely Happy with NAKAMICHI DRAGON 11.4.6!!! NAKAMICHI SUPPORT – I experienced an extremely rare malfunction with my AC Adapter. I was in contact with NAKAMICHI via email and telephone. Help was never a long wait! The AC Adapter was remedied with a new AC Adapter within 3 shipping days. Overall, I was very Satisfied with the ever cordial, NAKAMICHI DRAGON Concierge and Their Very Professional Special Ops Ninja Team to resolve my AC Adapter issue. Everything Works Perfectly! Set up very clean! Minimal Wiring! Sounds Beautifully Amazing! No More Going to The Theaters! LoL