Mordaunt-Short has launched a new 5.1 surround sound system boasting some solid performance in a stylish, small set-up that’s designed not to take over your living room.

The Alumni series has four Alumni 2 satellites, an Alumni 5 centre speaker and Alumni 9 subwoofer and costs a shade under £600. Of course, you might balk at this when you consider how many major consumer electronics brands now flog 5.1 systems with DVD players through retailers for £150 and up. Still, you get what you pay for and Mordaunt-Short is an audio specialist that's perfected the art of delivering big sound from little things.

The speakers boast some new technologies, like a light, but rigid, 25mm aluminium dome tweeter for reducing distortion and 3.5in Continuous Profile Cone (CPC) mid/bass drivers for producing fast response and power in such a small speaker. The 120W subwoofer also sports an 8in ultra-long throw woofer, the centre speaker plinth can be adjusted to exactly the right angle and the satellite speakers come with dedicated stands.

They are available in very fashionable, glossy piano-black or white finishes. If you’re ready to move beyond the wimpy surround speakers that came with your all-in-one DVD player then these could be worth an audition.
 

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