Home Audio

Home Audio Setup With 12" Speakers

Nothing brings music and movies to life like a great home audio setup. Whether you’re looking for balanced highs and lows, crystal clear center channel dialogue, or chest-rumbling bass from a subwoofer, we’ll provide you honest, practical, authoritative advice to give you the best listening experience for any budget.

Best Floor-Standing Speakers Under $500

Polk Audio T50 150 Floor Standing Speakers in a music studio with other equipments
Those who are serious about the quality of their music and movies want to have the best available sound system. To that end, there are numerous options to consider when shopping for floor-standing speakers—first and foremost might be your budget.  This roundup of the best floor-standing speakers available at under [...]

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7 Ways to Improve Video Call Audio Quality

Video call young woman talks via video on PC
Technology is constantly evolving in new and exciting ways. These advancements have positively impacted almost every facet of our lives, but their conveniences have also brought forth accompanying frustrations.  Video calls are one of these advancements and are now one of the primary methods of communication. Whether it’s a meeting [...]

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The Best Bookshelf Speakers Under $500

A Single Bookshelf Speaker on a Stand
Bookshelf speakers are very adaptive. They can be stereo speakers for your turntable or placed into any channel in a home theatre set-up from left/right to rear surrounds. They can sit on your desk as monitors for your computer or sit in your living room for background music, and they [...]

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4 [Inexpensive] Ways to Improve Your Audio as You Work From Home

smiling man while listening to music on the computer
Working from home is a new development for many professionals, and numerous people have become increasingly frustrated with the sound quality within their households. Whether it's a tinny sound coming from your webcam microphone or distracting echoes emanating in your office, this poor audio can negatively impact your productivity and [...]

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Sennheiser HD660 S Review

A paid of HD 660S on Recording Console
Uniquely all-natural sounds from high-quality headphones A high-quality pair of open-back headphones has always been on my list of things to purchase because of the natural, spacious sound they’re known for. Now that I’m doing a lot of work at my home office, I wanted to have a pair of [...]

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Common Soundbar Problems (And How to Fix Them)

Soundbar Startup
The average flat-screen television is pretty slim, both for functional and aesthetic reasons. But the problem with a thin TV is that the factory speakers are not always as powerful as one might want. That's where soundbars come in. Soundbars are bar-shaped speakers that you can hook up to your [...]

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The Best Turntables Under $1000

Record Player with Orange Record near Window
Music is a passion many people share. How you listen to music can be another passion, whether by going to live shows, enjoying it in your vehicle with friends, or sitting in alone and listening to a vinyl record. Listening to vinyl often goes hand in hand with enjoying high-quality [...]

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The Best Speaker Stands

Black Speakers on Black Stands
At first it might seem strange to say that the speaker stand you choose is as important as the speakers themselves. The truth is, any speaker, regardless of quality, will suffer if not matched with a suitable stand; this due to a few reasons. The speaker must be at the [...]

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The Best Record Player Under $100

Technics Record Cartridge Close up With Playing A Vinyl Record
Odds are if you are looking to enter the world of vinyl then music is a passion of yours. Listening to vinyl can be a great hobby that can lead you to appreciate your music in unique ways. The ritual of setting up your turntable and having the needle drop [...]

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The Best Open Back Headphones

Grado Labs SR80e Open Back Headphones
If you are on the never-ending quest for the best listening experience, then eventually you will arrive at open back headphones. They have a sound all to their own that is worth hearing. Open back headphones are headphones where there is no material on the back side of the driver [...]

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