Bose SoundTouch 300

£600, bose.co.uk

The SoundTouch 300 is cut from designer cloth. Build quality is supreme, with a tempered black glass top plate and wraparound aluminium grille. It’s wide at 97cm, and doesn’t lack for welly.

Twin HDMIs support 4K HDCP 2.2 sources, and there’s also an optical digital audio input. The Bose ADAPTiQ room calibration system, with a mic built into a plastic headband, is used for setup. Once tuned, performance is excellent. The Bose does big cinema brilliantly well, and is also wonderfully musical. Whether your jam is The Martian or Metallica, you’ll feel well served.