| So you are jonesing for that new surrounf system to | | | | to the speakers by the amplifiers. There are several |
| make your home theatre or car the place for the best | | | | multichannel formats, including Super Audio CD and |
| entertainment. Guess what...you are not alone. As I | | | | DVD Audio on music discs, and Dolby Digital on movie |
| have found out, it seems to be a trend that is now | | | | discs." With the newer technology it is becoming easier |
| spreading into many locations. | | | | are more cost affective to add these luxuries to one`s |
| The integration of technology in the hotel industry is | | | | vehicle. |
| ever increasing. In a recent article in Hotel and Motel | | | | So how does the technologically challenged wire their |
| Management, Christine Blank writes, "technology is a | | | | homes for the best experience? John Sciacca of |
| focus of hotels when they decide to build or renovate | | | | Sound & Vision Magazine says, "to ensure that quality |
| convention spaces." Blank continues, "Harrah`s New | | | | sound is distributed around a home you should use |
| Orleans Hotel and Casino added electronic gadgets | | | | large speakers with more of them in big rooms and |
| like electronic draperies, automated lighting and dimmer | | | | areas where the sound system is to be played louder." |
| systems, and 60-inch liquid crystal display (LCD) | | | | Sciacca goes onto to add, "ceiling speakers must not |
| screens to their meeting space. An upgraded | | | | be lined up with light cans or ceiling or in any rooms like |
| acoustical system was added to the ballroom of the | | | | the kitchen, where the listening position is constantly |
| Rosen Shingle Creek." | | | | changing." These little tips will add a more enjoyable |
| Of course, surround sound is no longer just the option | | | | listening experience. Lastly,Sciacca, mentions "that a |
| for the home. Manufacturer`s are now making | | | | remote control is necessary for the efficient |
| surround sound available to your car stereo and DVD | | | | functioning of a surround sound system." And as all |
| systems. The New York Times reported recently that, | | | | men (and some women) know, how in the world did |
| "multichannel surround sound systems in automobiles", | | | | we ever live without one. |
| are becoming readily available. The report went onto | | | | Surround sound is the wave of the now, and in the |
| to say that "in a multichannel sound system in a car, a | | | | future you will be hard pressed to find anyone`s home |
| Compact Disc (CD) player or a Digital Video Disc | | | | not wired for this once reserved for luxury enjoyment |
| (DVD) player has to decode and separate six or more | | | | By: Bruce A. |
| audio signals from a disc, which are steered individually | | | | |