Yamaha YPAO Configuration – The Right Way
Introduction I have been around to a friend recently who just bought the latest and greatest Avantage Receiver from Yamaha and AU$5000 worth of speakers but didn’t bother to read […]
UHD 4K Blu Ray – a year on
Reflecting on UHD Blu Ray as a format a year after its introduction…
Yamaha YPAO R.S.C – Take Two
Introduction In a previous blog post, I introduced YPAO R.S.C. (Reflection Sound Control), which is Yamaha’s room equalisation system. If you’re new to room equalisation, please read this post first. […]
The Home Cinema PC – Simply!
Introduction I love packaged media such as DVD – in the old days – and now Blu Ray. Packaged media will always have the upper hand when it comes to […]
Uncompressed Sound and Video are NOT Better than Compressed
The Marketing Machine Everyone was rejoicing when Blu Ray’s standard allowed manufacturers to include uncompressed sound on disks. Most certainly Blu Ray’s provide much improved sound but did you know […]
How to connect up your new Home Cinema Receiver?
3 easy steps You will need to follow 3 easy steps after you have unboxed and placed the receiver in your AV rack or other well-ventillated area of your home […]
What is Room Equalisation (EQ) and why should you care?
The Perfect Loudspeaker Loudspeaker design nowadays is advanced to a point where loudspeakers have a pretty much flat frequency response between 20Hz to 20Khz, which are the lower and upper […]
How to build a $300 screen that performs like a $2000 one
The difference a screen makes You can project onto a white wall and get a really great picture, but if you’ve spent more than $500 on a projector, you will […]
Recreating the cinema experience: Yamaha’s Cinema DSP
Cinema versus Home Movies are designed for the big screen and movie soundtracks for the big auditoriums of cinema multiplexes. When played back through a home cinema system in a […]
Yamaha YPAO and YPAO R.S.C.
What is Yamaha YPAO and YPAO R.S.C If you have a Yamaha Surround Sound Receiver from the last few years, it will most likely have a room calibration system called […]
How to choose the right display?
There are so many brands, makes and types of displays on the market today that it is rather difficult to choose one for your living or home cinema room. In […]
How to wire up your speakers!
In my previous post, I explained how to position your speakers for surround sound. Next I would like to show you how to wire them up. This is something you […]
How to choose the best positions for your Home Cinema Speakers
Positioning speakers correctly is important if you want to get the best sound out of your Home Cinema speaker system but it doesn’t have to be hard! What is 2.0, […]
You need to ask two basic questions when building your Simple Home Cinema sound system!
So many choices, manufacturers and specifications, but there are some simple things we can use to make the right choices. You really only need to ask two basic questions: How […]
