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Proper speaker placement and calibration is crucial to creating a spectacular audio experience in your home theater. Let iconic. systems show you how to get the most from out of the speakers in your Woodlands, TX home.

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<h2>Give Your Speakers a Tune-up to Make Sure You&rsquo;re Getting the Most From Your Sound System</h2>
<p>When it comes to your&nbsp;<span style="color: #000000;"><a href="https://www.iconic.systems/residential-solutions/home-theater-media-rooms" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;">home theater</span></a></span>, sound is just as important as the visuals on screen. Ensuring you have quality sound in your home theater involves more than buying the biggest, loudest speakers on the market; speaker placement and calibration is just as vital to creating an immersive viewing experience. Today we&rsquo;ll take a look at what homeowners in The Woodlands area of Texas can do to create an optimal sonic landscape in your home theater.</p>
<h3><strong>Right Place, Right Sound</strong></h3>
<p>If you&rsquo;re looking to create the&nbsp;<span style="color: #000000;"><a href="https://www.iconic.systems/blog/bring-immersive-sound-to-your-home-theater" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;">ideal sound system</span></a></span>&nbsp;in your home theater, the place to begin is speaker layout. You want multiple speakers as part of your system to create a multi-channel, surround sound environment. Start by placing your center-channel speaker directly below or behind your display, since the center channel is primarily responsible for transmitting dialogue.</p>
<p>From there, you&rsquo;ll want to place the left- and right-channel speakers so that they create an equilateral triangle, meaning the speakers are about as far apart from each other as they are from where you&rsquo;ll be watching the action on-screen.</p>
<p>If you&rsquo;re going for a 5.1.2 or 7.1.4 surround sound approach (that is, either five speakers or seven, with a subwoofer for extra oomph), you&rsquo;ll want any speakers beyond the center, left and right channels to be placed behind or to the side or you, preferably at ear height. For latest Dolby Atmos layouts, you&rsquo;ll also need at least two overhead speakers.</p>
<p>Finally, there&rsquo;s the subwoofer. Bass frequencies are omnidirectional, which gives you a bit more flexibility when it comes to placing the subwoofer. Still, to get the best results you&rsquo;ll want to place the subwoofer near a wall. If you can place it near a corner where three room boundaries come together, even better.</p>
<h3><strong>Time to Calibrate</strong></h3>
<p>Though there are best practices when it comes to placing your speakers, the fact is no two home theaters are exactly alike; different shaped rooms and different materials within the room result in different acoustic challenges. This is why you want to make sure your speakers are properly calibrated, ideally by going with a&nbsp;<span style="color: #000000;"><a href="https://www.iconic.systems/our-process" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;">professional installation</span></a></span>.</p>
<p>So what&rsquo;s involved in calibrating speakers? The first step is to measure the distance between your different speakers and the main viewing area of your home theater. You&rsquo;ll want to be sure the sound signal from each speaker reaches the viewing area at the same time.</p>
<p>The next step is to test the decibel levels of the speakers; this ensures you&rsquo;re getting the same volume output from each speaker so you&rsquo;re not overwhelmed by any particular channel. Lastly, you&rsquo;ll want to play around with your subwoofer settings to make sure the bass signal is also reaching your ear at the same time as the signal from all the other speakers.</p>
<p>The latest and greatest innovation in calibration technology is Anthem Room Correction. This new approach from Anthem uses signal processing software and a special microphone to &ldquo;read&rdquo; the unique sound characteristics of a room and adjust all the speakers accordingly to give you optimal results.</p>
<p>Anthem&rsquo;s patented tech is the result of their research into creating audio lab-standard sound environments in non-lab settings. Considering the variety of different surfaces and materials found in different home theaters, ARC is a simple way to give the audio in your home theater a boost without having to buy any&nbsp;new equipment.&nbsp;</p>
<h3><strong>Can You Hear Me Now?</strong></h3>
<p><span>If you&rsquo;ve invested the time, energy and resources into&nbsp;<span style="color: #000000;"><a href="https://www.iconic.systems/residential-solutions/home-theater-media-rooms" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;">creating a home theater</span></a></span>, it&rsquo;d be silly to not make sure your speakers are working as well as possible. To learn more about how iconic. systems can give your home theater&rsquo;s sound system an upgrade, give us a call at (713) 933-0606 or visit us&nbsp;<span style="color: #000000;"><a href="https://www.iconic.systems/contacts" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;">online</span></a></span>.</span></p>

How Professional Speaker Calibration Enhances Your Home Theater

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<h2>Change How You Watch Film With High-End Audio</h2>
<p><span>The first things you notice about a film are what you see and what you hear.&nbsp; While your roll down screen and lowering projectors take care of the visual side of things, your next priority should be how quality your audio is in your home theater.</span></p>
<p>Bringing immersive sound to your Memorial, TX&nbsp;<span style="color: #000000;"><a href="https://www.iconic.systems/residential-solutions/home-theater-media-rooms" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;">home theater</span></a></span>&nbsp;will completely transform your every viewing experience. With the current technology we have available, sound is actually more powerful than sound. It&rsquo;s the sound of an explosion that makes you recoil, not the bright lights emanating from it. That&rsquo;s why it&rsquo;s so important to have a high-quality sound installation in your theater.</p>
<p>Keep reading to see the various auditory features your entertainment space will benefit from!</p>
<h3><strong><span>Great Acoustics</span></strong>&nbsp;</h3>
<p>When it comes to surround sound, your acoustics might be the most crucial component.&nbsp; It all basically comes down to whether or not your sound is being reflected or absorbed in your theater.</p>
<p>Too much sound reflection will create an echo, so soft surfaces are needed to absorb the extra sound.&nbsp; Carpeting, frames, and furniture&rsquo;s fabrics and materials are great for this!</p>
<p>But if you need to adjust the absorption even more, mounting acoustical treatments and panels in the room is the next step.</p>
<p>These fabric-covered wall panels make sure you have no echoes and help to reduce the overall sound reflection &ndash; so that you have the best space for movie nights, at any time.</p>
<h3><strong><span>Immersive Audio</span></strong></h3>
<p>Your acoustical panels are key to helping with sound absorption, but you also want to make sure they don&rsquo;t obstruct your immersive audio.</p>
<p>Small surround sound systems need some audio reflection to give the audience that commercial-like immersive audio.</p>
<p>You don&rsquo;t want to block audio from surrounding you in the room, so it&rsquo;s important to check and see where your sound reflects in the room.&nbsp; With Dolby Atmos, you also want to add overhead speakers to help with the audio immersion.</p>
<p>Vaulted ceilings can also affect the sound.&nbsp; This area is the best place for those overhead speakers as opposed to upward-firing Dolby Atmos enabled one, as they might be needed to achieve that full immersive audio.</p>
<h3><strong><span>Loudspeakers &amp; Receivers</span></strong></h3>
<p>To get that high-performance audio every time you sit down to enjoy a film or TV show, you&rsquo;ll need quality loudspeakers.</p>
<p>Your theater will become a haven for the ultimate listening experiences with superb speakers from&nbsp;Wilson Audio.&nbsp; They offer stylish and top-notch options for any space, but would go perfectly in a private theater. They have special tuning technology so we can calibrate the speakers to your room configurations.</p>
<p>Your home cinema will also need a very powerful receiver in order to deliver that fantastic sound quality every time you turn on the system.</p>
<p>We recommend&nbsp;Anthem, as they have a variety of high-end A/V receiver series to choose from for you. With their Dolby Atmos receiver you can even upscale traditional surround sound recordings for better overall sonic quality.</p>
<p>Both can be easily controlled through your same automation system that lowers your shades and projector &ndash; and all with a simple push of a button.</p>
<p>Want to learn more about bringing amazing sound to your home theater?&nbsp; Give us a call or fill out our&nbsp;<span style="color: #000000;"><a href="https://www.iconic.systems/contacts" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;">online contact form</span></a></span>&nbsp;to schedule a no-obligation consultation with our team.&nbsp; We&rsquo;d love to hear from you!</p>

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