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A SYSTEM SO GOOD YOU SHOULD START CHARGING PEOPLE TO USE IT

Duncan Bell relishes Apple’s bombastic iPhone-free

product launch

THE SPEAKERS MILLER & KREISEL IW SYSTEM

Want the power and precision of studio-grade sound without having to share your movie room with a battalion of massive speakers? Then

prepare to dig deep for this astounding in-wall 7.2.4 M&K speaker system. Comprising three IW150s, four IW150 Tripoles, four IW950s height channels and a towering X12 subwoofer (not all pictured here – it’s seriously megalithic), this system sounds so good that your local cinema’s whimpering just thinking about it.

$26,200, mksound.com

THE BLU-RAY PLAYER SONY UBP-1100ES

It’s no accident that the UBP-1100ES 4K Blu-ray player is handled by Sony’s pro rather than consumer division. For as well as getting the absolute best from 4K Blu-ray discs’ unrivalled picture and sound quality, it plays practically every other disc format known to man and uniquely supports full Custom Installation compatibility, to ensure it plays nicely with even the most sophisticated home cinema and

home automation systems.

$TBC, sony.com

THE PROJECTOR JVC DLA-NX9

Home-cinema fans have long adored the class-leading contrast and colour of JVC’s unique D-ILA projectors. The only thing they’ve previously tended to lack is pixels. The NX9, though, fixes this in spectacular fashion. For as well as finally delivering true 4K resolution, JVC’s proprietary e-Shift technology actually makes the NX9’s pictures feel like 8K – and on a massive home theatre screen, that’s really

something that matters.

$21,400,.jvc.com

THE AMP DENON X6700H

With 11x205W channels of amplification, 13.2-channel processing and support for the Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and IMAX Enhanced audio formats, the X6700H has everything that you need to enjoy home cinema sound that’s as big as your pictures. It doesn’t exclusively care about films, either; its HDMIs can handle 8K at 60Hz, 4K at 120Hz and variable refresh rates, putting next-gen gaming firmly on the

cards as well.

$3,999, denon.com