If you’re adding a surround-sound system to a family room, or even transforming a basement into a home theater, you’re not always going to have perfect conditions for hiding wires. When you’re connecting your receiver to two or four surround speakers, or maybe front LCR speakers, on the other side of the room depending on […]
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I won’t say I’m a snob about home theater design or equipment, but I’ve probably been heard to make a comment about friends’speaker systems or a poorly set-up TV now and then. That said, designing a home theater is a hobby based more on guidelines than rules. Often those guidelines are bent to accommodate things […]
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Chad Hunter built this homage to audio after his encounter with a very special home theater subwoofer.
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Television makers are spending more time than ever on the designs of their sets— thin bezels, shiny chrome, anything to add some pizazz to your entertainment center. Makers of other components like DVRs, set-top boxes, even receivers, are paying more attention to how their products look in addition to how they work. After all, who […]
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A THEATER ROOM THIS GOOD-LOOKING for under $25,000? It looks like it could have cost a lot more. And with a 135-inch motorized screen, a 1080p video projector, and some pretty serious automation, it’s easy to assume this was a pie-in-the-sky project. As was the intent of the builder and home systems integrators, it proves […]
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DURING SOME HOME RENOVATIONS it can be hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. A poorly designed room can turn a seemingly simple request into an impossible task, and if that’s the case, the only solution may be to move backward before you move forward. In this particular home, which was […]
Get the GuideTelevision makers are spending more time than ever on the designs of their sets— thin bezels, shiny chrome, anything to add some pizazz to your entertainment center. Makers of other components like DVRs, set-top boxes, even receivers, are paying more attention to how their products look in addition to how they work. After all, who […]
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Duplicating the cinematic or concert sound experience at home is the pursuit of all buyers of home theater equipment, especially when it comes to the latest surround sound speakers. With advances in technology from Blu-ray to Dolby and DTS, and now Dolby Atmos and Auro 3D, consumers are increasingly able to reproduce a cinema-level experience […]
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