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.
Samsung’s new QLED range of televisions look fantastic, and are really holding their own against the incredible LG OLED screens we have next to them, so I’m here to discuss the first in the QLED range – the QE55Q7F …read more
Mission are a brand that people naturally associate with loudspeakers even when they have very little knowledge or experience of hifi. They are a brand who has an enormous heritage and history of building some of the best hifi speakers …read more
Japanese manufacturer Panasonic have long been a firm favourite of ours at the Bristol store due to their award-winning LED screens, including last year’s TX40DX600B (predecessor to the TX40EX600B and 2016 What Hi-Fi? award winner). So as you can imagine, …read more
The opening night of the new Star Wars film. The latest Game of Thrones’ season premiere. The new Ed Sheeran album, (although that one’s debatable)… There’s not many things in life that are as eagerly anticipated as a new SONOS product. …read more
If you’ve been to the Bristol Sound & Vision Show in the last few years you’ll have seen and heard exactly what the fuss is about when it comes to Dolby Atmos. This year, Arcam wowed everyone in their demo …read more
Harmon Kardon’s The SB20 is designed to compete with the likes of the Cambridge TVB2 in every respect; offering a quality sound from a small chassis and a wireless sub for tight uplift on low frequencies. Read on to find …read more
If there were a brand that immediately comes to mind when we think of soundbars, it would be Yamaha. They’ve long been promoting their sound projection technology to achieve surround sound, which means you won’t need any satellite speakers at …read more
I consider myself a simple man with simple pleasures, so for me I’m more than happy with my 5.1 channel surround, it gives me the impression that sound is all around me, and makes it feel like I’m in my …read more
Denon are doing incredibly well at the minute, and the AVRX range is no exception with the outstanding AVRX2300 leading the way. We’re well aware that value as well as performance sits at the top of our customers’ wish lists. Read on …read more
You’ll be hard pushed to find a store colleague in our Bristol branch that has a bad word to say about Monitor Audio. The award-winning speaker manufacturer has long been a go-to brand for hifi setups as well as home …read more
