Audio
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Understanding the audio requirements of your room
The room is the biggest influence on any AV installation. You need to understand the space before worrying about what fills it. -
Acoustic treatments from Auralex
A US acoustic treatment specialist has turned its product-base into art. -
5.1 or 7.1 surround sound systems?
Surround sound is an effective way to enrich the overall quality of sound reproduction of your audio source. It uses a range of techniques to achieve ... -
What is an AV receiver?
An audio-video receiver lies at the heart of a home theatre system. It acts similarly to an amplifier, where it streamlines the audio and video inputs ... -
Evok-ative speaker designer
Jesse Costelloe is not a designer by profession but he has firm ideas about what makes a speaker look good. This led to him starting up ... -
How a sound bar works
Soundbars are the perfect solution for the transient crowd who value aesthetics. -
Good help is not that hard to find
Audio specialists are there to help you. Don’t be afraid ask questions and to let them work for you. Remember, the customer is number one. -
Audiophile-friendly MP3
MPEG Surround, or MP3D, is a brand new, feature-rich open standard compression technique for multi-channel audio signals. -
The horn speaker alternative
That ‘smaller is better’ has been pushed to end-users for decades, but now a Sydney company is going large – very large. Gavin Davids sounds out ... -
Affordable home automation
As times get tougher, and less people have access to disposable income, several manufacturers are offering viable and affordable multi-room AV systems.