Page 13 - AV & Home Cinema

Have you ever dreamed of having your own home cinema, complete with a huge projector screen? Of course you have. You're a human being and you're reading a hi-fi and AV blog. It's a pretty standard dream amongst audio and audio-visual-philes. But how much do you actually know about projector screens? Well, turns out, there's quite a lot of variation out there. But like rest of the very best hi-fi and AV gear... what you want is the thing that does all of it.

Which brings me swiftly onto...

... the

So, it's no secret that we love our home cinema stuff. Heck, we wouldn't write about it (or indeed sell it!) if we didn't! But did you know we sold projectors too? Well, actually, we sell the whole AV set up. The 5.1s (and the 7.2s!), the AV receviers, the projectors and even the screens. If you didn't know that, now you do. So let's shine a light on one of the most important things in the home cinema set up... the projector!

That is the humble (on the outside!) JVC DLA-X5000 Home Cinema Projector

Well well, Yamaha have been busy! So busy, we're spoilt for choice! What am I talking about? I'm talking about their brand new AV Receiver range. Four new receivers with two brilliant things in common... MusicCast on a budget! Well, they actually have a bit more than that in common, but I'll get to that in a minute.

Introducing...

The amazing Yamaha RX-V series! AV receivers that have everything you could possibly ask for, but at a very reasonable price. This particular range starts at £449 (the

Hands up if you like your music and movies equal in their astounding hi-fi quality! If you're one of them, then I have some very very good news for you: there's a new Anthem in town! You're forgiven if you don't fully know what that means (it's been a while since Anthem released an AV receiver - we've been selling its predecessor as long as we've been in business!), but trust me, it's something you need to be excited about.

That gorgeous beast is the Anthem MRX 520 AV Receiver. As bold as

My my, haven't our friends at Acoustic Energy been busy? A long period of quietness, and now two gorgeous (yet affordable!) hi-fi products. We've already covered the first of those (the Aego 3 2.1 active speaker system) so now it's the turn of one of the most exciting lifestyle products of the year so far: the Aego 3 soundbar!

Soundbars have very much been the lifestyle product of late, it seems every brand and its dog has one. Well, now Acoustic Energy have released their own take on the phenomenon...

Here are our highlights from the Bristol Hi-Fi Show 2016. We can't believe another year has come and gone since the last one! On the plus side however, this does mean we have a good memory for the show from 2015 and if there are a few things to highlight in comparison, 2016 has to be the year the rooms were most effectively presented. As always, there was a good selection of brand new products being launched at the show, alongside many recent additions to product ranges that were being presented

We were invited to the What Hi-Fi awards by KEF this year, who very kindly put us up in a hotel for the night, and had us seated at a table with a prime position in front of the main stage. Last year was great fun, but this year must be the most fun we've had at one of these awards events, with a good supply of champagne and wine and a fantastic meal (duck this year!) making it a very enjoyable event.

Can't wait to see them? View the award winners we sell on our website now

This was our view at the

In the world of hi-fi, it often happens that a product is so so good, that it remains the flagship (or simply in the range) for a very long time. But just because something is too good to replace, doesn't mean it's not too good to improve upon. Heck, nothing is! Oppo knew this, and they knew which of their products they didn't wnat to 'change' yet could still be improved upon. And what do you do in that situation? You pass your treasured models on to an approved company for modification, and what

Another day, another blog about the wondrous new multi-room system: MusicCast! Seeing as we’ve already compiled several blogs on this subject (you can read them here, here, here, here and… here!) you’re probably wondering why there needs to be quite so many.

Well, the answer is simple: MusicCast is vast! The number of amazing models in the versatile and dynamic range is evergrowing, and the benefits keep on multiplying over and over again with the release of each one.

There are so many things

Our regular customers and followers (and, indeed, our readers. Hello!) have probably noticed by now that we like to have a sparkly new theme, each and every month. This theme applies to everything, from what we read about (and share) on social media, to the events we hold in store and - of course - to all of our special offers. It also helps us narrow down what we will be talking about in that month's blogs (again, hello!). They're usually about something broad, like vinyl or speakers, or perhaps