Why is my home audio receiver volume so low?
[2008-12-28 11:13:14]

Q: I have a 5 year old Kenwood VR-5080 home audio receiver that is properly hooked up to two functioning speakers that are correctly connected. Regardless of what input the sound is coming from the output volume to the speakers is extremely low. The volume range is from +13 at the loudest to -100. Only when the volume is turned to 0 or greater does any sound come out and it is still very quiet (normally -25 is quite loud)? What is wrong?

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Can I hook my car subwoofer up to my home audio receiver?
[2008-01-18 21:06:36]

I know that most home audio receivers are 8 ohms, well I have a dual voice coil sub and each is rated at 4 ohms, so if I wire it to 8 ohms like this - http://www.the12volt.com/caraudio/woofer_configurations.asp?Q=1&I=42 - Would I be able to plug my sub directly into the back of my audio receiver in my house?


hey yes u can

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Hi do I need " Home Audio Receiver" if I want to hook up surround sound speakers for home theater?
[2008-03-03 02:51:39]

Hi I want to upgrade my HDTV & I want buy home surround sound speakers from Bose. It has 5 speakers & it cost $499.99. If I decide to buy it, do I also need to buy a "Home Audio Receiver" too?

Thank you! :)


For clarification you will need a "Home Theater Receiver". A Home Audio Receiver is typically two channels only, a left and a right. A Home Theater Receiver has five to seven channels of decoding. Five channels is the minimal industry standard of surround sound.
Look for a home theater receiver that decodes both Dobly digital and DTS audio. Most in todays stores will do this.
Keep in mind that surround sound only works with DVDs and a few movies that air on premium networks and some HD channels. Most television shows are recorded in stereo which is a left and right channel only.
Once you have a home theater receiver, you will need the front left, center, right , right surround,and left surroundspeakers to consider plus a subwoofer that you will need.
After that the DVD player will round out one of the final pieces of equipment you will need other than your tv.

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What should i look for in a good home audio receiver?
[2008-11-09 20:49:07]

Price really dosent matter but what i'am really bugs me is i cant find a reciever thats "not" HHHUUUGGGEEE! if anyone can tell me, what to look for in a good receiver, and if they know of a good one thats roughly 18 inches wide and 5'1/2 inches tall, that would be great!!!


Look for the number of channels it has. Either 5.1 or 7.1
Look for the wattage or power of the receiver. They are sometimes listed in different standards. Some list peak power and others list theirs by RMS. Also look at the output impedance of the receiver and get one that matches your speakers.

Look for low THD (total harmonic distortion) and then look at the inputs and outputs that it has and pick the one that has at least the minimum number of in/outputs that you need.

Once you have determined what you want, then shop around for price.

good luck

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