Info Seeking

[roSco_train]

can anyone inform me of any books where I can learn more about Home Theatre. I am seventeen and do not know as much as I thought I did. It took me about five seconds of surfing this site to figure that out.

 

[Leprkon]

a good place to start is here:

http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/learningcenter/S-Qqrln4GZ1zO/home/

after that, you'll have some good basic information and you can come back to this site and go through the articles posted. once you undertsand what to ask, this site is great for finding the information you need.

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

Clint and Gene do a great job right here on the main page. Check out their stuff.

Polk Audio has some very informative stuff too.

www.polkaudio.com/home/faqad/index.php

 

[Dumar]

roSco,

Clint and Gene, notwithstanding, it's audioholics like Buckeye and Leprkon that contribute a wealth of information to this excellent site.

 

[roSco_train]

hey thank you guys, I'll check it to it

 

[Resident Loser]

Things can't have changed...

...that much, soooo...

In the olden days of of two-channel, analog music, when I actually gave a r@t's @$$ and subscribed to them, the hobby-related mags i.e. High Fidelity, Stereo Review and Audio, would run articles that were a basic primer for the neophyte and they would do this at least yearly. In said articles, terms, specs and related jargon were demystified...of course, this requires a monthly visit to your newsstand to see when and if such info is contained therein...

I know Stereo Review morphed into another more A/V oriented mag(the name of which escapes me). There are those who eschewed such mags(favoring the higher-end TAS, Stereophile etc.) because they seemed to never review a product they didn't like, but notwithstanding such critcisms, it was one of the more general purpose publications and it served that purpose well IMHO. The more high-falutin' ones seem to take a basic understanding of the subject matter as a given...as if only the "inner circle' were worthy enough.

The one thing re: mags is that they can expose you to other products and upcoming technologies a bit better than a "book" which may be outdated even as it's published...websites DO have promise, but a mag is certainly more portable. Me, I have more faith(perhaps misplaced) in something committed to paper and ink, than to some of the "experts" in cyberspace.

jimHJJ(...FWIW...)

 

[Takeereasy]

A good book to grab from the Library is "home theater for dummies". Yes they do make a book for that as well. It's an easy to follow introduction that really does cover the basics well. Like Buckeye said the home page for this site has links to enough info to keep you busy for a long time. When it actually comes time to set up your HT I'd suggest a DVD called "Sound & Vision Home Theater Tuneup". This is an easy to follow guide to setting up your system. It is much more user friendly than the AVIA DVD, and in fact is made by the same software company, but it is not as in depth. It does a really good job of covering the basics and provides several test patterns and tones for calibration purposes. One note is that you will want to strangle the male actor if you have to watch the video more than once. There are a ton of cool extras on the DVD though.

 

[nm2285]

Crutchfield and Polk were excellent recommendations for basic information on home theater. Also, remember to come to the beginner's forum whenever you have a question. Never be afraid to ask, we all had to start somewhere!