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LCR soundbar speakers?

My family room is prewired for in-ceiling rear surround speakers. I want to keep things minimalistic in this room, and like the looks of the soundbar speakers. However, because I'm …
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Center speaker placement

My current crappy center speaker is almost "hidden" beneath the TV. It's too low, really, and aimed out our legs through the coffee table. But I let Audyssey make some adjustments …
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How high should surround sound speakers be positioned?

For normal stereo speakers I aim to get the tweeters at around my ear level and pointed towards me. If I do this with surround speakers though, they'd end up being partially obscur …
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Centre speaker behind projector screen help

I'd like to get a projector, but with my room layout I would have to have the screen drop down in front of the centre speaker. I'm sure this will have some impact on the quality of …
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Relationship of room size, speaker size (, power), volume, perceived volume

So I understand that the common recommendation is to size your speakers relative to your room, roughly speaking. This is essentially because there is more air to move. I presume th …
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How can these tiny speakers have so much power?

This Logitech Z-5500 surround system apparently has a higher power rating than my Wharfedale floorstanders. I don't understand how this can be the case, am I missing something?
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What does THX certification mean for computer speakers

On top of my confusion around the power output of the Logitech Z-5500 surround system, it also apparently has THX certification. I associate THX with big, high quality sound. How …
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Speaker Switches

I currently have a receiver that has a second Zone on it. I have have a set of speakers in the Kitchen and a set outside. The second zone has only has outputs for two speakers. For …
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Why are speaker connections black and red?

Is there a reason why speaker connections, like binding posts, are black and red?
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I’m Speakerless. Need some suggestions…

I'm speaker-less after passing on my 25year old Wharfedale XP2s... Shame really because they doubled as 2 useful extra seats! (only joking but they were big enough) Here's my requi …
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How to connect two separate sets of speakers to my amp and switch between them?

I'm looking for a solution that will allow my to use one set of speakers as the main front left/right pair when watching the normal TV and another set of speakers as the mains when …
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How to connect speakers to my PC?

What's the best way to connect unpowered stereo speakers to my PC?
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How to output a stereo signal to a single speaker?

I want to use a single external speaker to get some music outside, can I just wire both speaker cables from the stereo into the single speaker or will this cause problems? Is spea …
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How to calculate impedence of speakers in parallel?

If I connect two speakers to the same channel of my amplifier, how do I calculate the effective impedence of the speakers? Will there be any problems if the two speakers are of di …
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What’s a simple & inexpensive receiver/amplifier I can use to connect unpowered stereo speakers to my PC?

Hello! I have two unpowered stereo speakers on my porch that I'd like to connect to my computer somehow. I understand I need a receiver/amp to power and convert the signals from …

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