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Gifts Santa’s Elves Saved for Themselves
The boxes are all in the recycling bin and you are staring at that nice pair of wool socks. Yep, they will be warm by the fire, but did they satisfy that audio itch for some better sound this season? Well, it’s not too late! We asked our audio elves what they would all wish for after the busy holiday season. Unlike those socks, this gear will still be giving years and years from now.
Sony ES Receiver Lineup Comparison
The 2017 lineup of Sony ES home theater receivers defines new levels of features, performance, and warranty in their category. Let's go over their features, detailing out what they share in common, what the differences are as you move up, and most importantly, helping you figure out which one is the best for your room and home theater system.
Harmonic Resolution Systems Isolation Products Overview
Learn how Harmonic Resolution Systems products help isolate your high-performance audio gear from external vibrations. The improvements to your listening can be very substantial in some instances with HRS isolation techniques applied. You’ll get a much more open and effortless sound with HRS.
EPV Front Projection Screens Overview
EPV Screens ISF certified front projection home theater screens are a great choice for your DIY home theater. They have a variety of configurations, are easy to assemble, and offer outstanding video quality for their cost. With EPV you can get an ISF certified 100” 16:9 screen for under $999.
Best Gaming Headsets
Gaming headsets offer a lot of advantages. Private-listening, a broadcast-quality noise-cancelling mic & high-performance lightweight materials to distribute the weight evenly, letting you game longer. But, this list of best gaming headphones wouldn’t be complete if we didn’t select only the most audiophile gaming headsets. All of these present accurate immersive sound specially optimized for high-performance gaming, so you’ll never miss a detail. Priced from highest to lowest, these are the best gaming headsets.
Home Theater Speaker Layout Options
Learn all about the different possible speaker layouts for your home theater. We explain the best speaker configurations and how to integrate them into your room with options for almost any situation. We’ll help you understand the Dolby Labs speaker terminology and what is best for your home theater.
McIntosh RS200 Wireless System Review
Designed for a modern streaming lifestyle, the RS200 comes packed with virtually everything you need to enjoy music streamed from your handheld devices, digital music stored online or a local computer, or played from legacy audio sources. The footprint of the RS200 makes it an ideal speaker to enhance the sound of a TV, and even gave it some surround sound options. It is one super cool and very flexible all in one piece of gear!
Klipsch T5 II True Wireless In-Ear Headphones Comparison
If you are looking at wireless earphones that offer comparable features to Apple’s Airpods, Airpods Pro, or PowerBeats Pro — but you want better sound quality and more comfort, then Klipsch has something in store for you. In-ear headphones by Klipsch are for people who care about great sound quality and comfort. Whether you are looking for in-ear headphones to help you work out, or noise-canceling features to help you focus, there are 3 new models in the Klipsch T5 II True Wireless series — and we’ll go over all them right here. Read more to find out how they compare and why we think they are the best wireless in-ear headphones you can buy.
Home Theater Lighting Best Practices
While many times lighting is overlooked till the last minute, hopefully, this guide will inspire some ideas you had not thought about and help you add some great finishing touches to your dream home theater room.
How to Pick the Best Riser For Your Home Theater System
Any home theater with more than one row of seating is going to need a riser so the heads of the people on the front row are not blocking the view for the seats behind them. In this article, we help you better understand how to optimize the riser layout of your dream home theater room.
MartinLogan Dynamo Subwoofer Comparison
MartinLogan has raised the bar with this new series of subwoofers. We feel that no matter how good your subwoofer is if you can not fine tune it to the room to eliminate room problems, you will never hear it at its full potential.
There are a few other sub manufacturers out there with some kind of EQ, but none have the engineering and power of using the Canadian National Research Center to develop their software.
Why Now is a Great Time to Start Planning Your New Home Theater
Recent changes in technology on both the video and audio front have aligned to make now the best time in the last two decades to invest in a new home theater. From 4K video to the immersive widescreen experience, to Dolby Atmos surround sound, and technology to improve your room’s acoustics, we have never seen a convergence like this before.
How To Plan a Home Theater System
If you are in the market for a new home theater system or improving part (or all) of the one you already own, this guide is for you. We have brought together and organized all of our home theater articles to help you understand the available options and how they might work or not work in your particular situation.
The Importance of Sight Lines in Home Theater Design
Do you remember the old movie theater experience before stadium seating? Think back to that person with the big hat or huge shoulders sitting right in front of you blocking your view of the screen. You had to spend the whole movie leaned over to one side to see the screen. A well-designed home theater requires detailed planning of sightlines, viewing angles, screen size, furniture placement.
How To Choose The Best Front Projection Home Theater Screen
Learn how to choose the best type of front projection screen for your ultimate home theater. We’ll cover widescreen 2.40 compared to 16:9 screens, solid vs. acoustically transparent, and the various types of screen materials to help you pick the perfect front projection screen.
