How To Pick A Wireless Kit For Your Surround Speakers

If you are looking to untie your home theater surround speakers then you’ll need to look at some speaker kits. There are several models on the market that lend themselves to this purpose. I will review a few of these and give some shopping recommendations.

There are two types of surround speaker kits on the market. The first type is proprietary and will only wok if combined with a specific AV receiver made by the same manufacturer. Such AV receivers are usually marked as “wireless ready”. Some AV receivers, however, already have a built-in transmitter. If you have one of … Read the rest

How To Simplify Setting Up A 7.1 Surround Sound System

7.1 surround sound is the latest surround sound standard. Compared to 5.1 surround sound, it adds two side speakers bringing the total number of speakers to 8 (when counting the subwoofer as one speaker). More and more movies are available that come with a 7.1 sound track although 5.1 is still the most popular format. Even though most AV receivers support 7.1 surround sound, the majority of installations are still 5.1 setups. This may be in part because the majority of available movies comes with a 5.1 surround sound track and also because setting up two additional speakers adds another … Read the rest