This year has signified a shifting tide in the world of home cinema receivers, as mainstay players such as Denon and JBL have been succeeded by Sony and Arcam. In a market rocked by fluctuating prices and competing technology, manufacturers were required to be daring and step up their sonic game. And two most certainly did.
So what made the Sony and Arcam so good? And what did these two models do better than their competition? Here's the full lowdown.
