Guides | Room set-up | Sound
Best speaker cable and HDMI cables
The speaker cable and HDMI cables worth buying for a home cinema, picked on specifications and certification.
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Guides | Room set-up | Sound
Home cinema cables explained
Speaker cable thickness, copper vs CCA, polarity, in-wall ratings, HDMI certification, subwoofer hum and optical audio: what matters and what doesn’t.
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Guides | Room set-up | Rooms | Sound
Home cinema acoustics: reflection, absorption and diffusion explained
How sound behaves in a room, and how to use absorption, diffusion and bass traps to make a home cinema sound clearer, with a room modes calculator.
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Guides | Room set-up | Rooms
How to soundproof a home cinema room: walls, ceiling, floor, door and windows
A surface-by-surface guide to soundproofing a dedicated cinema room or conversion, from decoupled walls to door seals and silenced ventilation.
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Guides | Room set-up | Sound
How to reduce home cinema noise for neighbours without building work
Practical ways to cut how much your neighbours hear, from subwoofer placement and isolation to night modes and seals, without rebuilding the room.
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Guides | Room set-up | Rooms
Soundproofing explained: how to stop home cinema sound escaping
The difference between soundproofing and acoustic treatment, how sound leaks, the four principles that work, and the myths that don’t.
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Seating distance and screen height: where to sit and how high to mount
How far back to sit for any screen size, how high to put a TV or projector screen, and where in the room the main seat should go.
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Home cinema room set-up: light control and acoustics
Blackout, reflections near the screen, lighting you can watch by, and where acoustic treatment actually helps.
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Guides | Projectors | Room set-up | TVs
Projector or TV: which is right for your room?
Screen size, the light in your room, HDR and installation, compared so you can decide which suits your room.
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Projector throw distance and screen size: how to work it out for your room
Throw ratio, screen width and seating distance, worked through with a table for common screen sizes and a calculator for your own room.