How to choose hi-fi and home cinema equipment

Speaking loud & clear…

Part 2 of 3

Part two of Speaking Loud and Clear will be looking at suitable speakers for you A/V and your Home Cinema requirements. This includes ideal television speaker upgrades to full Home Theatre packages.

Speaking Loud & Clear…

Part 1 of 3

Speakers are an essential component of any Hi-Fi or Home Cinema system. How else are you going to hear the audio that’s been produced?

AV Receivers De-Coded…A guide to AV surround-sound receivers

The world of Home Cinema is forever growing. So much so, new and more advanced ways are becoming more and more available. <

There is nothing quite like a classic album played back from a good ol’ vinyl record. Aesthetically, they are stunning. Not to mention the fun of playing them. The touch, the feel and the general nostalgia of the vinyl record makes most of its users reminisce of days gone by. However, even though vinyl sales took a hammering as the CD became standard in the early 1990s; the record is coming back...this time it’s with vengeance!

The cassette deck, for many, was a very convenient format in its day. Cassettes allowed for an easy and simple method of recording a source of the user’s choice with very good results in a Hi-Fi separates system.<!

Apple’s range of innovative gadgetry has really shaped how we listen to music. The iPod dock is sleek, well designed and uses an interface which is both unique and elegant in its own way. <

Receiving you loud and clear…

Stereo receivers are ideal as they combine both an integrated amplifier and a stereo tuner in one. These both are great factors as you can have more equipment for the money and you can also limit the amount of space you’re using in the home. <!-

Yamaha AS500 hi-fi amplifier

The hi-fi amplifier is really the heart or hub of your hi-fi separates system, as it accepts inputs from all of your audio sources, and then selects them according to your wishes, allowing you the ability to control volume, bass, treble and balance and several other functions we will look at in more detail later.

The Silver Disc…

Background 

Philips and Sony proudly launched the Compact Disc to the US market back in 1982– 3 years after Philips introduced this concept back in 1979; Even though people laughed at how a small object was now apparently able to exceed the sound of the standard vinyl