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So what of the Focal Arias' musical chops? Exceptional. Once again, and with a rather disturbing sense of realism over exaggeration for effect (even if that's been deliberately sprinkled into the mix), you're in the blood-spattered thick of it. The Arias neither blur the detail nor labour the action. The vicious slugfest in the toilet (Chapter 4), where Tom Cruise and Henry Cavill try to duff up someone clearly better at fighting than they are, is a telling workout for the speakers, too, wince-inducing Foley effects zapping around the reverberant, surprisingly spacious WC like a vigorously whacked squash ball. Again, the Focals' transparency, speed and ability to resolve fine detail in a natural, unforced fashion are equal to the task. Sharper focus and precision is needed to do justice to the numerous furiously paced set-pieces that furnish Mission: Impossible вЂ“ Fallout (Blu-ray). Yes, in league with the clear and resolute CC 900 centre speaker, it lends the voice of Thanos вЂ“ Avengers: Infinity War on Blu-ray вЂ“ the mass and menace it warrants, but it doesn't obscure the tremendously nuanced delivery of actor Josh Brolin with any spilled over boom or bloom, which points to excellent precision and integration.ДЇurthermore, when the LFE track demands вЂ“ and here I'm talking about the far more potent Aquaman on Blu-ray вЂ“ the 1000 F's fast Flax cone really starts to move some air, brilliantly conveying what always seems to be the extra weight carried by under-water ballistics. But if home cinema is all about impact, immersion and taking you there, chalk it up as an unqualified 'flying colours' moment for the massed Arias and a very game, fast, tight and well-disciplined 1000 F sub. In other ways, the Mortal Engines sequence in question is less about panning, steering and placement than frequency extremes, tonal textures and dynamic contrasts, all areas where the Arias excel.

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With my Denon AVR-X4300H's volume wound high, not only does the burly Focal Aria combo deliver the soundmix's juiced-up dynamic jolts with full force, it does so within an extraordinarily huge and spacious soundstage that dissolves boundaries and effectively makes the walls of my room disappear. I predict it will become an AV show demo staple and if it doesn't make you jump, your speaker setup simply isn't doing the business. Even if you can't gag a giggle, it's stupendous spectacle and the Dolby TrueHD soundmix gives it the lot, relentlessly lobbing the dirty throb of massive diesel engines firing up, the visceral crunch of incalculable tonnage savaging parched earth, and the cacophonous clang of colliding heavy metal at the listener in overwhelming waves. It sets out its stall during the opening 15 minutes (Chapter 1) where mega traction city 'London', replete with Big Ben and St Paul's Cathedral, chases, captures and eventually eats a desperately fleeing small Bavarian mining town. I started listening with something quintessentially cinematic in the form of Mortal Engines on Blu-ray, from the people who brought you Gandalf, Gollum and 'who knew New Zealand looked like that?' It's kind of Chorlton and The Wheelies (Google it), scaled up so that entire cities roll about what's left of the post-apocalyptic countryside on giant tank tracks вЂ“ both gloriously silly and weirdly thrilling.

Unlike the centre and floorstander models, which can be bought in gloss back and darker Noyer wood finishes if you don't dig the Prime Walnut look of our package, the SR 900 is only available in black.