| In a typical home theater setup, there should be six | | | | buy the whole set at a time, so if you haven't got the |
| home theater speakers: two front speakers, two | | | | money, you can still have high quality speakers in your |
| surround speakers, a center speaker and a | | | | setup. |
| subwoofer for the lowest frequency ranges. There | | | | Your front speakers should be the strongest members |
| are two ways to obtain all these speakers: buying | | | | in your home theater speaker setup. If you have a |
| each of them seperately, or buying a home theater | | | | small room, choose bookshelf speakers. Larger rooms |
| speaker set. | | | | will require larger speakers; in this case, powerful |
| Home Theater Speaker Sets | | | | floor-standing speakers is the choice to go with. |
| If you're low on budget, you should think about one of | | | | I often hear that it is advisable to have the exact |
| these. But remember: don't spare on speakers, they're | | | | same speakers for surround and front. This is true, but |
| very important. There are lots of cheap home theater | | | | it's not very practical: movie sound mixes don't use |
| speaker sets on the market, but you shouldn't buy one | | | | surround speakers as much as they use the front |
| of them, because these are of poor quality. Usually, | | | | speakers. So, you can choose smaller and |
| sets manufactured by well-know brands (Klipsch, | | | | less-powerful speakers for your surround setup, it |
| Bose, for example) produce a decent sound. This way | | | | won't make significant differences anywhere except |
| you'll still not spend as much as you would on separate | | | | your wallet. |
| speakers. If you're thinking about buying one of these | | | | The surround and front units were good, old-fashioned |
| sets, read our article on home theatres in a box. | | | | hi-fi speakers used for a home theater setup. The |
| Going One By One | | | | case is different with our center speaker. It's a special |
| So, you're serious about your future home theater, and | | | | speaker with unique frequency response. If it's possible, |
| want to spend a little more on the speakers? Buying | | | | have the center speaker from the same brand as the |
| speakers separately has many advantages: it's the | | | | surround and front speakers. This unit is also often |
| best quality you can have, and another, often | | | | overlooked, but it's very important, because this |
| overlooked advantage is that you can don't have to | | | | speaker is used for voices and talking in a sound mix. |