Does your receiver feel too hot? Do you have other electronics equipment that is uncomfortably warm? Does your Cable Box DVR skip when you are playing back recorded shows? It might be time to think about some active cooling. Most A/V electronics passively draw heat...
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the number of home speakers on the market these days. I know I was. Upon deciding that I was going to buy new speakers, I knew I needed to narrow down potential choices. To do this, I visited the homes of several friends–friends who...
After investing time and money into building your home theater or music system, you may discover that the source of the audio you’ll be piping through your home is more important than you’d ever realized it would be. In the past, we listened to music on...
In the past few years, new technological innovations in the A/V field have elevated the audio receiver from simply acting as an amplifier for one audio source by connecting to a pair of speakers. Now, you can purchase high-level audio receivers that allow you to use...
Many people find the process of pre-wiring their new house for low voltage systems to be both difficult and confusing. The best way to go about this process is to run conduit to all of your TVs, which allows you to pull whichever wire you want whenever you need it....
For those of us who use our HTPC, or Home Theater PC, often, it’s very important to have an HTPC keyboard to use with it. Because we have a lot of contact with our computer keyboards, and because our keyboards often bear the brunt of accidents, like falls and having...
