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Home Cinema Choice scribe Martin Dew has discovered immersive, cohesive and alluring movie playback from the MR1. In the July 24 issue he says: “Wired up and calibrated, the MR1 produced a vivid and colourful soundstage from Blu-rays and streamed media. Even in the quieter moments there was a lovely cinematic spaciousness and tonally smooth quality to the sound. The MR1 handled the transition to the devastating Soyuz capsule re-entry scene in Gravity (Blu-ray) with

Following its ‘Outstanding’ verdict from Hi Fi bible Hi Fi News, we gave the editor of Home Cinema Choice mag a listen to the new SVS Ultra Evolution Pinnacle speaker. Awarding a Best Buy badge in the July issue he says it “lives up to the billing of a flagship design with a very impressive all-round performance that combines the kind of hard-hitting dynamism and bass output the brand is known for with detail and

This year, at The Aston Suite, we’ve chosen a premium 11.3.4 home theatre system comprising, for the first time anywhere in the UK, the new SVS Ultra Evolution speakers supported by award-winning SVS SB-3000 and PB-4000 subs. The classy and sophisticated Ultra Evolutions – recently recognised as ‘outstanding’ by Hi Fi News magazine – feature a visually striking curved baffle for their custom developed time-aligned drivers, ensuring ‘point-source’ phase coherence and imaging. The system is

Widening a positive consensus, two further UK reviewers have fallen for the magical charms of MoFi’s SourcePoint 8 dual concentric speakers. For Darko Audio, Phil Wright says “It does intricacy and refinement before switching to full-throated roar and back again, all in an instant. Orchestral works are handled with aplomb but the Sourcepoint 8 is equally at home playing Led Zeppelin, Infected Mushroom and the like – even at high volumes. It’s amazing how much

Two years in the making, the new Ultra Evolution speaker range from SVS follows a clean-sheet design featuring elegantly curved cabinets and new drivers, time aligned for greater accuracy and more convincing and immersive results. Reference hi fi guide Hi Fi News is the first UK title to audition the lineup and its flagship model, the 3-way UE Pinnacle. In the review for the July 24 issue, it says: “this speaker is not difficult to