You've spent a bundle on great speakers--and the sound still sucks. <i>Stereophile</i> magazine editor John Atkinson's tips can help get the sound you paid for. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve ...

If setting up a 5.1, 6.1, or 7.1 channel home theater is giving you a headache, calm down. This guide will soothe the pain and make sense of the numbers. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve ...

If you don't consider yourself an audiophile there's a good chance you placed your speakers based on where they'd look best—and stick out the least—rather than where they sounded ideal. Follow some ...

Placing the loudspeakers and listening position correctly is the first step toward getting good sound, especially at low frequencies. While positioning alone won’t eliminate the need for bass traps ...

Sick of that tired, rundown feeling every time you turn on the stereo? You’re suffering from a common cold-sounding system and you’re at your tweak’s end. Something has to be done about those anemic, ...

Accurately monitoring 5.1 surround sound involves more than just adding four more loudspeakers to a stereo system. Creating a successful 5.1 critical monitoring environment involves the right ...

Let’s deal with the “standard” Dolby Digital 5.1 setup first (fig.1) since it represents the mandatory standard for current DVDs and for High Definition TV broadcasts. (DTS, a competing system, is ...

My living room is a shaped a bit odd but I am hoping to make the best of it with good speaker placement. This is my first home theater system so any advice is appreciated. My biggest concern at the ...

April 2, 2007 A strong manifestation of Bang & Olufsen’s sound competences, the BeoLab 9 is the fourth loudspeaker from B&O that applies Acoustic Lens Technology licensed from Sausalito Audio Works in ...

I'm looking to redo the arrangement of furniture in my room and looking for opinions on which is the better placement for the center speaker. Below is a quick and dirty floor plan I created. Left to ...