Home theater speaker setup

Introduction
You don't have to be an electrician or an acoustics expert to get great surround sound from your home theater system. Just follow the steps in this tutorial to setup your home theater speakers for optimum sound.

In this quick tutorial, you will need the following items:

Wire stripper
Wire cutter
Sound pressure level meter
Speaker cable between 12 to 16 gauge, labeled AWG

Note: The lower the gauge number, the thicker the cable. We recommend the thicker cable if the speakers are placed far apart.

1: Introduction 2: Speaker placement 3: Toeing in or out of speakers 4: Stripping cable		5: Amplifer's side binding posts 6: Speaker's side binding posts 7: Software adjustments 8: Sealed tips

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