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How to Budget for a Home Theater System
One of our top questions we get all the time is “how should I allocate my home theater budget to the many audio and video components that make up a great home theater system?”. There is nothing like achieving the movie theater experience in your own home. You, your friends, and your family will enjoy it for decades and our thousands of happy customers tell us their home theater room is used almost every day of the week. Watch our budget breakdown to hear our suggestions on where to spend the most - and the least - in your home theater setup.
An Elevated Cinematic And Gaming Experience
This incredible home theater and gaming room is situated in the basement of a modern home. It features a 130-inch projector screen, Sony 4K projector, and architectural speakers for an immersive cinematic experience. There is also a separate gaming station with two adjacent televisions, encouraging friends to bring their own gaming consoles and gather to play games. Watch our showcase video to learn more!
How To Set Up Two Sonos Subwoofers
Learn how to greatly enhance the bass of your Sonos music or home theater system with a dual sub set up. We believe adding a second subwoofer to a system will make a huge improvement in bass performance. While Sonos has its great Trueplay room tuning technology, there is still nothing like a second subwoofer.
JVC NX5, NX7, NX9 Projectors: Tips & Tricks Guide
Discover advanced tips for setting up your new JVC NX5, NX7, or NX9 Home Theater Projectors. Explore simple setup tips that will increase the performance of your JVC projectors.
JVC LX-NZ3 Projector: Tips & Tricks Guide
The JVC LX-NZ3 is a high-performance 4K UHD/HDR home theater projector perfectly-sized for more rooms and budgets — but don't let the compact size fool you. Thanks to JVC's original BLU-Escent laser technology, it produces 3,000 lumens, so there's no need to pull the curtains every time. Read this guide for tips on getting the installation started plus tricks on how to make lens shift & picture adjustments.
Best TVs for Next-Level Gaming
When you want the best TV picture for gaming, there is no doubt in our opinion, the choice should be Sony LED-type TVs. Sony LED TVs offer the optimal viewing angle & brightness with ultra-fast response times, variable refresh rate (VRR), and immersive sound capabilities that give gamers the competitive edge. Learn how to find the best Sony LED TV for your space to make your games come to life.
Best Soundbars for Gaming
As a gamer, you spend hours in front of speakers built into your TV screen. These speakers are tiny and lack the incredible details hiding in your games. With video games becoming more cinematic than ever before, gaming will be more satisfying when Dolby Atmos sound completely immerses you in the story. If you game on a next-gen console, take advantage of the powerful capabilities under the hood. Whether you play for team Sony or team Xbox, this article will explain how to squeeze every last drop of performance from your gaming system with a high-performance soundbar that wins the game.
Paradigm Monitor SE Series Speakers Overview
Since their beginnings, Paradigm has been known for producing high-value speakers. This tradition continues with the completely new Monitor SE series. You’ll find a lot of the same technology used in their more expensive series at very affordable price points. For the music or movie lover on a budget, you will be amazed!
Marantz 30 Series MODEL 30 Integrated Amp & SACD 30n Network Player Overview
If you are looking for a sweet-sounding all-in-one integrated amp that can drive just about any speaker, the MODEL 30 Integrated certainly should be on your list. The added bonus is how great it will look on your shelf! For those of you wanting to add everything digital or just put together a complete digital front-end, the SACD 30n sure checks off a lot of boxes for its price!
Paradigm Premier Series Speaker Review
The Paradigm Defiance X Series of Subwoofers offer up one of the best values in subwoofers. With their ART drivers, Anthem Room Correction, and powerful amplifiers, they deliver outstanding performance for both home theater and music systems. You will not believe the fast, deep, and clean bass they deliver for the money.
EPV Front Projection Screens Overview
EPV Screens ISF certified front projection home theater screens are a great choice for your DIY home theater. They have a variety of configurations, are easy to assemble, and offer outstanding video quality for their cost. With EPV you can get an ISF certified 100” 16:9 screen for under $999.
Home Theater Speaker Layout Options
Learn all about the different possible speaker layouts for your home theater. We explain the best speaker configurations and how to integrate them into your room with options for almost any situation. We’ll help you understand the Dolby Labs speaker terminology and what is best for your home theater.
Home Theater Lighting Best Practices
While many times lighting is overlooked till the last minute, hopefully, this guide will inspire some ideas you had not thought about and help you add some great finishing touches to your dream home theater room.
How to Pick the Best Riser For Your Home Theater System
Any home theater with more than one row of seating is going to need a riser so the heads of the people on the front row are not blocking the view for the seats behind them. In this article, we help you better understand how to optimize the riser layout of your dream home theater room.
MartinLogan Dynamo Subwoofer Comparison
MartinLogan has raised the bar with this new series of subwoofers. We feel that no matter how good your subwoofer is if you can not fine tune it to the room to eliminate room problems, you will never hear it at its full potential.
There are a few other sub manufacturers out there with some kind of EQ, but none have the engineering and power of using the Canadian National Research Center to develop their software.
How To Plan a Home Theater System
If you are in the market for a new home theater system or improving part (or all) of the one you already own, this guide is for you. We have brought together and organized all of our home theater articles to help you understand the available options and how they might work or not work in your particular situation.
