Home Cinema Choice – September 2019

COVER STORY

COVER STORY

COVER STORY

SEPTEMBER 2019 HOME CINEMA CHOICE

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'This no-compromise

mid-range 4K screen

ticks all the right boxes'

36 Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar
This long-awaited 13-driver single-box system
takes soundbar sonics to new heights

40 Panasonic TX-50GX
Mid-range 4K HDR fl atscreen with fan-friendly
multi-HDR support

44 Monitor Audio Gold Series 5.
Gorgeous fl oorstanding speaker package nails
the price/performance ratio

48 Focal Astral 16
Cinema processor with 12 channels of power
and extensive calibration potential

86 Shazam! [4K]

87 Dumbo; The Aftermath; Batman: Hush;

Fisherman's Friends

88 Alita: Battle Angel [4K/3D]

90 Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled; Do The

Right Thing; Used Cars; Kiss Me Deadly

91 Don't Look Now: Collector's Edition [4K]

92 Pet Sematary [2019]; Weird Science; Lust

for a Vampire; Happy Death Day 2U; The

Hole in the Ground

94 Bloody Terror: The Shocking Cinema of

Norman J. Warren

96 The Boys; Jamestown: Series Three

99 The Bodies Beneath: The Flipside of British

Film & Television; The Secret Life of Movies

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52 Arendal 1723 S THX 5.

Not as big as the brand's top-fl ight models,

but there's nothing smallscale about this

system's performance

56 Denon AVR-X2600H

7.2-channel AV receiver with HEOS skills and

some HDMI tricks

58 B&W Formation Wedge

Premium wireless speaker marries design

style with multiroom skills

60 TCL 55EP

The Chinese brand aims to please with this

entry-level 4K screen

64 Hisense H32A5800UK

Is this aff ordable, smart 32in LCD TV ideal

for your second room?

64 Audeze Mobius

Gaming focused headset will still appeal

to multichannel movie fans

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