So now you understand how speakers work, and the difference between stereo and home theater speakers. You’re committed to achieving the best possible movie sound, and you know you need a good center speaker with limited off-axis vertical response and two rear speakers to provide the reflecting sound. This is the start of your surround sound system. Next, you should get to know the other speakers you’ll need, and how to set them up to achieve the most accurate sound reproduction for your next home theater experience. (more…)
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Home Theater Speaker Layout
June 19th, 2009 By: LaurenStereo Speakers VS Home Theater Speakers: The Center and Rear Speakers
June 15th, 2009 By: LaurenWith a crystal clear 1080p Full HD image projecting from your flat panel TV, you want a sound quality to match, right? It would be terrible if you were enjoying Iron Man’s dramatic flight into the atmosphere above Santa Monica while only hearing the faint muffled sound of his jets (or at least you assume it is his jets because of the image – it could be a lawn motor or a scooter as far as your ears know). Theater-quality sound is half of the experience. Without it, you are left with a dull impression of the movie, and you are rarely pulled in to the extent that you forget where you are and actually live the experiences on screen. Movie audio is so important, in fact, that there is an entire branch of audio equipment dedicated to providing the most accurate reproduction of sounds for a home theater setup.
Internal vs. External Speakers
September 16th, 2008 By: LaurenSo you have a High Definition Television now. Maybe its full 1080p or maybe not. Maybe you don’t even know what that means. You do however notice that your picture looks clearer and crisper than ever before. That’s great. Now what about the sound? Did your new television come with built in speakers? About 85 percent of televisions do, so the chances are that it did. Are you planing on using the speakers? The answer in most cases is simple: you don’t know what you are missing if you are not using some type of Home Theater Audio Solution. (more…)
