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Home Theater Speaker Layout - An Essential Guide Home Theater Speaker Layout - An Essential Guide The goal of all speaker placement for movie soundtrack playback and multichannel music reproduction-even stereo is a smooth, consistent and unbroken soundstage across the front.
Tips for Building a Home Theater in an Apartment Tips for Building a Home Theater in an Apartment You load up the latest and greatest action DVD into your home theater. You sit down with remote in hand and turn the volume up a bit so you can hear the wonderful special effects the movie sound…
Loudspeaker Placement Guide Loudspeaker Placement Guide Tech Article: Audioholics goes over loudspeaker placement tips for a 5.1 / 7.1 surround system and how to optimize your A/V system's sound quality for best performance.
Ground Loops - Eliminating System Hum and Buzz Ground Loops - Eliminating System Hum and Buzz Got an annoying hum or buzz in your audio system? You likely have a ground loop. This article helps you diagnose the problem so it can be eliminated. Don't put up with hum. Read this article!
Audio/Video Home Theater Setup Guide Audio/Video Home Theater Setup Guide This Audio/Video Home Theater Setup Guide will help you get all of the basics down to ensure you will achieve the best performance from your home theater entertainment system.
Subwoofer Placement Guidelines Subwoofer Placement Guidelines Subwoofer Crawl Placement Guide: Get the best bass from your subwoofer with these placement guidelines. Find the best location for your sub here.
Receiver Setup and Connections Receiver Setup and Connections The back a of a Home Theater receiver can be confusing for a beginner, but as you learn what all the connections are taking a look at the back becomes the fastest way to assess the options and…
DVD Player Setup DVD Player Setup Let's dispel the mystery about the back of your DVD player by using the most complex type of DVD player available as our example, the Universal DVD player. Universal DVD players like Onkyo's…
Setting Up Your Home Theater System - Basics Setting Up Your Home Theater System - Basics These are some basic home theater connection tips to getting your equipment set up and ready to go.
Tips to Combat Loudspeaker & System Brightness Tips to Combat Loudspeaker & System Brightness You researched and went out shopping on the internet and/or retail stores to assemble the ultimate home theater system. You spent hours auditioning all the competing brands, assuring yourself you…