Ian Collen

1 week ago | avforums.com | Ian Collen

Looking to offer something of an alternative to your standard soundbar or traditional speaker set-up, the Z100 is instead looking to fill “a new home cinema category” - with TCL promising "exceptional audio quality" which "rivals that of home cinema sound systems, elevating the home entertainment experience to unprecedented levels." The up-standing speaker has been crafted in collaboration with Dolby, in particular with the adoption of its Dolby Atmos FlexConnect technology, with the Z100...

2 weeks ago | avforums.com | Ian Collen

#2 These speakers are definitely way too cheap for my setup #3 Hi everyone, I figured I’d write up a post about the Audiovector QR5 SE speakers, especially since this brand barely gets any mention around here. Considering how good my experience has been now for some time, I think they deserve a lot more attention in HiFi world. So, my setup is a bit unconventional and, frankly, pretty challenging: I'm dealing with a 75m² room, with the speakers positioned roughly in the middle of the room by...

2 weeks ago | avforums.com | Ian Collen

Raising the Bar even higher? Unsurprisingly, the JBL Bar 1300MK2 will be the headline act with the original Bar 1300 having picked up a 9/10 review some 18 months ago and bagging itself a spot in our more recent round-up.

2 weeks ago | avforums.com | Ian Collen

Thanks for the detailed up date on Panasonics new line-up. Personally, I think the skinny feet on the mini-LED models are a terrible design and look dreadful. Panasonic TVs always used to have very strong and attractive looking stands, across the model ranges. I guess this is a cost saving exercise on the lower tier models? I’m still not sure about using Amazon Fire TV OS. Do we know if this helped their sales last year?

2 weeks ago | avforums.com | Ian Collen

Last year, some of the more notable changes to its line-up were arguably more cosmetic than game-changing. Perhaps the biggest surprise was the revised naming system that rebranded its flagship OLED as the Z95A from the previous year’s MZ2000B, although the end result was still a matching 9/10 review and a reclaiming of the ‘Best Home Cinema TV’ crown in our (ECA).