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You have just bought a new AV receiver, the box says “Dolby Atmos and DTS:X compatible,” and you have no idea what either of those means beyond “surround sound but…

You’ve just spent £1,500 on a 4K OLED TV and £400 on a soundbar, and you’re connecting them with a £2 HDMI cable that came free in a box five…

You’ve been watching films on a 55-inch TV and thinking it’s a proper cinematic experience. Then you visit a mate who has a projector throwing a 120-inch image across his…

You set up your new studio monitors, played a reference track, and realised that the bass was booming in one corner and disappearing in another. The neighbour knocked to ask…

Your TV cost £800. The built-in speakers cost roughly 40p of that. That’s why explosions sound like paper tearing and dialogue mumbles under every score. A decent soundbar fixes the…

You’ve been watching films on a 43-inch TV with its built-in speakers, and it’s fine — until you visit a mate’s house and he’s got a soundbar, a subwoofer rumbling…

You’re watching a film and a helicopter flies overhead — except it actually sounds like it’s coming from above you, moving from left to right across your living room ceiling.…