Are you interested in using your A/V receiver to run a second pair of bookshelf speakers in the bedroom or den, or even a third pair on a patio, in addition to the main pair of speakers in your home theatre system?  How to do it, and whether it will harm the A/V receiver. 

Here's a surprisingly common problem—You've set up your new Dolby Digital/dts A/V receiver, a 5.1-channel home theater surround system and DVD player, popped in a DVD, and pressed “Play.” The movie starts, the sound from your main stereo speakers is great, but somehow the surround effects seem to be lacking . . .

Location, location, location. It's the mantra of real estate agents, and it could just as easily apply to your Center Channel.

Detail and intelligibility are among the prime requirements of any center-channel speaker. If you seem to have trouble understanding movie dialogue try these remedies:

Crawl around on your hands and knees. It may strike you as a bit odd to do this in the pursuit of smooth, deep, and even bass, but it’s really the best technique to find the ideal spot for your subwoofer.

Experts often refer to the listening room as "the forgotten component." A room's dimensions will have a profound effect on the quality of sounds that you perceive from your multichannel home theatre.