We recently did a theatre re-design for a client and when we removed the in-wall rear speakers the foam rubber surrounds of the woofers (bass speaker) had almost disintegrated! These were 13 year old speakers from ENERGY, a very reputable manufacturer of boxed loudspeakers, but not one known for their in wall speakers. ENERGY was not the only manufacturer using the same construction methods for their architectural speakers, they were one of the “better” ones built in the 80′s and 90′s, some were built to a lot lower standard than the ENERGY’s.

The good news is that these speakers can be replaced very easily with speakers designed for the in-wall, in ceiling conditions in the home. SpeakerCraft is one of the few companies that offer a LIFETIME warranty on their speakers. How can they do this? Easy, SpeakerCraft is an architectural loudspeaker manufacturer. They don’t do it as a sideline, they are the worlds best in-wall, in-ceiling speaker manufacturer on the planet and the speakers are made to last a lifetime.

So tomorrow get out the step stool and take one of the grills off your speakers and when you see the shape they are in give us a call!

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They had connected the Rogers box and the PS3 directly to the TV and used the TV’s fibre optic output for the audio signal back to the digital receiver.

Digital audio video receivers are designed to be the central distributor for all signals in today’s digital theatre world. In most cases they are equipped with two or more HDMI inputs and at least one HDMI output to connect to the TV. Most TV’s do not send the surround sound component of the audio fed into the TV by a HDMI cable. The reason for this has to do with the digital copy protection (HDCP) that all manufacturers have to adhere to these days to prevent digital duplication of digital audio and video signals. Once the TV has received an unaltered HDMI signal from the source device it does not send the audio back out without alteration – it turns it into stereo sound and in some cases (some protected Blu-ray discs) it will refuse to output audio from the fibre optic (toslink) output entirely!

A Digital audio receiver is a little differently designed, in that it can receive the audio and video signals from the HDMI input, extract and process the audio the way it was meant to be heard and because the HDCP circuit realizes that the Digital receiver cannot in itself show you the picture the video signal is passed along unaltered to the TV.

A lot of Blu-ray discs are using Dolby Tru HD and DTS Master Audio. Both of these systems use higher sampling bit rates resulting in as close to the theatre sound at home as we can get (so far). A lot of the new audio video receivers have the capability to play this soundtrack. When the source componnent is not hooked up directly to the audio video receiver via HDMI you will NOT hear these audio improvements in Blu-ray sound.

More on DTS Master Audio and Dolby Tru HD in upcoming posts.

If you are in doubt, call us or send us an email.

SpeakerCraft www.speakercraft.com is the worlds leading manufacturer of quality home and commercial speaker systems. Other companies may venture into architectural speaker systems as a sideline, but at SpeakerCraft, it is the MAIN line!

When you want the best sound, the latest technology and the best reputation in the industry you deserve SpeakerCraft!

Wired1 is the exclusive dealer for SpeakerCraft in New Brunswick, and our low overhead guarantees you the best prices along with the best service in the industry.

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So, What can you do? If you follow the bait given by the television manufacturers you buy one of their “HTB” (Home Theatre in a Box) systems. Although very cosmetically pleasing, these systems generally suffer from some major shortcomings. The Blu-ray player is usually “built-in”, so if you have a Blu-ray failure you have a complete system failure! There is a decided lack of inputs for other source components, CD player, computer, satellite etc. And most importantly THEY DON”T SOUND GOOD!! Even though you get 5-7 speakers and what they laughingly call a “subwoofer” they are very cheaply made and usually are made with thin plastic cabinets. In most cases the actual speaker is one paper cone speaker – no tweeter and no crossover. Give one a tap, and the hollow sound you hear will be passed along to any sound this speaker makes when it’s playing. These systems will move sound around your room but it sure isn’t going to be anywhere like the audio that the producers planned for their production!

Look at some of the systems made by NON TV manufacturers and usually you will find that for a little bit more $ you get a whole lot more performance! This is a system that you are going to live with for the next 10 years or more – do yourself and your ears a favour, check them out. You’ll be glad you did!

Looking for a network audio solution? Check out the really cool N7. A killer network audio system with a built in CD player and IPod/IPhone dock. This unit sounds great with the add on speakers, or you can use speakers that you already own! It even has a subwoofer output if you really wanna rock!

This unit has 3 “switchable” inputs, including a digital fibre optic input, unlike the competitors that only give you one analog “auto-sensing” input.

It has a “real” 65 watts/channel output and the ability to link 5 of these up for multi room multi source entertainment. Of course you can operate them all with your IPod Touch, IPhone or IPad from anywhere in the world via the Denon Air-Play app.

Definitive Technology speakers are a perfect fit for our clientèle, whether they are looking for true audiophile stand alone loudspeakers or theatre/in-wall or in-ceiling applications. These speakers offer performance and innovation well beyond their price tag!

You can visit Definite Technologies website here: http://www.definitivetech.com/

It dawned on my why I didn’t go to the movies! For $25 I can have a movie, a pizza, a great seat and a screen quality that rivals the theatre both in size and sharpness, I can pause to get another drink, I’m always in the best seat in the house and I watch the movie, or maybe 2, that I want to watch at the volume level I like!

It doesn’t take long to pay for a home theatre at +$25 a throw (that’s for 2), I can’t imagine what a family of 5 would cost!