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If you've got a room that's big enough to set up a dedicated 1080p home theater projector room, you may also have the space needed to handle a 7.2 speaker system -- IF you can properly (pre-)wire for it. (Most smaller size rooms can "get away with" 5.1 speakers.) Onkyo and Yamaha now each offer multiple models of home theater receiver
with dual subwoofer outputs and Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio surround sound decoding. 7.1 channel surround sound is common on Blu-ray Discs, and having dual subs will more evenly disperse low frequency bass effects throughout your room. For example, for about $5000, you can be the proud owner of the high-performance 7.2 channel Epic 80 / 500 home theater speaker system by Axiom Audio pictured below in Boston Cherry.
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Voice-matching To experience the best sounding and most-realistic cinema-like digital surround sound audio effects from your home theater, you should always try to set up a voice-matched speaker system. The easiest and surest way to do that is to make sure that all surround sound speakers (left, center channel, right, side/rear surround speakers, and back surrounds) are from the same brand and series. Depending on your particular home theater room constraints, you can mix and match types of speakers, including in-wall/ceiling speakers, floorstanding/tower speakers, smaller bookshelf speakers (perhaps atop stands), and compact wall-mountable
di-pole/ bi-pole/ satellite speakers. You can usually purchase another brand of powered subwoofer if you prefer.
Where To Buy To be sure that you get the full manufacturer's warranty on your speaker purchase, we recommend that you buy your speakers from an authorized dealer. Some of the very best online stores to comparison shop a wide selection of home theater speakers are Abt Electronics, In Wall Store, J&R, OneCall, Parts Express, Vann's Electronics, and Amazon.com. |
