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How to Locate a Powered Subwoofer in a Room
Powered subwoofers deliver the heavy, rib-rattling bass experience in home theater, adding dimension to the audio experience. Large and squat, usually half the height of a standard floor speaker,...
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How to Wire a Low Pass Crossover
A low pass crossover, if wired properly, can transform muddy bass into something more tight and coherent. Wiring these units in line with individual drivers, such as sub-woofers, is tantamount to...
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How to Disassemble a Speaker
Anybody who has ever used any type of speaker, whether in a car stereo, computer or headphones, knows that eventually the speaker will wear out and the sound quality will diminish. This occurs when the...
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Acoustical Treatments for Home Theater Design
Acoustics play an important part in the quality of a home theater. Besides high-definition video, good audio quality is essential to delivering the full television, movie or music experience. While...
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How to Connect Logitech X-240 3-Piece Speakers
The Logitech X-240 is a three-piece computer speaker system consisting of two stereo speakers, a powered subwoofer and a control center that doubles as an MP3 docking station. Independent volume and...
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How to Run Speaker Wire Together During Installation
Running speaker wire for home theater may occasionally require splicing a connection between wires. Since speaker wire is really two pieces of wire, each with a different polarity, it's crucial that...
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How to Hook Up Yahama PSR-292 Keyboard to Speakers
The Yamaha PSR-292 is a portable electronic keyboard that can be programmed with rhythm tracks and other special audio effects to accompany the player. When the four built-in speakers aren't powerful...
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How to Date Jbl Speakers
JBL is short for James Bullough Lansing, who founded the company. JBL makes a wide range of speakers and subwoofers both under the JBL name and also under the Altec Lansing and Harman Kardon names. Per...
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How to Fix a Torn Surround Stereo Speaker
A speaker's surround ( the foam or rubber connecting the speaker cone to the speaker frame) can tear for a number of reasons--weathering, deterioration or overuse, to name a few. This causes the...
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How to Hook Up a Live JBL-Powered Subwoofer
A JBL-powered subwoofer is a powerful speaker component that connects to your audio receiver. Because the human ear isn't capable of determining the direction a low tone is produced from, it is...
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Altec Lansing computer speakers are available in a variety of system configurations, from multi-channel surround-sound packages to desktop stereo speakers like the Vs220. The Vs220 system includes a...
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How to Build Small Speaker Cabinets
Most home audio speakers are limited to 10-inch speakers. It's easy to build a small speaker cabinet that puts out more punch than just about anything you can buy at the local stereo shop. By building...
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How to Make Homemade Speakers With a Plastic Cup
Speaker cones function to direct the sound emerging from a speaker into a specific direction. Directed sound is much louder and crisper than undirected sound. Using this basic principle of electronic...
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How to Install Bose Speakers
A Bose speaker has a small projector built into it facing the opposite side of the speaker grate. This allows audio waves to bounce and then expand as they exit the speaker, giving those listening to...
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Kenwood-Powered Subwoofer Troubleshooting
Kenwood-powered subwoofers produce a low-frequency bass sound to add sonic depth to music and movies played on a home theater system. The rumbling bass brings realism to action sequences and takes some...
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How to Use Wires to Make a Speaker Make Noise
A speaker cord consists of two separate wires that transmit an audio signal for reproducing sound through a speaker. This transmission must be powered by an amplifier or receiver to boost the signal to...
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Wood Router Techniques for Speaker Slots
In the building of do-it-yourself subwoofers, the overwhelming favorite type of subwoofer is the slotted, or ported, subwoofer design. The port uses air generated by the driver to lower the frequency...
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How to Hook Up Home Subwoofers
Powered subwoofers pump up the bass in a home theater for a satisfying rumble during action scenes in movies and music you can feel as well as hear. A subwoofer connects to an audio-visual receiver...
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Understanding Audio Speakers
The best way to shop for speakers is by listening to them. However, it is useful to know the speaker specifications and what they mean. This is especially true if you are shopping for speakers online...
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How to Install Polk Audio Speakers
Polk Audio manufactures a variety of speaker systems for home theaters, including floor models, bookshelf speakers and rear surround sound speakers. All Polk models are equipped with a pair of...
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