Subwoofer
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Wisdom Audio Sage Series Architectual Planar Hybrid Speakers First Look
Speaker Reviews on Audioholics &bull Yesterday
Where audio and video equipment undergoes rigorous objective and subjective tests by our staff, ensuring that marketing slogans aren't the only guidelines for your home theater choices. Learn about all sorts of authentic (if sometimes off-the-wall) products that you can spray on, tape on, insert into, or otherwise use to improve a room's acoustics. Sometimes a receiver or a format-converter isn't enough. In those cases, audio and video processors can do wonders to the sounds and sights in your home theater. Peruse our reviews of A/V processors to discover the ones you need. Receivers are often the heart of a… Full Story »
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Home Audio Sales on the Rise
Stereophile &bull Sep 2, 2010
September 2, 2010 According to a recent Consumer Electronics Association's (CEA) press release, "CE Industry to Surpass $174 billion in 2010, Reach Record High by 2011," sales forecasts are far more optimistic than had been expected. While the figures aren't easily translatable to the high-end market (which the CEA identifies as "high-performance audio"), some consumer-electronic (CE) trends give cause for qualified optimism, and provide clues as to… Full Story »
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From a 2 channel HT system, what next: subwoofer or center channel speaker?
Home Theater Forum &bull Sep 1, 2010
csintegrators replied to From a 2 channel HT system, what next: subwoofer or center channel speaker? Full Story »
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How to Connect a Subwoofer to a TV
Home Audio How-To's on eHow &bull Sep 1, 2010
A powered subwoofer can be connected to a TV by using one of the television's audio output jacks to send a mono signal to the subwoofer. A subwoofer cable with a -inch plug on each end connects the two components.… Full Story »
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How Do I Get Big Sound From Small Speakers?
Home Audio How-To's on eHow &bull Sep 1, 2010
In general, larger speakers can carry sound farther than those that are smaller. However, small speakers are sometimes more convenient than larger ones in terms of affordability and the space they can save. If you choose to use small speakers,… Full Story »
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How to Connect Surround Sound 5.1 Speakers
Home Audio How-To's on eHow &bull Sep 1, 2010
Surround sound, available in various incarnations for years, is almost the de facto home audio standard. However, in nearly all cases, these speakers connect to the receivers that drive them in the same way. As a result, getting a 5.1… Full Story »
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Onkyo PR-SC5508 THX Certified Processor First Look
Audio Processors Reviews on Audioholics &bull Sep 1, 2010
Where audio and video equipment undergoes rigorous objective and subjective tests by our staff, ensuring that marketing slogans aren't the only guidelines for your home theater choices. Learn about all sorts of authentic (if sometimes off-the-wall) products that you can spray on, tape on, insert into, or otherwise use to improve a room's acoustics. Sometimes a receiver or a format-converter isn't enough. In those cases, audio and video processors can do wonders to the sounds and sights in your home theater. Peruse our reviews of A/V processors to discover the ones you need. Receivers are often the heart of a… Full Story »
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JohnBlue M3 Mini Speakers
Audio Junkies &bull Sep 1, 2010
The latest creations from full-range specialist JohnBlue are the M3 mini speakers. Designed for small home theater applications, the M3's enclosure is a svelte 4.1" cube made from 0.4" thick high-density fiberboard. The 3" driver is meant to be paired… Full Story »
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NextGen Remote Extender Genius Review
Remote Control Reviews on Audioholics &bull Aug 31, 2010
Where audio and video equipment undergoes rigorous objective and subjective tests by our staff, ensuring that marketing slogans aren't the only guidelines for your home theater choices. Learn about all sorts of authentic (if sometimes off-the-wall) products that you can spray on, tape on, insert into, or otherwise use to improve a room's acoustics. Sometimes a receiver or a format-converter isn't enough. In those cases, audio and video processors can do wonders to the sounds and sights in your home theater. Peruse our reviews of A/V processors to discover the ones you need. Receivers are often the heart of a… Full Story »
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What Are the Differences Between a 2 & 4 Channel Amp?
Home Audio How-To's on eHow &bull Aug 31, 2010
A stereo amplifier can increase the power of multiple audio channel signals at once. An audio amplifier is used to increase the power of an audio AC signal. Since many audio sources provide stereophonic output, a multi-channel amplifier is required… Full Story »
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Tips on JBL Soldering
Home Audio How-To's on eHow &bull Aug 31, 2010
You can buy soldering supplies relatively cheaply at electronics or hardware stores. Soldering is a process to unite two metals by melting an alloy with a lower melting point. To do it, you need a soldering iron, solder and the metals you intend to join, in this case,… Full Story »
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ZVOX Z-Base 575 Speaker System
Home Theater Magazine &bull Aug 30, 2010
Despite the predictable claims that manufacturers make-and the breathless, indefensible hyperbolic shrieks made by computer geeks posing as audio reviewers-no one-box-solution soundbar can really replace a discrete 5.1-channel surround sound system. ZVOX founder and former Cambridge SoundWorks marketing executive Tom Hannaher knows that, and the ZVOX Website says it. Bravo. No serious home theater enthusiast would consider a soundbar as a main system solution-unless they lived in a concrete bunker and couldn't run wires… Full Story »
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Polk RTi A1 Speaker System
Home Theater Magazine &bull Aug 30, 2010
Did you know that Baltimore was the second U.S. city to achieve a population of more than 100,000, after New York? It has given us great Americans as diverse as Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American to serve on the Supreme Court, and John Waters, who will probably never serve on the Supreme Court, although I'd… Full Story »
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How to Connect Subwoofer Cables
Home Audio How-To's on eHow &bull Aug 30, 2010
Subwoofer cables are used in home theater audio systems. The subwoofer cable carries a low- or line-level signal from the system's receiver to the subwoofer. The subwoofer's amplifier then boosts the signal to power the speaker in the subwoofer box.… Full Story »
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Subwoofer for 2.1 system - Beginner question
Home Theater Forum &bull Aug 29, 2010
Francesco Baracca created a thread titled Subwoofer for 2.1 system - Beginner question Full Story »
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How to Set Up My Cambridge Surround Sound
Home Audio How-To's on eHow &bull Aug 29, 2010
Cambridge manufactures high-end surround sound speaker systems for use in home theaters. The two surround sound systems available from Cambridge, the Surround 5.1 and Surround II 5.1, set up in a room in essentially the same way. The main difference… Full Story »
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How to Connect Powered Speakers
Home Audio How-To's on eHow &bull Aug 29, 2010
Powered speakers, long used in professional studio applications, are also available for home consumer use. They are found in the familiar subwoofer form, in addition to two-way monitor-style. Powered monitors are optimized from the factory for amplifier power, often bi-amplified… Full Story »
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World's most amazing subwoofer has no woofer
The Audiophiliac on CNET &bull Aug 29, 2010
We all know subwoofers make bass. Big subwoofers, like the $799 Epik Empire, can sport massive 15-inch woofers and a Class D 600-watt power amplifier, all packaged in a 22x18x24-cabinet. The Empire's 120-pound weight might be a not-so-subtle indication that… Full Story »
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How to Connect a Subwoofer to Bose Acoustimass
Home Audio How-To's on eHow &bull Aug 29, 2010
The Bose Acoustimass music system consists of a speaker package that connects to a subwoofer control module for home theater sound.The cube speakers in the Acoustimass system connect to the labeled terminals on the rear of the subwoofer, which provides… Full Story »
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How to Connect Multiple Peavey Speakers
Home Audio How-To's on eHow &bull Aug 28, 2010
Speakers for use with your stereo or home theater receiver come in many types and brands. A premium brand of speaker that you may have or decide to use is Peavey. This type of speaker system consists of a subwoofer… Full Story »
