In May 2025, Marantz introduced two reference-grade home theater components: the AV 20 preamplifier and processor and the AMP ...

Getting surround sound quality for your home theater can often mean some budget-busting options requiring multiple speakers, subwoofers, and an amplifier that could run a Five Finger Death Punch ...

Today’s LED and OLED TVs may have made remarkable strides in picture quality, but audio hasn’t kept pace. As screens have grown slimmer, most of us have been left listening to weedy speakers short on ...

The AMP 30 carries the same clean, restrained exterior design language seen on the AV 20 and Marantz CINEMA Series AVRs, though in a slimmer chassis. Its signature front panel porthole display is more ...

In the history of recorded sound, multichannel surround sound at home is a relatively recent phenomenon. Many of us grew up with stereo, and the younger iPod and MP3 generation still do much of their ...

McIntosh is one of the biggest names in luxury hi-fi. Its high-end audio components — everything from turntables to amplifiers, wireless speakers to receivers — are immediately recognizable for their ...

Almost everyone loves surround sound, (except for an eccentric actor whom I know who actually prefers mono!) and what’s not to love? Our ears are on each side of our head, canted forward, but we hear ...

For nearly 30 years, the humble home surround-sound setup hasn’t changed much. Sure, we’ve gone from having centre and rear channels matrix-encoded into ordinary stereo tracks via Dolby Pro Logic, ...

An audio amplifier was once a fairly simple analogue device, but in recent decades a typical home entertainment amplifier will have expanded to include many digital functions. When these break ...