SECRETS Home Theater Q&A

Question:  I see speakers that have the tweeter in the middle of the midrange driver. What advantage does that give?

- Roy H.
Vancouver, BC

Question:  I currently have a 7.1 setup with Denon AVR-3313CI receiver and Infinity Primus speaker set (P363, PC351, P153). Recently I have decided to sell/trade in my Infinity set, and replace it with either a KEF LS50 or Goldenear Triton Seven...

- Abul M.
Ontario, CA

I heard some speakers at a local HiFi show and they were mounted on a single board with no box enclosure, so you could look behind the board and see all of the speakers, wiring, and cross over network. What is supposed to be the desired effect of mounting them this way?

- Steve G
Atlanta, GA

Speaker cones seem to be made out of a lot of different materials. Hasn't some particular material emerged as the best to be used or is it just the manufacturers want to have something unique to their own speakers?

- Tim, L
Orlando, Fla

Most TV stores have Ultra-HD (4K) sets for sale. Are the specifications established, so we can buy one without worrying that it won't work if the final specifications are not part of the circuitry in the 4K TVs being sold right now?

- Andy L.
Sacramento, CA

I have a Sony 3D Blu-ray player and LG 3D TV, but my Sony sound bar is not capable of 3D, so my sound bar is useless right now, will a splitter let me use my sound bar again?

- John L.
Keeseville, NY

I took one of my speakers apart and I saw the board with the crossover network on it. There was a coil of wire, a capacitor, and a resistor. What do each of these parts do to perform the crossing over? 

- Ralph G.
Atlanta, Georgia

I've seen new receivers that are advertised at 11.2. What are the additional channels used for and are they discrete channels or matrixed?

- Chris B
Oklahoma City, OK

I saw two receivers that I am interested in…both of them were specified as having 100 watts x 5 in the power amps. One receiver was priced at $699, the other at $1499. What might I expect the differences to be when the specification were the same?

-Steve E.
Spokane, Washington

I shoot my home movies with a HighDef camera and it offers me the option of 60i or 60p. Is there any advantage using one or the other as to how it will appear on my HighDef Flat Panel Display?

- Ron S
Sarasota, Fla

There seems to be some confusion as to whether the UHD resolution will be observable with screens 65 and under from realistic viewing distances due to human eye limitations. Is this true? Will the REC. 2020 wider color gamut have a greater impact on the average home viewer?

- Richard A.
Chicago, IL