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This sounds quite like a soundbar receiving a digital signal it can't decode. What was the thing you were playing, a disc of some sort or a console game? Do you know what the audio format was?

I can understand the present fascination with analogue in the form of vinyl records and the whole tactile nature of playing a record. For the life of me though, I'm bewildered by the resurgence in tape cassette as a format. In a world where digital media players and FLAC lossless compression...

It seems that as a society we've moved past this. The mobile phone appears to be the replacement. IDK if the cellular network has some sort of backup power source. Maybe it does if its part of the Government's early warning system.

Everything relating to telephony is going broadband. Old-style voice-over-copper will be a dead duck soon. https://www.bt.com/about/all-ip You won't need these old cables.

And only 9 months for delivery! ( Sorry. Just teasing.)

Given the audio frequency the sub is covering, and its need to be more towards the front of the room, I would suggest the natural place is the right wall, a little closer to camera than the mains sockets, but also clear of the cabinet doors. Maybe disguise it with an occasional table? The sub is...

The sound bar provides the voices to go with your picture. Do you really want the voices to come from the top of a cabinet? Find new homes for the bits on the mantel. There’s your home for the sound bar. You might even be able to bring the telly down a bit to close the gap and hide any cables.

The surround speakers should be on the side walls, set a little way back. The angle from the main listening position (MLP) is 110~120 degrees relative to 90 degrees being in line with the MLP. The speakers should be turned to face the MLP. The height of the surrounds should be 12" / 35cm...

Terrestrial is 1080i at best, and not HDR. On the average 4K HDR TV with the iPlayer app, the streaming version of this programme is UHD resolution, but also with HDR - High Dynamic Range - in HLG format. The result are two very different starting positions for the picture set-up, and it's more...

They might tell you it's special, or even believe it themselves, but whether it's four speakers off one Sonos amp, or two zones and two amps, it's all pretty-much bread & butter stuff.

Twin mono is the way to go, though I have to say, that's a big space to cover with just two speakers, even bookshelf speakers.

Space and power in the form of current has never really been a problem for Class D amps. The limitations of Class D are the ability to raise voltage, and rhe quality of circuit design. You see, Class D got a bad name because it was really easy (and cheap!) to make a small and potent amp so...

I've just wasted 10 minutes checking four different Sharp 55" Freely TVs for the AV input. The models are 55HJ4225K, 55HJ4125K, 55HJ4325K, and 55HJ4725K. All the specs say the same thing. "Video/Audio input (3 x RCA) - Yes" None say it's a minijack. I'm not being funny, but you're wasting...

I think that having a decent selection of options allows you to pick what works best for you, and your point about changing the volume is valid. Something that always niggles about Bluetooth is what happens when you get social media and message alerts, and of course phone calls. There are ways...

I've installed in-ceiling speakers with streaming audio for customers where the systems have been based on Sonos/Bluesound multiroom amps, and Zone 2 out from AV receivers, and (for commercial applications) in-wall/on-wall single gang-sized amplifiers. Before Sonos really took off, (and before...