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GADGETS<br />
THE BEST WAY TO WATCH F1<br />
SONY A1 SERIES TV Live sport – we’re thinking this year’s Formula One season – demands a good television on which to<br />
watch it. And at the moment there are few more interesting than Sony’s A1 Series. It’s OLED and thus impossibly thin, it’s 4K<br />
HDR capable and it has the X1 Extreme processor from Sony’s ZD9 flagship, but none of those are its most interesting<br />
attribute. Because the A1’s screen is, effectively, one big speaker – a couple of actuators behind make it vibrate, while the<br />
lower frequencies are dealt with by a subwoofer built into the stand. Clever. Price TBC; sony.co.uk<br />
DENON HEOS AVR<br />
Cool as that telly’s audio set-up is, many will want<br />
something more elaborate for their viewing. AV receivers<br />
are typically big, ugly boxes – but not Denon’s Heos AVR,<br />
which is encased in aluminium. Does all kinds of clever<br />
wireless, multi-room things too. R14 000 est; denon.com<br />
SONOS PLAYBASE<br />
For folks with regular tellies and small houses. Sonos says<br />
most don’t wall-mount, so Playbase is designed to support<br />
a screen up to 35kg. Ten drivers should make V6 turbos<br />
sound meaty. Also links up with other Sonos speakers for<br />
multi-room music. R11 000 est; audiotronic.co.za<br />
42 JUNE <strong>2017</strong>
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