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