Movie stars don’t come more charismatic than this: eloquent, engrossing and disarmingly natural. Together with breathtaking sonic accuracy and spatial precision, these are the qualities a great centre channel speaker aspires to - and Model 204/2c has them all.

Dialogue and vocals acquire spine-tingling immediacy and on-screen action becomes astonishingly real. Tosca or Tarantino, it’s an addictive experience.