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Given the audio frequency the sub is covering, and its need to be more towards the front of the room, I would suggest the natural place is the right wall, a little closer to camera than the mains sockets, but also clear of the cabinet doors. Maybe disguise it with an occasional table? The sub is...

The sound bar provides the voices to go with your picture. Do you really want the voices to come from the top of a cabinet? Find new homes for the bits on the mantel. There’s your home for the sound bar. You might even be able to bring the telly down a bit to close the gap and hide any cables.

The surround speakers should be on the side walls, set a little way back. The angle from the main listening position (MLP) is 110~120 degrees relative to 90 degrees being in line with the MLP. The speakers should be turned to face the MLP. The height of the surrounds should be 12" / 35cm...

Terrestrial is 1080i at best, and not HDR. On the average 4K HDR TV with the iPlayer app, the streaming version of this programme is UHD resolution, but also with HDR - High Dynamic Range - in HLG format. The result are two very different starting positions for the picture set-up, and it's more...

They might tell you it's special, or even believe it themselves, but whether it's four speakers off one Sonos amp, or two zones and two amps, it's all pretty-much bread & butter stuff.

Twin mono is the way to go, though I have to say, that's a big space to cover with just two speakers, even bookshelf speakers.

Space and power in the form of current has never really been a problem for Class D amps. The limitations of Class D are the ability to raise voltage, and rhe quality of circuit design. You see, Class D got a bad name because it was really easy (and cheap!) to make a small and potent amp so...

I've just wasted 10 minutes checking four different Sharp 55" Freely TVs for the AV input. The models are 55HJ4225K, 55HJ4125K, 55HJ4325K, and 55HJ4725K. All the specs say the same thing. "Video/Audio input (3 x RCA) - Yes" None say it's a minijack. I'm not being funny, but you're wasting...

I think that having a decent selection of options allows you to pick what works best for you, and your point about changing the volume is valid. Something that always niggles about Bluetooth is what happens when you get social media and message alerts, and of course phone calls. There are ways...

I've installed in-ceiling speakers with streaming audio for customers where the systems have been based on Sonos/Bluesound multiroom amps, and Zone 2 out from AV receivers, and (for commercial applications) in-wall/on-wall single gang-sized amplifiers. Before Sonos really took off, (and before...

Good photo. Nice and clear. Thank you. Regarding daisy-chaining from the Triax 304260, if you look at your picture you'll probably be able to see that there's only one small hole for the centre core of some coax. There's no second entry for a loop connection. I think the moulding for the cable...

SCART hasn't been a thing on mainstream TV brands for about 15 years. It died a death with the arrival of LED TV (because they're much thinner), and with the demise of Plasma, and with the growth in HD signal availability and the requirements to keep signals secure. It's a damned shame because...

You could always try the Yamaha. The same socket that does for optical doubles up as an analogue input. Stereo RCA to 3.5mm jack plug. Same with the BD player. Compare the two.

Do you have a lot of physical media to play? More importantly, will you play it? Having a streaming media player opens up the possibility of playing digital files from your home network. The most sensible solution is a network attached storage drive - a NAS drive - because unlike a PC, it's...

You're asking me to guess? Come on now, let's be sensible. How would I know what they're suggesting, and you seem to be groping for? Which amp? What speakers? It's kind of like asking how fast a car goes. Are we talking a Ford Fiesta, an M-Series BM, or a Koenigsegg, here? Look, this is all...