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The nuts and bolts of a home cinema are relatively simple. You need a room, a display, speakers, source and something to provide power and processing. Add a pile of movies and you're good to go. What next? Well, you could look at hardware upgrades to boost performance. Or you could begin thinking of some neat finishing touches. How about voice interaction? A feature that five years ago would have still felt like science-fiction is now delivered by Amazon's Echo Input (p61) for a mere £35. Maybe you'd like to fine-tune your system sound? Acoustic treatments will help, but you'll want to 'measure' your room first – see p30 for more. Or, for the ultimate finishing touch, check out one of our custom installs this month (p38), which adds a…
