subject: Surround Sound Home Theater Systems Points To Know Before Its Purchase [print this page] The basic motive behind using surround sound speakers in a home theater system is to reproduce the very complex sound tracks used in modern movies. It in fact creates a dynamic sound system.The surround sound home theater speakers are installed to provide a realistic and supersonic sound setup for music and multichannel movies.
The installation and setup of your surround sound speakers should be up to the mark so as enjoy the best-quality sound. By the proper placement of speakers and wiring, one can get optimal sound out of the surround setup. The speaker placement should be done properly so that there are two large speakers for the two front locations and the center channel speaker placed towards the video screen.
The ends of speaker wires are connected to the speakers, other ends of speaker wires should be connected to the amplifier or receiver. Subwoofers do not produce any bidirectional sound it hardly matters where they are placed.
Before stepping into the market to buy surround sound home theater system certain things one has to keep in mind.
Knowing about the basic difference in the technology on which your system works is also important. Please keep the following tips in mind before buying this system.
The 5.1 Surround Sound home theater systems provide the excellent sound quality with quality sub-woofer but its only one disadvantage is that it consumes more space.
The 2.1 surround sound home theater system has a sub-woofer and also two side speakers, but it needs software to start the surround sound system. It gives good quality sound and generally takes up less space.
Third one is the sound bar style, which can be easily monitored through the software. It gives good sound and does not need enough space.
One more important factor to decide about how much power is needed. The best way to decide it is by the size of the room through which one can decide about how big the surround sound home theater system is needed.
Depending on the user requirement a DVD player is added to the system or not.
After installation of the complete surround sound home theater system certain things should be tested at your end e.g. to determine the brightness of video image whether its too bright or contrast. One can check on the screen during movie scenes from live TV. It could be the white color on shirt or trouser. One should be able to see in detail within that colored area. Whether its too bright or low. This is the reason why controls rooms for TV productions and telecasts are always in lit in dim light so that the video images on monitors can be monitored in a dim or darker room.
