Audio Equipment Rack

Setting Up Audio Racks  

by Julia Brothers

1U 19IN Equipment Rack & Wall Mount Server Rack

Audio racks are just that: racks designed to hold your audio equipment during either usage or storage. Coming in many different styles, racks allow you to have easy access to your audio equipment while keeping it well organized.

Balance

Balance your rack by mounting heavier gear toward the bottom of the rack and lighter items at the top. This will help keep the rack balanced wherever it might be sitting, keep it from falling over as it’s transported, and make it easier to carry and lift.

Rack Cooling

Electronic audio and music equipment can produce quite a bit of heat, which is sure to shorten your gear’s lifespan is to allow all that heat to build up. If a piece of gear gets really hot – any kind of amplifier, or anything with tubes, for example – leave at least one empty space above it in the rack to allow for airflow. Remember heat flows upward, so arrange the gear in your rack so that heat-producers aren’t affecting each other. In some cases a rack-mountable fan like the Middle Atlantic Products QFP-1 may be necessary to keep things cool.

Portable Racks

When you transport your sound system to and from the gig the issues of rack

American Audio DB Display Rack Mount DB Display

mounting and protection come up. The importance of protecting your gear cannot be understated. However, you can scale your protection to the types of travel and hazards you are likely to face. If you are moving a small system from your house to the coffee house once a week, then soft racks may be sufficient. Soft racks provide compact, lightweight protection from dust and minor scrapes, while hard cases are designed to protect your gear from the hazards of frequent loading and unloading: the bumps, collisions with other gear and scratches, as well as dust and dirt. Some hard cases include shock mounts and some are ATA-rated for airline travel.

The most important thing is to take care when choosing an audio rack, as like any piece of furniture it should last you for some time. If the cost seems high on a rack you want, make sure it’s worth it. The improvement they can add to your sound is worth the effort.

Best Home Audio Systems

Best Home Theater Systems – Know This Before You Build One!

By Chuck Ward

Before choosing the Best Home Theater Systems that is ideal to you, there are a few things that you need to know first.

Best Home Theater Systems. Say good bye to your old school black and white TV set with earphones! Today’s sophisticated technology has brought us to the most incredible home theatre parts at present . Since your home Theatre System ( HTS ) undoubtedly might be the only entertainment provider for your entire family, why not give them a real specialized system to suit their needs? In order to provide you with most fantastic pictures and sounds, four main units are needed in your HTS.

Not like the TVs found ten years gone, there are various types available now. High Definition TV, Plasma TV and LCD models are to name a couple. You’ll be amazed at the choices available for you at present.

Best Home Theater Systems. The second unit you wish to look in to is the sound surround system of speakers. Since most Dealers selling electronic sound systemssounds systemsspeakers will also provide your fave music too. Better think about where you wish to position these speakers at home, to get the maximum distribution of bass and treble sounds. Don’t forget to try out at the wireless speakers too. Have it all connected up, you’ll have no trouble at all listening the before you decide on the best brand for you! Also remember that these

Hope you are beginning to understand the principals of building your Best Home

Theater System by now!

Best Home Theater Systems. The 4th and last unit needed to complete your home Theatre System is a digital wire or a satellite connection box. You want to subscribe to a local wire or a Satellite Service Provider. Make few phone calls around and you can get a list competitive deals and packages from most of the Service Providers. Some deals will include phone and web service too.

Here are several home audio brands:

• Sony STR-DH800 7.1-Channel Audio Video Receiver (Black) by Sony
• Sony STR-DG520 5.1 Audio Video Receiver – Black by Sony
• SonySTR-DN1000 7.1-Channel Audio Video Receiver (Black) by Sony
• Sony STR-DH100 2-Channel Audio Receiver (Black) by Sony
• Sony STR-DH500 5.1-Channel A/V Receiver (Black) by Sony
• Yamaha RX-797 Audio/Video Receiver by Yamaha
• Onkyo TX-SR307 5.1-Channel A/V Surround Home Theater Receiver (Black) by Onkyo
• Harman Kardon AVR-154 5×30W 5.1-Channel Home Theater Receiver by Harman Kardon

Digital Home Audio

How To Connect Your Digital Receiver To Your Home Theater Setup

By Thad Pickering

Digital home audio. In the not too distant past, stereo receivers were only used for connecting components of your home stereo system and switching between them, but times have changed drastically in the home entertainment field in just the last few years. Today a stereo receiver, or digital receiver as they are sometimes called, is expected to also handle video inputs from any number of devices and be able to route that as well to the TV set. In addition, today’s receivers must have the capability to decode surround sound and support up to at least 5 speakers and a subwoofer. That’s a lot to ask, and also a lot to connect up, so let’s discuss how to connect your digital receiver to your home theater setup.

If you buy an all-in-one home theater system package, you probably won’t have much problem setting things up because it’s all usually laid out for you in the instructions and the components should all match very well. But if you are putting together your own home theater package made up of different components then you need to plan ahead and buy the right equipment to get the job done.

Digital home audio. As far as the receiver is concerned, be sure that you buy one that has the number of connections that you will need to handle all of your system components. For video, almost all receivers give you a connection for a DVD player, a VCR, and a cable or satellite box, but do you also plan to connect up a digital camcorder, a video game system, or digital video recorder? If so, you will need enough inputs for all these pieces of equipment too. And you can expect to pay more for that many extra connections, but if that is what you need, the cost is worth it.

Now you need to be sure that the connection types are what you want too. Almost all video equipment can be connected through a standard composite connection cable, but if you want to improve the video quality you will use an S-video connection instead. Having a good mix of input connections between the two can be a good idea as most camcorder video will not have to be of the highest quality anyway.

Digital home audio. On the audio front, many digital receivers are coming with surround sound decoders built into the unit and that is usually the simplest solution. Just make sure that the digital connection for sound from your system components matches the input connection on the receiver. Usually it is either an optical or coaxial connection. Just be sure that whichever it is, they match on both ends.

Then be sure that you have enough speaker connections to drive your speaker setup. If you like to use the newer 6.1 or 7.1 surround sound system format you will need enough speaker connections on your receiver to power all those separate speakers.

Digital home audio. Once you have the right equipment with the right connections,

actually installing the receiver is a matter of staying organized as you go. It may be a good idea to label each cable set on both ends to remind you what goes where. And be sure to keep the polarity straight when you install the speakers too. Each speaker has a “+” and “-” terminal, so make sure that you match them up correctly with the corresponding terminal on the receiver or your sound quality will suffer.

Digital home audio. Following a few well planned guidelines and being as organized as possible can help you to not only buy the right digital receiver equipment for your home theater setup, but also install it correctly as well.