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Surround Decoding 101
Introduction Shopping for an AVR you're going to be confronted with sheer tonnage of surround sound decoding options. You don't really have to pick and choose among them since they're all included, but...
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Connecting With Your New AV Receiver
It's not that your AVR doesn't love you. It's just misunderstood. So you just bought your first AV receiver (AVR), and now you're staring in fright at the back panel and what looks to be several...
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Essential Audio FeaturesBasic Surround Decoding Today's AVRs feature a ton of surround decoding features from Dolby and DTS, from basic 5.1-channel surround decoding to several ways of decoding stereo...
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Configuring Your AVR
To someone new to the whole home theater game, setting up an AV receiver might be intimidating. It's the most complex piece of equipment in the whole system, and the one that you'll interface with the...
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An Audio Audyssey
The next big thing? In the last few years, video has been grabbing most of the headlines. Maybe you're not familiar with Audyssey, but this breakthrough acoustical-correction technology is showing up...
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HT Guide to AV Receivers
The A/V receiver is your home theater’s central nervous system. All cables and connections to and from your other components are likely to run through your AVR. It will manage and switch the A/V...
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Receivers vs. Separates
Are You Ready for the Heavy Artillery? A friend who went to college in the late 1960s told me that everyone in his dorm fell into one of two absolutely opposing groups: those who blasted the Who’s...
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How to Choose a Home Theater for Movies or Music
Selecting audio components is one of the more daunting tasks that any serious home theater enthusiast faces. On the surface, it seems evident that if you just go out and buy the best components you can...
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How to Buy an A/V Receiver
Of all the components in your home theater system, none gets more playtime than your audio/video receiver. But buying an AVR can be daunting for home theater newbies or even seasoned enthusiasts diving...
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Just the Facts: A/V Receiver Shopping & Tech Tips
Looking for that perfect receiver? Before you hit the stores, here’s everything you need to know in a quick-read format. See our Top Receiver Picks.
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How to Buy an A/V Receiver
If there’s been any real change in the home theater audio landscape recently, it’s been the emergence of the anti-AVR. From soundbars to powered tabletop systems to wireless streaming speakers that can...
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First Listen: Dolby Atmos Is "Right" At Home
The Dolby Atmos surround-sound format for home theaters made its debut this week with product announcements from several manufacturers and live demos in New York City at the Consumer Electronics...
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How to Buy an AV Receiver
Oh boy, the times, they are a changin’. With the explosion of integrated soundbar offerings—including some pretentious premium models—it would be easy to dismiss the audio/video receiver, once the...
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How to Buy an AV Receiver
Yeah, we keep hearing how the awesomely versatile, stupendously well-performing, and tremendously high-value audio/video receiver is going away, soon to be replaced by all manner of soundbars and...
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