Absolutely!  Most home theatre set ups have the ability to make music sound great, although you will have to pour a little care into getting it sounding great for both your house, and your style of music. For example, if you are listening to acoustic music you would not want the same settings as dance music or heavy metal!

Once you’ve set up your system for watching movies it may be worth sitting down and listening to your favourite album on it. What you’ll probably notice straight away is that it’ll be quite “boomy”. That’s the sub-woofer adding way more bass than most styles of music need. There will be settings that you can adjust on your receiver too that are already set-up for music.

This is actually really easy. When buying a set-up to go into a rental you just need to remember that it has to be flexible and not physically fastened to the walls. There is absolutely no reason why you shouldn't have great sound!

Firstly I’d look at the style of speakers you could use. A great choice are floor standing speakers or if these are too large you can get a nice satellite speaker pack and mount them on some tidy stands.

If you use bookshelf speakers we even have nice looking speaker stands for these as well.

There are so many options on the market so the best thing is to turn the question around and ask what you want from your speakers. For example, I’d say about 90% of the time my speakers are playing music, 9% ABC4Kids and 1% movies. For this reason I have some amazing, huge front speakers for my music, a matching centre speaker for vocals (including TV and movies) and no sub-woofer. The size of my front speakers (1130mm x 300mm x 420mm) means that all the deeper bass is comfortably handled by these fronts. As my music is actual instruments and not normally electronic music the sub-woofer isn’t needed. They are perfect for me. My sister however can’t see the sense in the size.

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Ask five different people what you should get, and you’ll probably get five different answers. “Which headphones should I buy?” This is because what you need will be different to what they need and value. Your ears will be a different shape, and your head may be a different size, what and where you need them will differ. Sounds funny, but these are only a couple of factors which will be on your checklist of things to consider when buying the right headphones.

A well set-up home theatre system should only need a very small amount of continued care. The first and most obvious is to give the lot a big dust down. Make sure the power is switched off and unplugged and pay most attention to the top of your receiver. This is the spot that will gather the most dust and over time, cause your system to overheat.

The next thing is to check that all the leads are plugged in nice and tightly and any surplus leads are removed. I like to put cable flags at the end of each lead if you haven’t already. The pre-printed ones are the easiest to read but even some masking tape folded over the cord near the plug will work well. A little fiddly, but one of those things that’ll really help if you ever need to move anything around. While you’re checking the back of the leads, just check the speaker cables are still looking nice and haven’t corroded. If they look a little discoloured just trim off the odd looking part and reconnect.

   

3D has evolved over many years in cinemas, and is now growing in the Home Theatre market. So what do you need in your Home Theatre to be able to watch 3D?

So you have decided to use banana plugs to connect your speaker cable from your speakers to your receiver. Installing banana plugs is a method that can really improve the connections between your equipment. You will also find it a more convenient way of terminating your speaker cables.

It can be really frustrating to find games, discs, controllers and accessories laying all about the house. This is such a common problem for gamers, and those with kids who love gaming. Now there’s no excuse. This cleverly designed storage unit is perfect for storing your Nintendo Wii, Playstation3 and Xbox 360, plus accessories (games, controllers, etc). Your consoles can be placed in the bottom shelf, while the upper shelves allow you store approximately 80 games. Hooks on the sides allow you to hang up four controllers (for Playstation or Xbox) and two guitars (for Guitar Hero, Rock Band, etc).

Does the thought of installing a projector yourself seem out of your league? It really doesn’t have to be. By following your projector’s manual, and using these step by step instructions, you will be relaxing in your own home theatre, watching your favourite movie in no time.