Selecting the best audio speakers for your home entertainment center can be a challenge due to an almost endless variety of speaker types and sizes. Today it seems there are no rules in building a home entertainment center. If building an audio system for your home theater, you might go with a 5.1 or 7.1 system. A typical surround sound speaker system will be composed of four or six satellite speakers and a good subwoofer and center channel speaker. The satellite speakers can range from small pod style speakers to familiar looking bookshelf and tower speakers. The bass normally would be from a powered subwoofer.
Most of us have to compromise to one degree or another. One good way to keep the wife happy while still being able to experience the theater type experience when viewing movies is to use smaller, satellite speakers in the side and rear positions. These smaller cube style speakers might be as small as three or four inches. Most family rooms can easily accommodate a pair of high end audio speakers such as tower or even bookshelf speakers for the front channels of your entertainment center. The tower speakers also are capable of producing the full range of sound from your favorite movies as well as the most popular music. While the smaller satellite speakers are easily hid, they provide the surround sound.
A good subwoofer will still be needed to provide the bass and sub-bass frequencies that the smaller speakers simply can’t handle. Just add a center channel speaker for dialogue and you are all set. With a little effort, you can build a great sounding home system with a brand like JBL audio speakers. You will have a good sounding entertainment center keyed for home theater viewing, great audio or both with little effort by shopping on the web.