Mark Craven

Feb 8, 2024 | homecinemachoice.com | Mark Craven

TCL keeps on coming with its high-spec affordable LED TVs. Mark Craven samples the 55in C745It's easy to forget what the TV market looked like at the turn of the millennium, with a host of now defunct or greatly reduced Japanese brands still in play. But eventually Fujitsu, Pioneer and others were muscled out by South Korea's Samsung and LG, companies which both sit at the top of the pile some 23 years later. Chinese manufacturer TCL will be hoping the same market shift can happen again.

Jan 5, 2024 | homecinemachoice.com | Mark Craven

Mark Craven falls in love with an ultra-compact speaker package that punches well above its weightSomeone once suggested the only things we can be certain of in this world are 'death and taxes'. To that I might venture you can add 'kick-ass compact speakers from Wharfedale', because the UK-born marque, when getting down to the business of delivering fine sounds from small boxes, never seems to put a foot wrong.

Oct 13, 2023 | homecinemachoice.com | Mark Craven

Stocked with features and an impressive multichannel performer, this AV receiver has plenty of appeal, believes Mark CravenThe TX-NR6100 has a feature list that appears designed to cover every base anyone buying a £799 AV receiver could wish for, from Dolby Atmos and DTS:X decoding through to an MM phono input and DAB. 
But, really, I wouldn't expect anything less from Onkyo.

Sep 22, 2023 | homecinemachoice.com | Mark Craven

A bijou bookshelf loudspeaker named after the largest land mammal in North America? This compact two-way piques Mark Craven's interest, especially after adding a sub... Founded in the mid-'80s in Montreal, Canada, Totem Acoustic's product catalogue has grown from a single loudspeaker model to a far wider range encompassing architectural/custom install speakers, soundbars, wireless active designs and various conventional cabinet models.

Sep 12, 2023 | homecinemachoice.com | Mark Craven

Now reborn with 'metamaterial' Uni-Q drivers, KEF's R Series puts on an awesome show, says Mark CravenKEF's Uni-Q driver has been a staple of its loudspeakers since 1988, undergoing various refinements over the years to the point that we're now at its 12th generation. However, not every overhaul has led the audio marque to shout about it in its speaker names, which is what it's doing with the R Series Meta.