The Bose Cinemate was my first personal experience of cinema. Having experienced a demo in a John Lewis department store I was lucky enough to pick it up as part of their clearance sale for £200. I had no idea that speakers so small could make such a sound and more surpisingly how just two speakers could provide such a convincing surround sound sensation.

The system is incredibly minimal, comprising of just two front speakers, a subwoofer, remote and remote sensor which doubles as the audio input as the system has no separate amplifier. The fact that the system only has one audio input, a single red and white phono will prove a blessing to some but a massive, massive hindrance for home cinema perfectionists. For me, with space at a premium, i'm happy to run all my sound cables into my tv and channel them all out one single audio out on the set. This is a very hyandy option as whatever is playing, is playing through my Bose.

Home cinema enthusiasts will probably not be impressed with this compromise as sound quality from the system is directly influenced by the quality of the audio output on your tv.

The system just looks and feels the highest quality. The speakers are solid and weighty and the rather large sub shares the weight and build quality with all the speakers and IR receiver wired to it. The speaker cables and rather grand remote also feel of the highest quality.

For someone who wants an option that takes care of music, tv and movies without taking over the living room with wires you can't go wrong with this. Brilliant, brilliant stuff.