| Outside of the quality of the screen or the display | | | | typical surround sound system, you have 4 high-range |
| technology that you choose for your big screen | | | | speakers. It is usually recommended that these be |
| system, your choice of the right home theatre | | | | hung from the ceiling in the four corners of the room |
| speakers is probably the next most important choice | | | | where the big screen system is located. Next you |
| you can make. Why? Because good quality audio | | | | have 1 or 2 mid-range speakers, which I usually put on |
| combined with the big screen reality of the visual make | | | | either side of the big screen, about 1 to 1.5 feet away |
| for the total ultimate big screen experience, and the | | | | from the edge. Finally, the sub-woofer is located on the |
| audio component is not a place where you want to | | | | floor next to the big screen itself, ideally elevated off |
| cheap out. | | | | the floor on some kind of decorative platform about 4 |
| Your surround sound system should be at least Dolby | | | | to 6 inches. Now all of this said, much of this will of |
| 5.1, and with the latest technologies available, it's not a | | | | course depend on the makeup and characteristics of |
| quantum leap in price to go with a Dolby 7.1 system. A | | | | the room you have designated to house your big |
| system like this "divides" the sound going to your | | | | screen and home theatre speakers, but this can be |
| speakers, so that the high ranges go through these | | | | viewed as a general rule of thumb. |
| speakers, the mid-ranges go through those other | | | | If running cables all over is not your idea of a good |
| speakers, and the bass is pumped through a | | | | time, one of your options here is to use a wireless |
| footstool-sized sub-woofer. If you wanted to, you | | | | system. This consists of a wireless transmitter near |
| could even go the extra mile with your home theatre | | | | your surround sound amplifer, and a wireless receiver |
| speakers and look into expanding your audio system | | | | that your home theatre speakers plug in to. Where this |
| with "Bass Shakers" which are attached to your | | | | type of setup is most useful is in the ceiling-mounted |
| loungers and/or sofas, which is further detailed at this | | | | high-range speakers, since it is generally a major pain in |
| site in the home theatre seating article. | | | | the backside to run physical wiring through drywall, into |
| But the key here is the use of surround sound, which | | | | the attic, then drop it again through the ceiling at |
| uses technology to make it appear that the sound is | | | | exactly the right place. If your home carpentry skills are |
| coming from all around you. Of course, a key | | | | a bit on the lean side, you may wish to consider a |
| component in allowing your home theatre speakers to | | | | wireless setup for those speakers. |
| emulate this is the placement of the speakers. In a | | | | |