Going to the movies is one of the world's favorite pastimes.
Thanks to the availability of better and more affordable
technology, it's now easier to recreate that theater experience
in your own home. But buying a great TV is just half the battle
— you need to invest in great audio as well. It's the audio that
delivers theater-quality sound that makes you feel like you're
in the movie when you're actually on your couch. Surround sound
is great because it offers a more realistic viewing experience.
Home audio and theater audio have come a long way in the last
century. In the 1930s, movie theaters had just one single large
speaker to deliver audio, and it was recorded for movies as a
single channel. It would be a while before we broke away from
monophonic sound. The real precursor to surround sound was the
introduction of two-channel stereophonic sound, where audio
would differentiate depending if it was coming from the left or
right channels. All modern headphones and computers can output
at least stereo sound,