Guide in Buying Subwoofers for Your Home Theater System
Generally, home theater systems have five small speakers that are known as satellites. Then there’s the large speaker known as the subwoofer which serves as the bass.
There are three kinds of speaker components a person shopping for his home theater system will probably encounter: there’s the bass or the woofers, the mid-range speakers and the treble or the tweeters. These speakers, when combined altogether, produce the fine quality and sound that make up a home theater system.
Xaviera Arata Editor of the Home Theater Reviews website — http://www.HomeTheaterReviews.me — pointed out;
“…These speakers make the surround sound experience that is similar in a movie theater. Difference is you don’t have to leave the comfort of your living room…” Added Xaviera Arata
There are tons of models and brands pitting up against one another in reproducing sound, you will discover that the speakers in your home theater system is what makes it so. Therefore, all the speakers you get for your home entertainment system must be a team. They must be a cohesive unit.
Before you get any speakers, try voice-matching. This is the secret to get the ideal home theater sound that you’ve been meaning to achieve. If the speakers don’t give off the tone quality that is harmonic to one another, then the sound will be disjointed the minute it travels from one speaker to the next.
Remember that the voice-matched speakers are a sure-fire way to make sure that the voices matches one another and that the speakers in your home theater entertainment system can be a family.
Some buyers go for the same brand. Sometimes, they go for the brand that they already have by adding an additional pair of speakers. They do this by contacting the manufacturer and checking whether the new series is still tonally similar to the one that they already have.
When you are assembling your subwoofer, go for the powered ones. There are tons of DTS and Dolby Digital soundtracks which offer deep bass or what is commonly referred to as LFE or low frequency effect speakers. Getting these kinds make the sound fuller larger and more life-like. Also pay close attention to other special effects such as explosions or thunder.
Go for power. If you have a lot of space in your home entertainment system, get one that has the built-in amp with enough watts to be accommodated in the room. The general rule is to look at the driver and the bass. The deeper the bass, the larger the driver.
“…When installing subwoofers, stick to the low-frequency sound waves because these are omni-directional and are flexible in transferring sounds from speaker to speaker…” Added Xaviera Arata
Further information, resources and unbiased reviews of home theater systems by clicking: http://www.HomeTheaterReviews.me
About the Author
Xaviera Arata runs his corporate website at http://www.OpsRegs.com where you can see all his articles and press releases
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MTX 15 250-Watt Powered Subwoofer $699.99 If you’re a demanding audiophile, then this subwoofer is for you. With exceptional bass response and 250 watts of power, every explosion, dinosaur roar and bass lick will make you feel like you’re there. 15″ powered subwoofer delivers authoritative bass for high-impact home theater audio Internal Class D amplifier supplies 250 watts of power for crushing volume with minimal distortion Active Compression Circuitry delivers teeth-rattling low frequencies without breakup or coloration and protects against harmful spikes to avoid clipping |
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KRK 12sHO Powered Studio Subwoofer $1199 Great performance, great power, great clarity! The KRK 12sHO Powered Studio Subwoofer is the perfect choice for professional studios where ultra-accurate bass extension and maximum sound levels are required. The 12sHO sub has a massive 400 watt amplifier and a strengthened version of KRK’s signature Kevlar woofer, the KRK 12sHO is the no-compromise way to hear what is happening in the depths of your mix. Subwoofers allow you to use smaller main monitors, make it possible to monitor the essential low frequency range and can be a great solution for space-challenged control rooms or mixing environments. KRK 12sHO Powered Studio Subwoofer Features Curved Baffle Curved front plate design virtually eliminates diffraction distortion Front-firing port provides low frequency extension while reducing boundary coupling and the unique shape is optimized to avoid port turbulence 400 watts RMS power for super clean and loud low frequency response Bypass footswitch control allows you to defeat the sub and provide full range audio to your recording monitors for use with a standard latching 1/4 inch mono footswitch Kevlar 12 inch Driver – High Excursion woven Kevlar driver cone Thermal and Overload / Clip Protection to prevent damage Input Sensitivity on rear of unit allows a high resolution gain range, labeled are positions for MUTE, +6dBu and -8dBu While subsonic frequencies are heavily implemented in some musical genres, all studios benefit from the use of a sub, like the KRK 12sHO, to monitor this low frequency content. With the prevalent use of home theater systems, as well as commercial systems in clubs and cinemas – production studios require the capability to identify and correct problems such as unwanted low frequency components, exterior noise, microphone rumble and vibrations. The increase of home and project mastering means many potentially great pieces of music are being poorly represented when played back on a larger system. When dealing with subsonic frequencies if they cannot be heard accurately they cannot be mixed accurately. Having an incredibly capable subwoofer is critical when it is combined with powerful near-field monitors, such as the Expose or a KRK VXT8 driven to high sound pressure levels. In a stereo configuration the subwoofer will have to produce the bass that would normally be generated by the monitors — that alone can exceed the headroom of an ordinary sub. In a surround sound configuration the subwoofer has to reproduce all of the low-frequency information from five or more channels as well as the demanding bass content of the LFE channel. These challenging applications can place demands far exceeding the capabilities of normal low frequency drivers and power amplifiers. This is where the performance of the KRK 12sHO powered subwoofer shines! |