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Home cinema sound comes in many guises, and at HCC we love them all. This issue we audition two traditional 5.1 speaker systems from M&K Sound and ATC, double up on deep bass with REL subwoofers, and live the high life with Bang & Olufsen’s debut Dolby Atmos soundbar. Amongst all that, we report on this year’s Bristol Hi-Fi Show where sound systems big and small competed for attention. Even video streaming services are getting in on the high-quality act. Netflix led the charge with its multichannel and Dolby Atmos content, now Apple TV+ (see p58) and – arriving this month – Disney+ (p114) are following suit. Both have pricing models that make Netflix seem expensive. There’s a streaming service war brewing. And it’s going to sound good. Editor…
