Hi all!
I'm fairly new to the speaker world; my previous experience has been with a pair of Kenwood speakers that are nearly 40 years old that my dad bought overseas when he was in the Navy, and a set of HTIB speakers that came with my Yamaha receiver and subwoofer.
I'd like to upgrade to something better than what I have now, and I want to do so without having to sell my firstborn into slavery, as I've seen several speaker systems that can be upwards of $10k!!!
Is there a primer, or "Dumb Guy's Guide to Audio Speakers" or something that I can kind of peruse to get basics that I can start from?
I hear all sorts of stuff about speakers, like you need so much power to produce a good sound, and matched speakers, and this "sound bar" technology that produces surround sound from a speaker that's in front of you (still not sure how that works; I was always under the impression that "surround sound" meant you were literally surrounded by the sound and had speakers in front of and behind you).
I really have no idea what any of this means, or how to put it into layman's terms so that I can understand how it all works together...Anyone have any recommendations or can point me in the right direction so I don't sound stupid asking questions about speakers?
I'm fairly new to the speaker world; my previous experience has been with a pair of Kenwood speakers that are nearly 40 years old that my dad bought overseas when he was in the Navy, and a set of HTIB speakers that came with my Yamaha receiver and subwoofer.
I'd like to upgrade to something better than what I have now, and I want to do so without having to sell my firstborn into slavery, as I've seen several speaker systems that can be upwards of $10k!!!
Is there a primer, or "Dumb Guy's Guide to Audio Speakers" or something that I can kind of peruse to get basics that I can start from?
I hear all sorts of stuff about speakers, like you need so much power to produce a good sound, and matched speakers, and this "sound bar" technology that produces surround sound from a speaker that's in front of you (still not sure how that works; I was always under the impression that "surround sound" meant you were literally surrounded by the sound and had speakers in front of and behind you).
I really have no idea what any of this means, or how to put it into layman's terms so that I can understand how it all works together...Anyone have any recommendations or can point me in the right direction so I don't sound stupid asking questions about speakers?
