Buying The 5.1 Experience

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Sound can change you, every dialogue, every sequence and every background music you’ve never paid enough attention to, a 5.1 speakers will make every subtle sound impactful. Your background music will be full of depth, and every dialog will bring its element aloud with the best 5.1 speakers.

Looking for the best home theatre system may be a challenging one, considering the fact that there are so many in the market with different aspects offering many things.
Here are a few tips we’d like to offer to help you hone the best buy

Before you head out to buy that expensive 5.1 surround sound speakers there are a few things you should look into.

Aspects to consider

Room Size

Define the space of your living room, is the room big/ medium/small. You should check if the speakers that you buy will fill the entire room. There are different speakers for every room size, so before you buy do a thorough check of the loudness.
5.1 speakers start from xx watts RMS and goes till XXX RMS, so according to your room you can identify a suitable audio experience.
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Features
If you like to connect your speakers to a USB drive, or plug in your phone to play or switch between your devices seamlessly, you should definitely have a look at support options.If you want to stream music from your phone directly onto your speakers you should ensure if the speakers come with a bluetooth support option.

Input/Output

5.1 speaker comes with two types of input options auxiliary input and 5.1 input, so if you like to connect devices with stereo output then you should use the auxiliary input and devices with full 5.1 sound can be connected to the 5.1 input. For the auxiliary port the speakers should support on the fly conversion to 5.1 surround.

Design

The shape and texture is another added bonus you can look at in terms of aesthetics. Do check if the style and design is apt to your room. There are many types of textures used in a speaker to keep the sound compact. The best idea is to go with wooden enclosure for good sound experience.

Specifics

You’ll have a center channel for all audio dealing with dialogue or vocals, the channels on the left and right front are for creating the soundstage, it creates directionality, perspective, space. The speakers on the sides help define the ambiance in the movies or motion effects in soundtracks and the Subwoofer which helps in streaming low frequencies

Floor-standing speakers

If you like no fuss with positioning, the floor-standing speakers are a must to buy, they keep the clutter off and it’s easy to position these speakers accordingly for that superfluous sound experience. While these are standing you’ll just need to plug and play, while the normal 5.1 setup may take a while to figure or may even require fixtures for the walls.