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AV Tip: Where to Look for Home Theater Help Looking for help setting up your home theater? Here's an overview of the best places to find answers to all your AV questions.

AV Tip: Why Do My Speakers Sound Like They Are in a Tunnel? Do your speakers sound like they are in a tunnel, cave, bathroom, auditorium, or the like? If so, chances are that you have some type of DSP, or Digital Signal Processing, going on in your system.

Audioholics $2500 Recommended System This system represents extreme value and emphasis on audio performance. At this price its not typical to get such high performance and great looks all in one, with some of the most trusted brands.

AV Tip: A TV is Not A Flood Light In stores, manufacturers purposefully crank up brightness and contrast, among other settings, to make their TVs look "better" than the competition. Here are a few tips to make your display accurate.

AV Tip: How to Avoid Blowing Out Your Speakers Every so often some variation of this question gets asked on the Audioholics Forums, "Will I blow my speakers if I use amplifer X with speaker Y?" Here are a few tips to keep your equipment safe.

Tip of The Day: Mixing and Matching Speakers As a general rule, we do not recommend mixing and matching different brands of speakers in a surround sound system. Even mixing different lines within a particular brand can present problems.

2013 Consumer Excellence Awards - Submit Your Entries Now! We've extended the Consumer Excellence Awards Entry date to May 31st. Manufacturers Enter your products NOW before it's too late. Remember, you gotta be in it to win it!

AV Tip: Eliminate Background Noise In Your Home Theater For the best sound quality keep the background sound in your home theater to the minimum.

AV Tip: You're Smarter Than Your AV Receiver Just because your new-fangled receiver has automatic calibration does not mean it is going to properly place your speakers in your room for you. Double check each setting manually.

AV Tip: Recess Your TV Outlets Lots of people are starting to wall-mount their televisions, but with TVs getting thinner there are challenges. One of the most common problems I've experienced has been power cord clearance.