The 2000i Series 5.1 is a compact speaker package PERFORMANCE the 2000i package delivers a sensational performance for the money. Listen to the big action sequences during Hellboy II: The Golden Army on Blu-ray, for example, & you simply won’t believe the sense of scale it achieves, or how clear & composed it makes everything sound. There’s a level of sophistication & sonic confidence here that beggars belief for a sub-£700 system. The 2000i system’s dynamic, attacking tone never strays into hardness. The crash of a car hitting a helicopter or the blast of Hellboy’s gun are crisply & clearly dispatched without bashing your eardrums, while the use of identical satellites means there’s no variation in tone as effects pan between channels. That also ensures an absorbing surround soundstage, with quick, smooth panning & crisp detail. Dialogue is clear & realistic too, allowing voices to cut through busy scenes with terrific detail, depth & volume. The icing on the cake is the system’s sweet treble reproduction, which rivals systems costing twice as much. Throughout the above scene, the speakers effortlessly tease out tiny details like the fizz of raining debris or the tinkle of shattering glass, making them sound light & airy. It even teases out the leading edge of the score’s brass section, which lends the music extra urgency. KEY FEATURES * 25mm dome tweeters * 100mm carbon fibre & ceramic-coated paper mid/bass cones * Graphite, Walnut, Piano Gloss White or Black finishes * 2070 Si subwoofer with twin 170mm drivers & 150W Class D amplifier * Subwoofer music/AV sound modes & speaker type settings