No, it doesn’t involve selling popcorn to strangers off of the street! Home cinema has come to be a catch-all term for a system that plays music and movies with a TV or projector and an external speaker system of some kind, usually surround sound. The whole idea is to recreate as accurately as possible the picture and sound quality of a cinema auditorium. Filmmakers want their work to be showcased in all its glory, with not a line of dialogue missed or a pixel out of place and a home cinema is just the tool for the job – in fact, you’d be surprised at how easy it is to build a seriously impressive sounding system.
As the built-in sound quality in televisions seem to get poorer due to screens getting slimmer by the day, there is a constant influx of products being made available to combat every sound issue you might have. You could opt …read more
Fresh from winning a 2017 Best Buy award from What Hi-Fi?, DALI’s new SPEKTOR 2 standmount speakers are now gracing the shelves at all Richer Sounds stores across the country. Joining the immensely popular ZENSOR and OPTICON ranges, the SPEKTOR …read more
4K has gotten to the point where it has become widely accepted, and so it should be; it’s not to be misconstrued as a gimmick like 3D or televisions with built-in cameras. Whatever amount of money your looking at spending …read more
Custom installations have become a large part of our business here at Richer Sounds over the past few years, and it seems to be growing all the time. Ceiling speakers are definitely one of the biggest areas of the custom …read more
Yamaha has been around for over a century in one form or another. From motorcycles to grand pianos, Yamaha has had their fingers in a lot of pies since their creation in 1887. The one thing I’ve come to know …read more
When it comes to buying a new television in 2017 at first glance it can appear that your choices of brand are limited to the four popular kids, Panasonic, LG, Sony and of course Samsung, and thats generally been the …read more
As 4K UHD becomes more and more dominant in the world of television the humble 1080p screen gets less and less common. But what if all you want is a solid Full HD Smart TV that has a great …read more
Considering the price of some mid range AV receivers, it is safe to assume that your average AV enthusiast will be more than happy with a £500 unit. At that price they tick a lot of boxes and comply …read more
Over the last few years, I’d say the budget separate hi-fi amplifier market has streamlined itself a bit. What tends to be the case, from my experience anyway, is the amplifiers that are released now tend to have something about …read more
British speaker manufacturers KEF have released a revamped version of their Q-Series speakers and have got off to a fantastic start with their Q350 bookshelf speakers picking up a 5 star review from What Hi-Fi? earlier in the year in …read more
