Installing Surround Sound In Your Home And Understanding How It Functions

By Linda Kershaw

Surround sound for your home is easy to install. You can either install it yourself or employ a professional. The wires can either be run behind the wall, along the bottom of the wall or under the carpet.

If you decide to install it yourself you should expect to spend a morning setting it up correctly and neatly. Before you buy a kit there are some questions you should ask yourself first.

The first thing to think about when buying a surround sound kit is to consider what it will be used for mainly. I say this because many surround sound kits come with DVD/Blu-Ray players built into the amplifier unit. If you do not own one of these but would like to or you feel you do not have the space below your TV to house two separate units then a built in one is for you.

If you already possess a DVD/Blu ray player then maybe a stand alone kit is a better choice for you provided you have the extra room for the box. The next is the amount of connections you need. If you have gone for the kit without a DVD player but want to play movies and listen to HDTV and play games through it the chances are you will need more than one input connection.

You will need to check what connections are the back of your devices to be able to decide what types of connections you require. Once we have this we can move onto the sound quality, this is the single most important feature of the kit that determines it's cost.

This is conveyed in the form of an output wattage from the speakers, the greater the number of watts outputted the louder your kit will be. The best way to choose is through testing the kits in store, most retailers will provide an option to test the kits before you buy them.

Now you should be left with a handful of units to choose from, from these few the choice is up to you and is generally which one you find most asthetically pleasing. - 31846

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