The amazing 8K setup

THE GREATEST A TV AND SPEAKER SYSTEM CAN POSSIBLY BE

THE SPEAKERS FOCAL CHORA 5.1.2 SYSTEM

The floorstanding 826-Ds, CC800 centre, SR800 rears and 1000F subwoofer in Focal’s Chora system paint a beautifully vivid audio landscape for movies and music alike – and look great while they do it. The game changer, though, is the up-firers nestled into the 826-Ds’ top edge. These produce Dolby Atmos’s overhead sounds so immaculately that you completely forget you were too lazy to build speakers into your ceiling.

Around $7,000, focal.com

THE BLU-RAY PLAYER PANASONIC DP-UB9000

Now Oppo and Pioneer’s stellar 4K Blu-ray players have fallen by the wayside, Panasonic’s UB9000 has the high-end market almost to itself. Just as well, then, that it’s brilliant. Panasonic’s peerless processing delivers gorgeously detailed, dynamic, richly saturated pictures that can be uniquely optimised for your TV and room, while a separategrade sound output locks you into any movie world with unerring

precision, detail and scale.

$1,599, panasonic.com

THE AV RECEIVER MARANTZ SR6015

The SR6015 feels like something of a sweet spot in Marantz’s brand new AVR range. Despite being affordable for such a highperformance and beautifully built unit, it delivers home cinema essentials such as Dolby Atmos/DTS:X playback across up to 9x110W channels, IMAX Enhanced Certification, hi-res music playback, and even HDMI 2.1 support for all the expected PS5 and Xbox Series X graphics advances.

$3,090, marantz.com

THE TV SAMSUNG QE75Q950TS

Don’t let anyone tell you not to buy an 8K TV yet. For starters, true 8K content is on its way. Also, as well as looking ravishing in its frameless design and sounding amazing thanks to new OTS+ technology that places audio effects in exactly the right place onscreen, Samsung’s 75-inch QE75Q950TS uses phenomenal AI processing, Quantum Dot colour and superb backlighting to make even 4K sources look better.

$6,995, samsung.com