Sound and Image

There is a reason why every generation of Yamaha’s Aventage audio-visual receivers has won a prestigious Sound+Image ‘Receiver of the Year’ award – it’s simply because they deserve it. Yamaha have dominated the AV receiver market for many years now a

When we were told that the Samsung N950 soundbar (right) was compatible with Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, and MPEG-H, well, we knew Atmos and DTS:X, of course, as we do the third commonly considered immersive sound format Auro-3D. But what is MPEG-H? Not new,

For those considering a home full of distributed music, VSSL offers a system of smart multichannel amplifiers that can power multiple in-ceiling or in-wall speakers in your home. And usefully they have both AirPlay and Chromecast built-in, and Spotif

The announcement last year that EISA, the European Imaging and Sound Association, was going global felt like an inevitability. While audio markets and sometimes models do vary around the world, consumer electronics has never been so globalised as it

Chase AV chose to build the home’s control and automation around RTI’s XP-6 control processor (pictured), supplemented with a PCM-4 port control module and two ZM-24 Zigbee transceiver modules for control and communication between the processor and t

The software which allows both room correction and control of ‘The Ones’ is free from Genelec’s website. We downloaded the GSM 3 version for Mac, which on first installation declared OS High Sierra too advanced for the software, on second launch dive

We asked Paul Gray (right), Director of Research & Analysis at IHS Markit, to give us a report card on Sony’s remarkable turnaround in the TV market over the last five years. It has been a lesson in efficiency and innovation, he says. Paul Gray: Ta

The Sound+ sub significantly raises the price here, of course, being a $799 addition, but it’s a high-quality and well-finished unit measuring about 32cm per side, with a 10-inch driver firing to the rear from a sealed cabinet design. The sub is wire

Dynaudio’s $1299 Music 5 is the second largest player in the range of four — and given that the rangetopping Music 7 is very large indeed, that leaves the Music 5 with still quite the physical presence — it’s a full 66cm wide. After experiencing the