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HT Boot Camp: The Agony and the Ecstasy
Adventures in loudspeaker placement. Oh for the simplicity of days of yore, when a home-entertainment system came entombed in a massive slab of French Provincial furniture, with the television tube in...
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Backyard Bonanza
Put away that charcoal. Here's a different kind of grille for your patio. My, how times have changed. Back when vinyl records were king and a 25-inch-diagonal TV screen was considered big, here's how...
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Home Theater Boot Camp: Bass Management
The basics of bass management. Bass: It is undoubtedly the most misunderstood aspect of a home theater system's performance and, in some ways, the least appreciated—especially among the higher-end...
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Bass Management and the LFE Channel
Bass is like salt. Really, it is. Salt is a seasoning, a treat that we add to good food to make it taste even better. Bass is the same way. A sound system without it lacks the last little element that...
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Configuring Speakers
When you get that new speaker set you're going to need to configure and balance your system. The process described below describes AVRs, but both the features and steps you'll take are identical if...
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Speakers: Where Do I Put Them?
Several years ago I was just setting up my current home theater room. While it was not scheduled to be equipped with multi-tiered stadium seating, faux art deco design, and a popcorn machine, I did...
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Money for Nothing and Your Tweaks for Free
Tips and tricks for making your system tweakin’ awesome. Unless you have really expensive tastes, it’s easy to see how spending several thousand dollars on your home theater system can make some very...
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Speakers: Where Do I Put Them?
Getting the Most Out of Your Sound Several years ago, I set up my current home theater room. While it wasn’t scheduled to be equipped with multitiered stadium seating, faux Art Deco design, or a...
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Configuring Your Speakers
Optimizing your sound, one step at a time. Getting all the pieces for that new system into your room is just the first step to home theater bliss. You’ll need to set up the A/V receiver’s inputs,...
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HT Guide to Speakers
Home theater has transformed loudspeakers in nearly the same way it transformed TV. As screens have gotten bigger, the stereo soundstage has expanded into a surround soundfield. Wall-mounted HDTVs can...
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How to Choose a Home Theater for Movies or Music
Selecting audio components is one of the more daunting tasks that any serious home theater enthusiast faces. On the surface, it seems evident that if you just go out and buy the best components you can...
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Bass Management Boot Camp
Like marching and making your bunk, bass management looks easy. But sometimes there’s a huge difference between doing seemingly straightforward tasks, and doing them right.
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How To Install In-Wall Speakers
If you’re reasonably handy and not afraid to cut into drywall in your home, installing in-wall speakers can be a fairly simple affair. You’ll need to assemble the basic tools, including a drywall saw,...
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The Cabinet & the Subwoofer
I’m in the interesting position of telling you how to do something with a subwoofer that you shouldn’t do. No, it’s not illegal. But in the ears of those for whom sound quality is more important than...
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The Ultimate Test: Dolby Atmos vs. Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos, for you members of the unwashed and uninformed masses (yeah, you know who you are), enables film sound designers to treat individual sonic elements as virtual “objects” that can be placed...
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HT Boot Camp: The Agony and the Ecstasy
Adventures in loudspeaker placement. Oh for the simplicity of days of yore, when a home-entertainment system came entombed in a massive slab of French Provincial furniture, with the television tube in...
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Backyard Bonanza
Put away that charcoal. Here's a different kind of grille for your patio. My, how times have changed. Back when vinyl records were king and a 25-inch-diagonal TV screen was considered big, here's how...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Home Theater Boot Camp: Bass Management
The basics of bass management. Bass: It is undoubtedly the most misunderstood aspect of a home theater system's performance and, in some ways, the least appreciated—especially among the higher-end...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bass Management and the LFE Channel
Bass is like salt. Really, it is. Salt is a seasoning, a treat that we add to good food to make it taste even better. Bass is the same way. A sound system without it lacks the last little element that...
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Configuring Speakers
When you get that new speaker set you're going to need to configure and balance your system. The process described below describes AVRs, but both the features and steps you'll take are identical if...
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