By Geoffrey Morrison When shopping for a new TV you may run across terminology and acronyms that you’re not familiar with. While meant to help, they’re often needlessly confusing. If you want the best TV you can get for your money, a working understanding of the most important terms i...
Read MoreMulti-room audio, also called distributed audio, is music that can be accessed and controlled at several locations throughout the home. Multi-room audio can be as simple as a second zone output found on contemporary surround sound receivers or as complex as 36+ independent audio zones with loca...
Read More(cont'd from Part I) As a reminder, one of our readers, Jon P. asked one of the most frequently asked questions we hear: What's all this talk of MP3s & digital music files? Why does it matter what format my music is in? In the prior post I talked about lo...
Read MoreOne of our gurus, Joel Rosenblatt, recently was asked a question by one of our readers. Find out what his thoughts are on this frequently debated issue: Hey Joel, What's all this talk of MP3s & digital music files? Why does it matter what format my music is in? - Jon P. ...
Read MoreDisclaimer: this post has been written by a woman, and that woman uses Pinterest. If you haven't heard of Pinterest yet, we're pretty sure you're a hermit without access to the internet. It's all the rage, yeah primarily women are using it...and we...
Read More(Continued from previous post: There are also a few wireless multi-room audio systems available which can make for fairly easy installation without the expense of running wires.) Controlling Multi-room Audio The most advanced systems typically use keypads and/or touch screensthroughout th...
Read More"Hey, I just wanna watch a movie. What’s the deal with this surround sound number soup?" We’ll define all those numbers and explain the various speakers in surround systems in order of importance and their typical roles: Center channel speaker – This speak...
Read MoreThis post takes a quick detour from the topics so far (information about several of the choices available to add better sound to your flat screen). In it we discuss “The Numbers Game”: From my last post – “But don’t judge the quality of any system only by its po...
Read MoreQuestion: I just got a new flat-screen TV over the Holidays. Should I consider some kind of sound system for it? Answer Part V: This post continues to proved general information about several of the choices available to add better sound to your flat screen: Choice 4 – Install ...
Read MoreQuestion: I just got a new flat-screen TV over the Holidays. Should I consider some kind of sound system for it? Answer Part IV: This post continues to proved general information about several of the choices available to add better sound to your flat screen: Choice 3 – Get a c...
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