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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.
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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.
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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.
Home Theater Lighting Best Practices

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

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 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

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Sonos Update Problem and the Solution

What you need to know about the latest Sonos Update and how it affects your current Sonos System.
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Ortofon 2M Phono Cartridges Series Overview

Once you decide you’d like to try an Ortofon cartridge, you’ll soon figure out they have (as of this article) 55 different models, yes 55! If you have a very specific cartridge need, Ortofon probably has a model just for you. Dive into their most popular range, the 2M series. These cartridges are modestly priced, have plenty of output for most systems, and offer a heck of a lot of value for the money.
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Chord Electronics Huei Phono Stage Sneak Peek

The new Chord Electronics Huei is a versatile, affordable, high-performance phono stage for anyone looking to upgrade the sound of their turntable.
You Got Your First Turntable...Now What?

You Got Your First Turntable...Now What?

With a whole new generation falling in love with vinyl, it’s likely that you may have just received your very first turntable. As long-time vinyl lovers and audio experts, we would love to tell you a few things you should know in order to enjoy your new hobby for years to come.
Budget Audiophile: Set-up Your System, Save Money

Budget Audiophile: Set-up Your System, Save Money

If you have dipped your toe into the world of HiFi audio, you might have realized that achieving superior sound comes at a price. While having a high-end setup is optimal for achieving the best sound, many people often overlook the fact that these high-end setups have thought and technicalities that go beyond the characteristics of the equipment itself.
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Klipsch R-41PM and R-51PM Powered Speaker Review

Klipsch speakers are known for packing in a lot of punch with great dynamics and the new R series follows this path. We’ve actually never had a pair of powered speakers that could produce as much SPL as these guys do, which is very impressive for the money and their very small size.