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Great audio is essential to any good home theater, and is great on its own as a functional part of any home. If you're thinking of installing new audio equipment in your home, read through the following articles.

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Leon Speakers Ultra-Thin Sub Addison IL

To complement the A10-UT, Leon's L3-1K subwoofer amplifier delivers the power, finesse, and flexibility that the subwoofer deserves. Its adjustable crossover, variable phase, and tunable EQ allow installers to tailor the sound of the sub to match any room.

Velodyne’s SC-602 Amplifier Controls Two Subwoofers Addison IL

The SC-602 dual-mono amplifier, available from Velodyne Acoustics, controls up to two SC-600 Series in-wall, in-floor or in-ceiling subwoofers. Read on for more detailed information in the following article.

Russound and Colorado vNet Touchscreens Addison IL

Colorado vNet introduced its first products since being acquired by Russound last year. The company’s two new touchscreens, the TS1-4/50 and TS1-7/70, will ship in March.

Snell Acoustics IW C7 In-Wall Loudspeaker Addison IL

Here is the brief introduction to Snell Acoustics IW C7 in-wall loudspeaker, which is the architectural version of the Snell C7 floor-standing speaker. Read on for more details.

Phase Technology Soundbar Selections Addison IL

Phase Technology's enhancements to the Teatro V-3.0 and Teatro PC-3.0 Soundbar loudspeakers is the addition of Phase Technology’s proprietary Spatial Field Expander circuitry, which when combined with drivers mounted on each end of the soundbar moves the acoustic center of the right and left channels beyond the physical cabinet to produce a very wide soundscape.

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About Outdoor Acoustics Addison IL

Sound reflections can come from an exterior wall of a house behind the listening location, or from a retaining wall to the side of the swimming pool. Because these reflections are alone and not diffused through reverberation, they can be more noticeable—similar to a tree being more visible alone than in a forest.

Bowers & Wilkins CM Series Sub Addison IL

With the arrival of the new ASW 12 CM from Bowers & Wilkins, the CM series is complete. Comprised of two bookshelf speakers, two floor-standing models, two center channels, and two subwoofers, the CM series delivers a range of system options.

Bryston's Hybrid Zone Amplifiers Addison IL

The Bryston D-Series is a highly reliable amplifier solution with low heat emissions for tight space applications, such as the equipment racks and utility closets commonly found in restaurants, bars, and nightclubs. Unlike most competitive industrial amplifiers however, the D-Series carries on Bryston’s tradition of sonic excellence and durability.

Canton's InCeiling 50 and 70 Loudspeakers Addison IL

The Canton InCeiling 50 and InCeiling 70 are two-way free-air designs with pivoting 1-inch aluminum dome tweeters and 5-1/4- and 6-1/2-inch polypropylene woofers respectively. The pivoting tweeter allows the speaker's soundfield to be adjusted to suit the acoustics of the room.

Cary Audio Design's Pro SACD Player Addison IL

Following the success of its 303 line of CD players, the new Cary Audio Design CD 303T SACD Professional Version includes SACD, HDCD, and CD playback,read on for details.

Concerned About Compression Addison IL

The idea behind data compression is relatively simple. Let’s say that the original master for a soundtrack requires 100 units of memory to store. Unfortunately, the release format for that soundtrack only has 25 units of memory available. Audio data compression takes that 100 units and shrinks it down to 25.

Configuring a Surround Processor Addison IL

Configuring a surround processor should be pretty straight forward. You set up the inputs, preprogram the surround modes for each digital or analog type, set up the speaker configuration and bass management, set the channel level calibration, and set up the speaker distances. End of story.

Creating Reliable Bass Addison IL

There are several such devices on the market, some of which are from the pro-audio and commercial AV channels. Thankfully, many of these units sound really good and are very reliable. You will also need four identical subwoofers, which are either in-wall or in-room.

Denon's AVR-3805 7.1 A/V Receiver Addison IL

The receiver is equipped with Denon's new Auto Set-Up calibration and Room EQ to analyze and calibrate six settings: speaker connection, phase, size and frequency response. Also the AVR-3805 adjusts channel level and time delay, while Room EQ corrects frequency response with an 8-band parametric equalizer and adjusts to the optimum soundfield, compensating for speaker and room capability issues.

Digital Amplifiers Come of Age Addison IL

While the rest of the custom integrator's arsenal has made the jump to digital technology, the analog amplifier remains a relic of yesterday's know-how. Gone are vinyl LPs, replaced by CDs. Gone are analog tapes, replaced by DVDs. And going away are CRTs, replaced by DLP, LCD and plasma. In the audio arena, amplification is the last analog link in the digital audio chain.

Distributed Audio Innovations Addison IL

Of all the nifty amenities now available for today’s smart home, is anything as exciting as a whole-house entertainment system? Imagine an integrated environment where everyone in the family can watch or listen to what they want, when and where they want it. With new distributed audio systems from AMX, Control4, Crestron, ELAN Home Systems, Niles Audio, RTI, Sonance, SpeakerCraft, and Speco Technologies, integrators can create custom solutions where everyone wins.

Do You Install iPods? Addison IL

Today, I picked up a flat widescreen HDTV for only $499. I hooked it up to a progressive-scan DVD player that cost just $69. These are examples of video technology reaching a great price point suitable for the mass market. Other video projectors and displays are following the same pattern. This is win/win progress with better quality and a better price.

Doing Your Part to Retain a Sound Designer's Phantom Imaging Addison IL

What about accurate phantom imaging, which is the ability of the speaker system to produce everything from pin-point discrete sounds to wide ambient effects at any point in the room? Imaging is, without doubt, among the most important attributes of a speaker system.

Getting Your Gear Together Addison IL

Lets begin with choosing loudspeakers and work backwards up the signal path. Theres a lot here that you should have already figured out for yourself. Im talking about things like size, look, price, etc. There is also a list of technical criteria that many of you may not even know exists. It applies to both front and surround speakers, but with differing requirements.

Hook 'em Horns! Addison IL

Interestingly, horns do not always narrow the dispersion of a speaker. For example, a two-inch tweeter will produce an extremely narrow beam of sound at very high frequencies compared with a three-quarter inch tweeter.

In-Wall Essentials Addison IL

There is endless controversy over in-wall speakers. Are they good? Are they bad? Are they a compromise? The answers to these questions arent altogether straightforward, like many other things in life. Done properly, an in-wall speaker system can be astoundingly good. Done poorly, its only virtue can be a reduced spousal divorce factor.

In-Wall Innovation Addison IL

In-wall speaker veterans like SpeakerCraft and Sonance (technically parent company Dana Innovations) expanded their product depth beyond speakers), but they also tweaked their inwall and in-ceilings to offer dealers even better sounding hidden solutions than ever.And those two companies still have a lot of company.Here are some of the latest additions from around the industry.

In-Wall Speakers Addison IL

In-wall speakers are great. These custom speakers can really bring out the surround sound system experience. You do need to know where the best in-wall speaker placement is. That’s what you will learn here. Don’t invest in home audio equipment that won’t make much difference. LCR speakers can be set up in deceptive places that enhance sound quality. Make sure you hire professional A/V installers that understand how placement affects sound quality. Listed below you will find local references for home electronics stores around Addison that can give you more information.

Leon Speakers Ultra-Thin Sub Addison IL

Leon Speakers' Horizon and Profile Series Addison IL

Leon Speakers, a manufacturer of custom-built, audiophile-grade loudspeakers for flat-panel displays and living-space theaters, has enhanced its Horizon and Profile Series four-inch product lines to include upgraded drivers and shallower cabinets.

McIntosh's Special Edition MXA60 Integrated Audio System Addison IL

Designed by the same team of McIntosh engineers who created the company's Reference System, this tabletop system features a high-performance 75-watt-per-channel amplifier, CD-SACD-MP3 player, vacuum tube preamplifier, as well as an AM-FM-RBDS Tuner, and a two-way bass reflex loudspeaker system that packs the legendary McIntosh sound into a smaller package.

Meridian Audio's HD621 HDMI Audio Processor Addison IL

The Meridian HD621 HDMI Audio Processor extracts the audio signal (up to eight channels) from the HDMI input and provides audio outputs suitable for a Meridian system. Internal buffering and processing improves audio quality.

Meridian's Third-Party Control in Sooloos 2.1 Addison IL

Meridian ’s commitment to continual development enables Sooloos 2.1 to build upon the recent updates of Sooloos 2.0, which removed practical limits on the size of a collection and changed how information is stored, organized, and streamed.

Monitor Audio's Apex AV Loudspeaker Systems Addison IL

Monitor Audio ’s Apex compact luxury AV speakers, which is being called the company’s new “flagship” range, will address the market beyond the company's successful Radius HD range.

Morel's Octave Signature Series Addison IL

Morel’s modular cabinet concept provides the listener with new “building-block” expandability options that allow easy whole-system upgrading. Now the user who starts solo with the stylish, high-performance, Octave Signature Bookshelf speakers for stereo sound can decide when to step up to the home theater experience by adding matching subwoofers. The vertically designed subwoofers fit beneath the bookshelf monitors transforming them into floor-standing units.

Networked HD Music System Addison IL

The Olive+Thiel system is completely digital, streaming music over Ethernet in HD quality with what the companies say is perfect synchronization, directly into Thiel's IP-based SCS4D high-performance speakers. For a multi-room music experience, users can add an additional pair of SCS4D speakers per room.

Onkyo's Stereo SACD Player and Integrated Amplifier Addison IL

The Onkyo C-S5VL stereo Super Audio CD player features Wolfson digital-to-analog converters coupled with the company's Vector Linear Shaping Circuitry (VLSC) for smooth, highly dynamic output free of pulse noise. A thermally regulated, crystal oscillator and advanced, jitter-reduction circuitry provide exceptionally stable clock frequency for reproduction of digital sources, including SACD, conventional music CD's, and CD-R/RW disks with MP3 or WMA files. The player features both analog stereo, and coaxial/optical digital outputs.

Phase Technology Soundbar Selections Addison IL

Polk's SurroundBar Speaker Lineup Addison IL

The first new SurroundBar model to ship will be the SurroundBar 3000 Instant Home Theater ($349), which will be available in March. The SurroundBar 3000 is a powered two-way system 31-inch long speaker that offers 100 watts of direct midrange and treble energy, and 80 watts of bass through its included 6.5-inch wireless subwoofer.

Russound and Colorado vNet Touchscreens Addison IL

Colorado vNet introduced its first products since being acquired by Russound last year. The company’s two new touchscreens, the TS1-4/50 and TS1-7/70, will ship in March.

SIM2 Projector Setup iPhone App Addison IL

The SIM2Calc program deals with all the tedious calculations involved in a projector install and ensures the user can get the desired information in a very intuitive way—it is a must have for home theater enthusiasts, custom installers, and video professionals alike.

Small Acoustical Spaces Addison IL

Much of what has been written about classical acoustics in textbooks has focused on large acoustical spaces such as concert halls, cathedrals, and auditoriums. Much smaller rooms that typify a home theater or multi-purpose listening room in a residential setting have not received nearly as much attention as those larger spaces, but we know that we cant apply the same large-room design rules and methodologies to these smaller spaces.

SnapAV's Episode Loudspeakers Addison IL

Featured within is a four-inch injection-molded polypropylene woofer (LCR version incorporates dual woofers), complemented by a precision-tuned tapered port, and a one-inch titanium tweeter with a specifically engineered second-order cross-over network. The new Episode 500 Series speakers are mated with the Episode CubSub (shares same design and paint finishes) or any Episode In-Room or In-Wall subwoofer.

Snell Acoustics IW C7 In-Wall Loudspeaker Addison IL

Here is the brief introduction to Snell Acoustics IW C7 in-wall loudspeaker, which is the architectural version of the Snell C7 floor-standing speaker. Read on for more details.

Sonic Enhancements Addison IL

The temptation is to think one speaker is louder than the other, which can’t be true because they’ve been level-matched! In reality, one speaker is probably a bit closer to you than the other, thereby distorting the image.

Sound Science Addison IL

The help ends up being a perceived good to the client, Grimani said. When you bring a third party who is an [engineer], a party who just wants to make sure things work well, it gives the client comfort.

Spicing Up Your Design Addison IL

We took two identical rooms in a hotel and equipped them with identical A/V systems. One was set up in a traditional way, matching the characteristics of a typical home theater installation. The other room was engineered, acoustically treated, and equipped with room-tailoring equalization. Attention was paid to a whole host of other little details to optimize the rooms performance.

Subwoofer Addison IL

Subwoofers intensify sound and really bring out the bass effects. Surround sound systems aren’t the same without subwoofers. Enhance your home theater experience and really make an impact change in your media room by adding custom in-wall subwoofers. Here you will learn what you need to accomplish the subwoofer effects. Listed below you will also find local home electronic stores around Addison that can explain more. Make sure to ask about A/V installation. You will want professional A/V installers to mount your custom surround systems up.

Surround Sound Addison IL

Surround sound systems aren’t just supposed to be in your media rooms. Mini home theaters can be set up in smaller spaces too. Most people watch TV in their rooms or even in the kitchen. You can customize and have multiple surround sound set ups. The technology is available and the possibilities are endless. Read on to learn more and check out the local home electronics stores around Addison that are listed below. They can answer all your questions and help you select from the multitude of home electronics that are available for you today.

The Momentum of A-BUS Addison IL

A-BUS works by distributing four different kinds of electronic information throughout the house simultaneously via one Cat-5 cable: a full-frequency audio signal, systems power for the amplifier, infra-red data for remote control, and system status information for the end user.

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