Introductory Guide to High-Performance Audio Systems: Stereo - Surround Sound - Home Theater - Softcover

"This is one valuable book . . . I believe it to be the 'bible' for high-end audio." --High-End Magazine

"Home Theater for Everyone is the best guidebook we've seen on the subject." --The Oregonian

"This comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of audio fundamentals replaces several reference works as the best single text on high-end audio." --Audio Amateur

How to choose, set up, and enjoy the latest high-technology audio systems are all given expert insight in this indispensable guide for stereo shoppers. Consumers today often use home-audio systems for both stereo music and surround-sound music, they buy multichannel systems instead of two-channel stereo systems, they may have HDTV and flat-panel televisions, and they have largely moved to in-wall and on-wall loudspeakers rather than floorstanding units. Questions relating to all of these changes are covered in a novice-friendly way, as well as Super Audio CD, DVD-Audio formats, and all of the latest surround-sound formats for home theater. The emphasis is not only on solving shopping dilemmas, but also on getting great sound from an audio system.