I've been testing AV kit (and hi-fi, for that matter) since way back in 2007, so it's safe to say that I'm pretty darn fussy about home cinema sound. But when my family and I moved into our new house last year, 'we' made the decision to retire our 7.1.4-channel traditional home cinema system and replace it with something more discreet.
As you can probably imagine, I spent a long time researching and auditioning options. The Sonos Arc, Sony HT-A7000, Samsung Q990C and even a pair of HomePod 2 speakers had a couple of weeks of at-home testing, but none of those impressed me (or my very patient wife) in the way that the Sony HT-A9 did.
