JBL HDI 5.1
This speaker package offers a timely reminder of just how the cinema should sound
Speaker package
| £8400 whf.cm /HDI51 |
Image: JBL
Of all the things we missed out on last year, trips to the cinema rank pretty highly. On the plus side, we had plenty of time to watch more movies at home during lockdown, but there’s nothing quite like the big screen and the rumble of a great surround-sound set-up.
Perhaps that’s why we’re more excited to test this JBL HDI 5.1 speaker package than we might have been 12 months ago. If blockbuster scale and authority are your priorities when it comes to home cinema audio, there’s little chance this sextet of speakers will disappoint.
The front right and left channels are the huge HDI-3600 floorstanders (and you could go even bigger with the HDI-3800). Surround duties are handled by the HDI-1600 standmounters and HDI-4500 as the centre. An HDI-1200P subwoofer handles the lowest end of the register, just in case you haven’t yet rattled all the plaster off the walls.