Next day delivery for Yamaha YSP-2200 while stocks last

Not only improve your TV sound but enjoy rich surround sound from the excellent award winning Yamaha YSP2200 Digital Sound projector.


From one sleek box and a neat compact subwoofer, you can experience full HD surround sound from your favourite movies and games and at the same time you will be able to hear massively improved sound from your flat panel TV screen, after all, your picture looks amazing, why not match it with high quality sound.

At Sight and Sound UK, we have a limited amount of free stock ready for next day delivery - so order now at our amazing price and enjoy top quality sound for Christmas - free HDMi cable included.

Great Deals and Best Price Denon AVR-1912 , AVR2312 and BDP2012

At SightandSoundUK we have the very best prices on the superb Denon Home Cinema products, AVR1912, the AVR-2312 and the excellent award winning BDP-2012. Denon have always been at the forefront of the highest quality audiophile AV receivers for their excellent build quality and an unrivalled performance for both movie soundtracks and music.

Why compromise with your Blu-Ray player when you can have the best? The Denon BDP2012 not only plays back Blu-Ray, DVD and CD at amazing quality, it is also an audiophile Super Audio CD Player ( SACD ). Order one of these excellent AV components now at this great price while stocks last.

Colorfly C4 Pro - the world's first pocket Hi-Fi - Best Portable Music Player

In this age of portable digital music, the iPod has transformed the way people listen to music on the move, with it's library of music at your fingertips, and its great usability. Unfortunately the most important feature, good sound quality, has taken a back seat in recent years. What the serious music lover wants is a digital music player with true audiophile sound quality. The new Colorfly Pocket Hi-Fi C4 Pro is designed to rectify this need, incorporating as it does a number of features aimed to give no-compromise sound quality.

On opening the box one is struck by the fine build quality. There is no cheap plastic case on this; the player is cocooned in a beautiful hard wood case, giving it a luxury feel, as well as making it virtually bomb-proof. The styling is best described as Steam-Punk, and I mean that in a good way... if Isambard Kingdom Brunel wanted a portable player, this is the one he would buy or design.

The Wooden cover opens to reveal the player itself, which again is beautifully built, with the display and controls easily accessible on the front panel. Connectivity is excellent with a mini-jack for headphone use, a 1/4” jack for connecting the Pocket Hi-Fi to an amplifier, plus a usb connection. An unusual, but welcome, feature is the provision of digital inputs and outputs, allowing the player to be used a a DAC or upsampler.
Internally the player has a 32G memory, and the ability to playback CD quality WAV files, and FLAC files, up to 24bit/192khz, making the Colorfly fully compatible with high-resolution audio downloads, and FLAC rips from DVD-A discs. The internal componant quality is on a parr with that seen in a standalone CD player, and it is clear from that the designers have sound quality as a priority.

For the listening tests we ripped some CDs at 16bit/44.1khz, plus loaded some hi-rez audio from The Beatles at 24bit/44.1khz, and some free downloads at 24/96, and we listened both through some high quality headphones, and a high end Hi-Fi.

The CD rips were reproduced to an extremely high standard, far surpassing the quality of the iPod we used as a reference, giving a clarity and musicality normally only found from Hi-Fi seperates. Treble was clear and extended, the midrange was clean, giving good articulation to vocals, whilst at the bass end things were punchy, deep and tuneful.

Moving onto the hi-rez material, the Colorfly easily showed off the extra detail available with those extra bits, with even vintage material such as 'Revolver' sounding like it could have been recorded today, and easily surpassing the already excellent performance of the player on the CD rip of the same album.
The quality of sound was such, that we forgot we were listening to a portable device, and just got on with enjoying the music.

In conclusion I can highly recommend the Colorfly Pocket Hi-Fi to anyone after a superb sounding portable music player, that is easily good enough to double as a source of hi-rez music for your Big Hi-Fi. Plus it looks funky!

Reviewed By Mike Foley, Edited by Mark Charlesworth and Dave Barker

New Elipson Planet Range - Hi-FI Speakers and System

Founded in 1938, French brand Elipson are renowned for making hi-fi equipment that is both technically
innovative and visually stunning. Their latest products, looked at here, continue that tradition with typical Gallic flair and style, but with a big dose of
21st century tech.

First out the box was the CD system, simply called 'The Music Center MC1'. Hewn from solid aluminium disc, this unit contains a CD player, DAB/DAB+/FM tuner, a 120wpc amplifier, plus wireless connectivity for computer/iPod music. Despite the name, it's about as far removed from the 1970's music centre as one can get. Circular in form, to mirror
the shape of the CD, The Music Centre features a 24/96 DAC to extract the most information from CDs, and includes a B&O Icepower amplifier to give a clean,
powerful signal to the speakers, all with the benefit of economical power consumption.

Elipson has designed a stylish range of loudspeakers to partner this system: the Planet L, and its little brother the Planet M. These spherical speakers can be used on their own, or in conjuction with the matching subwoofer - the Planet Sub - to give some deep bass heft. Both the L and M speakers are available in black, white or red finishes, making them easy to blend in with a wide range of decors. The main difference between the Planet L and M speakers is that the L features a larger cabinet and drive units, making it ideal for larger rooms, or for those who do not want to use the Planet Sub. The smaller Planet M is ideal for wall or shelf mounting, and when used with the Planet Sub makes a discreet full range speaker system. The globe-like enclosures are shaped to eliminate standing waves, and hence reduce distortion, giving both speakers a clean pure sound.

We tested the Planet L speakers in 2 channel and 2.1, with the Sub, using the Music Center as a source; in addition to the Music Center with Planet M and
the Sub as a 2.1 stereo system. We also set up a home cinema system and auditioned both the Planet L and Planet M in a 5.1 surround sound situation, using
the Planet Sub. The Music Center, using a pair of Planet L gave a very clean, clear sound when we played our copy of the R.E.M classic 'Out of Time', making it easy to distinguish the different textures and sounds of the predominantly acoustic instrumentation. Tonal colours were superbly reproduced making for a very natural sound. Imaging was excellent, with Michael Stipe's voice positioned nicely in the centre, with the rest of the band believably positioned around him. The treble was found to be crisp and clear, with a tuneful and melodic bass end. The Planet Sub added depth to the bass, without spoiling the tunefulness, and made the overall sound more rounded. The Sub integrated well with the Planet Ls, making for a stylish, yet serious sounding, full range speaker system.

At SightandSoundUK we also tried the Music Center with a number of other manufacturers' speakers, and found it to be an excellent sounding piece of equipment in its own
right, and one of the best sounding integrated systems we have had the pleasure to audition. Next up, we auditioned the Planet M and Planet Sub, again using
the Music Center. As we expected this combo sounded similar in many respects to the Planet L, but did not give quite the scale or dynamics as its bigger brother. On its own terms, however, it is a superb sounding little speaker, giving a much more realistic and enjoyable sound than other lifestyle systems. It's the ideal speaker for those who want a great sounding system that does not dominate the room.

In surround mode both Elipson speakers gave great results, with film dialogue being articulate, and sound effects being steered effortlessly around the room. The Planet Sub came into its own here, really giving some power to the more explosive scenes of the films we watched. With all 5 speakers being identical, the consistancy of sound as voices and sound effects moved around the room was superb. We tried some 5.1 SACD and DVD-Audio discs, and the quality of sound we heard in 2 channel was transferred effortlessly to the surround format.

In conclusion - for their excellent engineering, sound quality, stunning looks and ease of use - these Elipson items are highly recommended.

Reviewed by Mike Foley, Edited by Mark Charlesworth and Dave Barker

What Hi-Fi Awards 2011 -Great Hi-Fi and Home Cinema

The What Hi-Fi Awards are now a major and eagerly awaited event these days with many of the winners becoming the most sought after products for Christmas presents and indeed for the rest of the year so what Hi-Fi and Home Cinema products can we get excited about from the 2011 awards?

For the Home Cinema enthusiast, the winners to look out for are the brilliantly reviewed Onkyo TX-NR609 Networking Home Cinema receiver, the best in it's price range with loads of power and features - hook this up to the next award winner, the Denon DBP-2012UD Universal Blu-Ray Player. This classy machine is a Hi-Fi component in its own right with Super Audio CD ( SACD ) playback and a 32 Bit DAC.

Danish manufacturer Dali won the cream of the awards with two fantastic Home Cinema speaker packages - the stylish Dali Fazon 3 5.1 Package utilising the neat Fazon Satellite speakers combined with the powerful Sub E12F subwoofer. If you perfer more traditional speakers then the Dali Zensor 5 5.1is a superb choice with the Zensor 5 floorstanders for the front two channels, these are designed as traditional floorstanding Hi-Fi speakers that handle music with great control and finesse.

There were some superb winners in the Hi-Fi sector too with Marantz taking the lion's share of the awards with the excellent PM6004 amplifier and CD6004 CD Player combination being one of the standout winners, with speakers such as the classy ATC SCM11 standmount speakers and the excellent Tannoy Mercury V4 floostanders there are many great Hi-Fi choices.

For those looking for a versatile and compact hi-fi system, then look no further than the excellent media streaming Marantz MCR603 CD system, with 60 Watts per Channel, this neat system integrates into modern day living with style.

In short there are many great Hi-Fi and Home Cinema products in this years' What Hi-Fi awards but move quickly and order now for Christmas as stock is already running short!

Buy Stunning Zensor Speakers from Dali

The new Zensor range from top Danish speaker brand Dali is turning heads in the hi-fi media.
In a world that is swamped with budget speakers, the Zenzors are a refreshing change, combining
both a quality performance and good looks with a surprisingly low price.

The range consists of the neat, compact yet full sounding Zensor
1 bookshelf / standmount speakers - these can be used either within a 2 channel stereo set-up or
as part of a Home Cinema surround sound system as either rear or front channel speakers.
Available in Black Ash and Light Walnut as standard finishes or in the special edition
Gloss White finish, they look absolutely stunning.

Next in the range are the Zenzor 5
Floorstanding Speakers, these
are already receiving 5 Stars in review and present a balanced, detailed performance and can be
used either as a stereo Hi-Fi pair or the front speakers in a surround sound system. They are available
in Black Ash or Light Walnut.

If you are looking for a Floorstanding pair with attitude then look no further than
the Zensor
7 floorstanders, with seperate bass/mid and bass drive units, these will deal with whatever you throw at it, again these are
perfectly at home as a stereo pair or as part of a 5.1 system. Every detail is handled with care.
A few examples: the stylish, rounded edges reduces diffractions, which minimizes distortion; solid aluminium
complements the front baffle; an aluminium base elevates the speaker from the floor;
and a detachable front grille is included for flexible appearances.

Zenzor Vokal is the centre speaker in the range and with it's two 5.25 inch mid/bass drivers and tweeter, Zensor Vokal
delivers a clear and crisp dialogue from your favourite films yet with its wood fibre drive units, there is no harshness to the
sound, just a superb performance.

To complete your Home Cinema or Hi-Fi set-up, a subwoofer will provide extended bass frequencies and the
explosive effects that you can experience in the cinema and the
Dali SUB E12F is the perfect choice - it matches in design with the Zensor range and its 12 inch drive unit produces
a powerful yet controlled performance. In conclusion, if you are looking for the best results for your Hi-Fi or
Home Cinema system at an amazing price then the Dali Zensor range is for you - buy with confidence.

New Aventage Home Cinema Receivers - Some of the Best

The new Aventage range of AV receivers from top Home Cinema and Hi-Fi brand Yamaha has now arrived.
The Aventage range is the flagship range form Yamaha with an increased build quality, more features and better sound/visual performance.

The entry level in the range, the RX-A810
is certainly no lightwieght - equipped with 8 HDMi inputs and 2 outputs, you can output the video content to two display screens
such as a TV and a projector.

As you move up the range, further features and more powerful amplifiers are added - the RX-A1010 includes network capabilities and a massive 170 Watts
per channel.

Next in line is the powerhouse that is the RX-A2010
with its 9.2 channels driven at a huge 220 watts into four ohms, this heavyweight will handle anything you throw at it delivering a huge yet
detailed and dynamic performance.

Top of the range is the RX-A3010 and this flagship receiver is the ultimate, replacing the legendary Z7 but with far more to offer - 11.2 powerful channels
and a myriad of analogue and digital channels to allow you connect anything from VCR to Blu-Ray, CD Player or Turntable Record Player with the integrated
phono stage. All the receivers in the Aventage range are compatible with iPad / iPhones and iPod with an Android app soon to be launched. In review, this range is already being praised and are heavily tipped to produce some winners in this year's What Hi-Fi awards. Whatever your
Home Cinema needs are, their is an Aventage receiver from Yamaha for you - available now at the best price from Sight and Sound UK