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HOW TO SET UP YOUR HOME CINEMA SPEAKER SYSTEM

There are few things you can buy unthinkingly. Look down at your shoes, and think of all you had to go through for them to be on your feet.

Not only did they have to fit your toes, but also your budget, their purpose and, to whatever extent, the rest of your outfit. Those are just your shoes, and by next year you will probably have more.

So imagine how that scenario is amplified when you consider something such as a surround sound speaker package, built of varying numbers of parts, so affected by their surroundings and likely costing tens of times the amount.

Setting up your cinema system, and really getting it singing, is as much to do with the work you do before you get it as that you do after. And, as always, the research starts with knowing your budget.

Read on an we’ll explain how to set

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