Dolby Atmos is here. And if you ask me – it’s here to stay.

Quite often new and wonderful ways of reinventing the wheel creep into the industry (I’m looking at you, curved screen) that fail to ignite a real spark.

Hand on heart, I expected Atmos to be the same – more speakers in unusual locations seemed to be getting out of hand. But now we’ve upgraded our Harrogate store demo room to the new Marantz NR7010 AV Receiver, and rejigged the configuration of our in-ceiling and on wall speaker setups, I’m absolutely converted!

The Atmos method of passing sound both around and overhead is simply breath-taking, and has genuinely ushered in a new era of home cinema performance. Give us a couple of weeks to get the new screens up down there, and come and have a listen.

Andy Wyatt.