I'm planning an in-ceiling speaker installation. The total length of the run will be about 100 feet from speaker to volume knob to speaker selector. I bought a spool of 16AWG wire, but good ol' ...

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In my years as a custom AV integrator, I’ve seen many homeowners placed in difficult situations because of poor pre-wiring by either themselves or a contractor. The possible pitfalls are many, but so ...

Learn what each audio video cable type is for and how to recognize them by their connector. Got the Home Theater system connection blues? It’s always a bit frustrating to newcomers and seasoned ...

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Do expensive speaker wires "sound" better? Not likely. Can audiophiles and causal listeners improve their stereo system by upgrading one of the seemingly simpler components, the speaker wires and ...

The humble aux cable or, more formally, the 3.5mm auxiliary cable, has long been a universal standard for analog audio signals. Aux cables allow you to accomplish such tasks as plugging in your ...

Contrary to audio cable marketing; anyone can cut, strip, and install banana plugs on speaker wire. The following is a step-by-step guide and recently added YouTube Video on how to do exactly that.

In Part 1 of this series on audio fundamentals (“Let’s Talk About Some Basics of Audio for Radio”), we discussed audio problems and how to handle audio transformers. Most of today’s studios don’t need ...

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