Sound For Speakers

I’m looking to buy a surround sound system for my TV. I want to be able to play music with good quality, but also watch movies with a true surround sound experience. I was thinking about getting a sub woofer, a center channel speaker, and then 4 floor standing speakers for the left and right, front and rear positions. My question involves the 4 floor standers. Is it advisable to have floor standing speakers in the rear or would bookshelf speakers be better for the movie watching?

if you have room for the floor standing speakers sound better for music then the small satellite speaker even with a good sub. the small speaker do OK for TV viewing but for music they do not sound as good as a good full sized speaker. For the rears the large Speaker is not as important as the sound unless you are in 5 stereo is mostly coming from the front speakers the rears are just effects and fill sound so smaller is ok for the rears.

2009-06-01 09:36:47 by Spectre

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How are Bose Surround Sound speakers different from regular speakers?
The info im really looking for is what is the effect of the Surround Sound.

They have a series of baffles that basically bounce the sound waves around to create constructive interference magnifying the signal several times.

2007-10-26 20:00:31 by ELO52101

Price: $99.99

75 watts (RMS) of balanced power and room-filling sound
Rich 3D stereo in 5.1 surround sound, even from 2-channel stereo sources
On-speaker bass control lets you easily dial the bass level up or down
Multiple inputs make it easy to connect your PC, game console, iPod, DVD player and more
Ported down-firing subwoofer pumps out deep, clean, booming bass

We are finishing our basement and the speaker wires have already been put in place for the rear speakers, but not the front speakers. I have been told the length of the speaker wires should all be the same so that the sound arrives at the speakers at the same time. Is this true? If so, i sure hope the contractors measured how much was used on the other side. Thanks for the help in advance.

That myth has been going around for years. Please, please do not worry about it. Whoever started that myth never studied audio engineering.

Speaker wires need to be as short as possible and of a proper guage (probably 16 guage or bigger).

2008-05-19 12:02:54 by Skywalker_NatureBoy

Price: $299.00

Compact and lightweight-fits in your bag or backpack
Rechargeable lithium-ion battery provides up to 8 hours of non-stop music
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I have an Insignia 6.1 Channel receiver with 5 RCA 80 watt speakers and 1 RCA 80-100 Watt Subwoofer. I want to know how i can set these up for the best possible bass. I have messed around with the settings a little bit and i know i can change all of the speakers from a -10 to a +10 I am wondering how i should set these for the best bass. I have tried to turn all of the speakers down but the subwoofer, but the sound that comes through the speakers is distorted. Any help would be appreciated =)

You'll have to look in the "Insignia" owner's manual to figure this one out...But ALL home theater receivers have a special set-up menu...The section of the menu you're looking for refers to the SIZE of your speakers.

You can set your 5 speakers to "LARGE" or "SMALL"...And you can set your Sub-woofer to "YES" or "NO"...This doesn't refer to actual SIZE...It decides where the BASS gets played.

If you set the Sub-woofer to "YES" and the all the speakers to "SMALL", you'll get better bass...Also, the Sub-woofer itself has it's own VOLUME control on it (usually).

Also, try placing the Sub-woofer in different corners of the room...You'd be surprised that moving a the sub a few inches can make it twice as loud as before...But move it around and play with it...Find the best bass possible.

2007-03-17 12:29:43 by Julie

I have a surround sound reciever already. I just need to know i i need surround sound speakers?

Actually...both previous posters are wrong. If you already have a surround sound receiver. Technically if you connect all 5 (5.1) or 7 (7.1) speakers to your receiver, it will distrubute the appropriate audio signals to each. So if you have 5 speakers laying around, you can wire them to your receiver and it will do the rest. Now, it may not sound too good unless all speakers are the same or similar. You can also try purchasing just a speaker system for your surround sound. Try place's like Fry's Electronics or Best Buy.

2008-03-26 15:28:21 by ebrnic