Why Do Center Channel Speakers Look Like They Do?
Center channel speakers have a different look to them for a few reasons. It all began way back in the late 80’s when Dolby began licensing their surround sound for home use in the form of ‘Dolby
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Subwoofer Setup Options with Whole House Audio
Subwoofer setup is really not a difficult task. You just need to see the big picture. This article will show you how. So you’ve got a couple of rooms where you think you might want to “crank
Theater and Whole House Planning
Jeff, The best way to approach a system like that is to split into at least two zones: the theater area and the rest of the house. That way, you won’t have to impose the TV
Whole House Speaker Layout Recommendations
Charles, I’m a little concerned about your wiring. Hopefully, it`s just a misunderstanding. When you say, “Then a wire is run from there to the ceiling for speaker A, and from speaker A to speaker B,”
Multi-zone Speaker Distribution Layout?
Ben, The type of system you need at this point will be determined with what type of wiring was installed. If you have just speaker wire run throughout, then you`ll be choosing a speaker distribution type
Theater Wiring Questions
Wilfred, You should be able to do the work yourself without too much trouble. I’m glad to see you have looked over the FAQs. As for the theater, a 5.1 type system like you’ve described is
A and B Speaker Setup
Kris, Your system will work in either A OR B but probably not both A+B at the same time. Many times a receiver will be wired in “series” type wiring when using A+B. That may or
Daisy chaining volume controls
Kyle, You can do that kind of wiring with any of the impedance matching volume controls. You’ll set ALL the volume controls to the same impedance multiplier setting, see here for a table: > Name
Old speaker wiring
Bob, The volume controls are mandatory in any installation. We don`t have volume controls that are mounted in the speakers, that’s kind of an old school type of commercial sound setup. They may still be around
Subwoofer wiring in remote rooms
Henry, Subwoofer wiring in a whole house system needs to go like this: From the amp/receiver/selector to the volume control in the remote room; to the sub location; then up to the individual speakers in the