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The generations alive now, especially in the Developed world, are all au fait with speaker technology to a certain level. Most individuals started buying music centres in the Seventies if they were old enough and that trend has continued and the technology has got better and better.

Acoustic reproduction has come on in leaps and bounds since the Fifties and Sixties when most individuals were content with a mono Dansette record player. My father was still listening to his favourite 78’s on a wind-up record player with a pin for a needle and a trumpet for a loudspeaker in the early Sixties. Then he bought a Dansette later in the Sixties.

I purchased a Sanyo music centre in the Seventies and he followed suit. The quality of acoustic reproduction on those systems was laughable in comparison with what is on the market these days.

The latest advance is surround sound, which was just accessible in the cinema twenty years ago, but surround sound speakers are a lot better now than they were then and you can install them at home without requiring a bank loan.

Often surround sound speakers are associated with film scores, so a surround sound speaker system could be fitted to the outline jacks on your television or home theatre system.

Home theatres are very much in fashion now that many individuals are having to stay in more frequently to save money. A small family that likes to go to the pictures once a week can recoup the costs of a good home theatre system within a year.

Whilst looking at surround sound speakers, you may think that the price is high, but do not forget that it is the surround sound speakers that transform a motion picture into a cinematographic experience. They also last forever if not abused.

Two tips: get the best that you can afford and buy speakers that will stand on the floor or can be hung on the wall.

Purchase quality rather than quantity. If you can just afford two speakers of fantastic quality, so be it, You can buy another one later. With surround sound, the rule is: the more speakers the better.

Three is the absolute minimum, seven is fine, but eight is far better. The more speakers that you have, the less volume you will have to drive through them so the longer they will last.

The above configurations will be written as: 2:1 (stereo plus a sub-woofer); 6:1 (front and back stereo speakers, a front central channel and a rear sub-woofer); 7:1 will add a rear central channel.

The good thing about this type of surround speaker system is that you can easily upgrade it, but you have to start properly by buying a recognized marque that will allow you to add speakers throughout the years.

One of the best speaker systems you can get are Bose, but they are expensive, but they are also the envy of any sound enthusiast too. If you want the best, but do not have the capital take your time creating a system of Bose surround sound speakers.

Owen Jones, the writer of this piece, writes on a number of subjects, but is now involved with Bose IE2 Headphones. If you would like to know more, just visit our website at Bose Digital Radio.

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