More and more people are buying flat-panel TVs for their excellent picture quality and slim design. But what do you use for a sound system? The TV speakers don’t give you the high quality sound you want, yet you don’t want to clutter your living room with speakers, wires and subwoofers. To the rescue is the ZVOX 425 home theater system.

The ZVOX 425 combines five speakers, two powered subwoofers, a 133-watt amplifier and the ZVOX exclusive PhaseCue virtual surround sound system – all in one cabinet not much larger than center channel speakers. It is a wall mounted surround system, perfect for use with flat-panel TVs.

To make it even better, the 425 is easy to install. It uses only one cable to hook up to the audio outputs or headphone jack of a TV. With its front-panel input, it can also be used with iPods, PCs, satellite radios, portable CD players, game consoles – anything with a headphone jack.  read more »

It has been a long standing American tradition of bigger is better. This association comes from the intuition that bigger also means more powerful. But modern technology has been steadily working to disprove this common perception, giving consumers the power they demand through space saving mediums. It seems that everywhere you look products are getting smaller by the minute, laptops, cell phone, iPods, and now even Atlantic Technology’s In-Wall Subwoofer has gone mini.

The IWTS-8eSub is a THX Ultra certified in-wall subwoofer system. It is not the first subwoofer system that the Atlantic company has released, breaking new ground in 2001 with their first in-wall bass installment, but the new format and design of the IWTS-8eSub promises better performance in a smaller package with easier 3 step installment. First the IN-WALL-8e is installed beneath the Sheetrock, after the structural build is complete, the duel woofer 8e Subwoofer module is installed at floor level, lastly the SA-380 subwoofer amplifier is installed to the component rack for optimum sound quality.  read more »

Harman Kardon just announced their latest home cinema loudspeaker systems, the HKTS 18 and HKTS 15. Both 5.1-channel speaker systems feature an elegant design and offer exceptional performance, installation flexibility, and come at an incredible value. The HKTS 18 and HKTS 15 include four wall-mountable satellite speakers with swivel wall-mount brackets, a center channel speaker and a subwoofer.

The systems have premium-quality woofers and dome tweeters to deliver expansive multichannel sound, and their appearance, with subtly contoured enclosures, a black finish and metal-mesh grilles, fit beautifully into any décor.  read more »

One of the best--- and one of our favorite--- loudspeaker manufacturers, THIEL featured some great new loudspeakers in a live multi-channel music system at this year's big CEDIA Expo in Denver. This convention is where you'll find many of the better custom installers looking for the latest and greatest in home theater products.

For those of you that may not be aware of THIEL, the company is a thirty-year old, privately-held organization based in Lexington, Kentucky. The company performs research, design, and manufacturing of loudspeakers for the highest quality home music and video sound reproduction. Its products incorporate a variety of technological advancements in driver design, acoustical construction techniques, and crossover design. All this is directed toward one end: to provide the most realistic sound reproduction possible.  read more »

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