Managing Room Acoustics

Rob Sinden is the owner of Gecko in the UK. Rob's speciality is designing and optimising the best in hifi and home cinema. In Septemeber 2008 Gecko were appointed the UK agent for Steinway & Sons audio systems.

In this video Rob discusses the reasons we need to consider our home theater rooms. It takes more than just great audio equipment to deliver great sound. Rob covers some basic room acoustic problems and offers some solutions.

Two New In-Wall / In-Ceiling Home Theater Bundles

We just finished putting together two new In-wall Home Theater speaker bundles that we think you're going to love.

The ARTH-85C
Includes 2 IW8 8" in-wall speakers, a pair of IC5' for surrounds and our new IWD5C dual 5.25" center channel. All for only $127.94. Nope, not a misprint. For a limited time you save almost $32 on this great sounding system. Just add one of our subwoofers and your ready to roll.









The ARHT-P5
This system is gives you a step up form the 85C with 3 PTIW5's for the front speakers and 2 PTIC for the surrounds. With their adjustable front ports you decide how much bass you want from your front speakers while the positionable titanium tweeter deliver crisp clear highs. You get all this at a $29.88 savings for only $219.95. Just add a sub.




Check our all our Home Theater speaker packages here.

Hurry, these special bundle prices won't last long.

Help, My Flat Panel TV Speakers Sound Bad

If you're like many people the recession is not stopping you from getting a Home Theater setup with a nice 42" or larger flat panel TV. Your logic is likely that you'll save money by getting more of your entertainment at home rather than paying for a movie for a family of four. You're correct! By the time you've purchased tickets, popcorn, drinks and maybe a candy or two your out $60-$70. Do that 10 times and you've got the price of a decent TV.

Great Picture, OK sound
Flat panel TV's are geared toward doing one thing really well; delivering a stunning video experience. Unfortunately as they have never delivered great sound and as they get thinner there is less and less room for quality speakers. Bad sounding tiny speakers in your TV will ruin your Home Theater experience.

Getting Better Sound From Your Home Theater
The best way to improve on the sound of your TV speakers is to upgrade your sound system to a full fledged Home Theater speaker system. There are several ways to approach this from a simple 3.1 system to a full 7.1 system. To start with you'll need a good quality home theater receiver, we recommend either Denon or Marantz though many other brands make quality receivers as well. Then you can build your home theater speaker system out in one of 4 ways;

• 3.1 which includes a center channel speaker, and a pair of bookshelf or on wall speakers along with a subwoofer (that's the 1 in the 3.1) You can accomplish this by adding a center channel to your existing stereo speakers if you're happy with them though it is best to have these 3 front speakers matched.
• 5.1 which includes the same speakers as the 3.1 but also has two speakers for the rear surround sound.
• 6.1 which has all the speakers as the 5.1 system but includes 1 rear or back channel
• 7.1 which as 2 rear surround channels.

No matter your preference there are speaker solutions for your home theater to fit your lifestyle needs; On-Wall speakers, In-Wall & Ceiling speakers, Bookshelf speakers and Floorstanding.

Home Theater speakers will more than double your pleasure when watching your favorite movie at home. Visit our store for a full selection of On-Wall, In-Wall, Bookshelf and Tower Home Theater Speakers

Also see our Home Audio Primer