Sound Advice: How to properly set up your HDMI receiver

Question: I don't seem to be hearing surround sound from my HDMI receiver. I just want to hear a movie the way it was meant to be heard.

Sound advice: Cambridge tabletop radio has Bose beat

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Sound advice: Configure surround sound yourself

QI have a Yamaha RX-V1900 receiver that replaced a Sony unit that lacked HDMI. My problem is that I don't seem to be hearing surround sound. I used the supplied setup microphone and have been getting poor results. I've been over the manual three times. What am I doing wrong?

Entertaining Home Technologies

Ever since the advent of the first radios and TVs, home entertainment has been a relatively high-tech enterprise, but in the past few years, there has been a revolution in the quality of sights and sounds available. This arena continues to be an experimental space for new and improved technologies that enhance viewing and listening experiences.

Sound Advice: Questions about stereo receivers and vintage camera lenses

Though most of the market has gone to A/V surround sound receivers, there are still stereo receivers to be had