One of the most vital components to your home theater system is you speaker system. It is important to the overall home viewing experience that you purchase a set of high-quality home speakers so that you can experience the same level of auditory stimulation as your visual stimulation. Here are a few tips to help you maximize your home theater speaker system.
Choose speakers for your room and needs
There are dozens of options when it comes to selecting speakers for your home theater. In addition to the built-in speakers that will come with your television or projector, you can purchase as many auxiliary speakers as you think you need. Some people even purchase additional sub woofers to make the sound even more rich.
Buying multiple speakers will enable you to set up a surround-sound system for your home theater. You will place your speakers in different locations around your room, as directed in your surround sound speaker manual (some speakers will need to be placed on the left side of the room and others will need to go on the right.)
Many surround sound speakers come wireless so that you never have to worry about connecting or hiding cords. In order to have a wireless speaker system, you will need to have a receiver that connects with either your television or projector.
Speakers for your Television
If you are purchasing special speakers for your television, then you have plenty of options. Most likely, you will need a system that uses multiple speakers, either wireless or connected with wires. Your speakers will work through your television set using an audio in/out cord, similar to an RGB cable.
If your television set does not have an audio out function, do not worry. Look for one on your VCR, DVD player or cable box. Chances are that one of your units will have the audio-out function that you need to make your speakers work. Of course, you will want to check to make sure your television is compatible with auxiliary speakers before purchasing the speakers. Many older televisions do not have this function, but newer DVD players can be used in place of it.
Speakers for your LCD projector
Setting up speakers for your LCD projector can be much easier than setting up speakers for your television. Your LCD project is the unit that connects your DVD player or television receiver to the image that is projected on a surface. The LCD projector acts as an all-inclusive middleman and can even project your sound for you.
All you need to have rich sound from your LCD projector is a simple set of computer speakers. Set up your computer speakers using the audio cable for your LCD projector – it is as easy as plugging them into your computer!
If you would like to invest in a more complicated system, then you can choose any option, really. LCD projectors generally can handle the same auxiliary capacities as DVD players, televisions and TV receivers.
Make sure that you set your new speaker system up so that sound is distributed equally around the room. You should also be able to access your sound controls easily so that you can control the sound function as easily as if it were on your television. Many LCD projectors they have the volume function on the remote control. As always, control volume on your television through your regular volume control methods.