A home theater installation will not only increase the entertainment quality available at your home, it will also increase the aesthetic value of your house. You may decide to design a new room for a home theater installation or you may choose an existing room. In any case, you will have to think about the best possible place to set all separate components of a home theater system to enjoy high quality entertainment. While planning for installing a theater system, you will have to consider many factors about the area of the home theater system, such as the furniture or flooring as that may absorb the surround sound processing effects of speaker system.

You may opt to purchase a complete set of home theater components or you may decide to buy individual components separately. However, it is necessary to perform some research to decide for the necessary components that are required to serve your purpose of high class entertainment through your own home theater system. Search and read reviews about “Home Theater in Box” systems and components of home theater systems separately and compare the prices before making a real purchase for a home theater installation.

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You can ease out the process of proper planning by drawing out a floor plan mentioning positions of all electrical wall outlets in it. Decide if you will choose sound speakers built in the walls of the room or will you prefer them standing freely on floor. You will also have to draw a floor plan for placement of screen and seating furniture arrangements. You may choose the modern designing and interior decoration patterns that will fit into the lifestyles of your family members. You may also prefer traditional designing patterns.

A professional home theater installer may help you in deciding for proper positioning of the home theater system and its components. For determining the best position for the projector or television screen, the size and shape of the screen and dimensions of the room should be considered in such a way that the planning may maintain high quality of sound. In order to avoid any distracting noise, you may prefer sound proofing the room for your home theater.

A wide range of home theater furniture is available in the market, such as racks and cabinets for proper placement of your home theater system along with all accessories including Blu-Ray or DVD player. Most of such furniture is affordable and attractive enough to increase the worth of a home theater installation.

In order to enjoy the best viewing pleasure, you may decide to install a lighting control system that will maintain the lighting in your home theater room. You may either plan for a home theater installation for recreating a sense of actual theater in your home; you may decide to plan enough for enjoying great sound effects and picture quality of your favorite movies and television broadcasting programs.

By planning for a highly attractive design before installing a home theater, you will be able to increase the value of your home.

If your looking into getting a home theater installation in Chicago give us a call today. Our home theater installation technicians can design you the best setup ever for your family to enjoy for years to come.     

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With such a wide range of components and gadget on the market for car audio systems, the big question is “Where do I start?”

First you must decide what exactly you wish to do. If you are wanting to build a car audio system for a daily driver (the car you drive back and forth to work) with good sounds, but you are not interested in competing, a system can easily be put together for under $1000. However, if you are looking for the all-out bass monster, be prepared to drop in some big bucks into your system.

One of the most important things to keep in mind when building a car audio system is planning. Get an idea of where you are going to place components, subwoofers, amplifiers, and power distribution. A lot of headache can be avoided with the proper planning!!

For the basic system, lets look at some of the components needed.

Let’s first start with the head unit (CD player). Obviously you are going to want a nice head unit. If you start with a good quality cd player, and choose to upgrade your sound system in the future, purchase a head unit that will grow with you. Some of the features you may want to keep in mind are:

1. CD changer controls

2. XM / Sirius controls (if you decide to add Satellite radio in the future)

3. Dual RCA outputs (carries signal to the amplifiers)

4. Pause button (important for competing)

5. Detachable face, or other security devices

6. High voltage line driver – this will send the sound signal at a higher voltage to your amplifier/s reducing noise and improving overall sound quality.

After you have chosen your head unit, you will want to make a decision on amplifiers and subwoofers. Keep in mind that you get what you pay for. A $30 subwoofer will be as big as a $300 subwoofer, but the capacities of each will differ greatly. Look at the power handling of each subwoofer and decide accordingly. You will want subwoofers will work with your amplifier/s (see compatibility).

You must also keep in mind the available space in your vehicle. Are you willing to give up your entire cargo area? How many subwoofers will fit? Decide on the size. Sizes will vary from 8″ up to 18″, some are square (Kicker), but most are round. Also keep in mind the resistance (ohms) of the subwoofer and make sure they are compatible with your amplifier/s (see compatibility). The subwoofer decision will also have an effect on the enclosure you decide to build or buy. For the basic system, I would recommend purchasing a pre-fabricated subwoofer enclosure. This will save you a bit of money and headache (especially if you end up building it two or three times!!). Make sure you take accurate measurement of your cargo area before building or buying an enclosure!!

Other components may be needed depending on the type of system you are building and how elaborate you want your sound to be. For the competition vehicle, figure on upgrading your alternator, adding a battery to your system (maybe more), running high quality RCA cables, power cables, ground cables, and speaker cable. You may need to add a capacitor to provide your amplifier with a reservoir of power for bigger hits from the subs. You may need an electronic crossover, an equalizer, replacement factory speakers, an amplifier for your mid-range and tweeters, additional speakers within your vehicle for staging, etc.

Article written by Will Reece.