Good audio quality is a key ingredient that can elevate any home cinema experience.Even a moderately capable cheap soundbar is, more often than not, leagues ahead of a TV's built-in sound ...

How to Set Up a Dolby Atmos Home Theater Speaker System. With great speaker count comes great confusion. Even in the days of 5.1-channel audio, poor speaker positioning was a common cause of bad sound ...

Samsung makes some excellent audio hardware, with the added benefit of syncing well with high-end Samsung TVs — this 11.1.4 channel model is one of the manufacturer’s flagship sound systems.

You can hook your TV up to these speakers in two ways: An optical audio cable, or a 3.5mm audio cable. We recommend going with an optical cable, which’ll give you the best possible sound.

Still, a 5.1 channel AV receiver and speaker setup is a cost effective, and more than adequate solution, if you aren’t planning on going down the route of Blu-Ray or HD DVD (any time soon.) ...

Once your speakers are positioned and set up, it’s time to fine-tune them for the best performance. Many modern AV receivers ...

Make your home theater rumble just right with our manual speaker setup guide, a simple, step-by-step walkthrough to getting the most from your audio equipment without needing to rely on automatic ...

On the Mini, the audio profile is more reliant on virtualization than the bigger Ambeo soundbars due fewer speakers inside. However, you’ll still get a virtualized 7.1.4-channel speaker setup ...

Initially, I set up a normal 5.1 surround setup plus two height back speakers. But that pretty much didn't do anything, ... so it must be worth it to invest in an Atmos set-up.

Home-theater audio choices from compact to component systems can be difficult to navigate. Here are the excellent options you have.

Let's start with 5.1. This is your basic surround sound setup, providing audio from around the room in as close to 160 degrees as possible. The 5.1 system has speakers at the front left, front ...

In this price range, a 5.1 multi-channel speaker setup (five speakers, one subwoofer) won’t sound as good as better models. The same amount of money can buy a much better-quality two-speaker system.