When SVS decided to update their Ultra line of speakers, they had a challenge in front of them. Their Ultra line was very well-reviewed, well-received, and popular. All of the SVS speakers (Ultra and Prime) were designed with a flat frequency response. If your speakers are already designed to play evenly throughout the frequency range, how do you improve on them? Make them more flat? The first thing that you’ll notice when you see the new Ultra Evolution series is that they look different. Very different. If I have to be honest, the big upgrade you get with the SVS Ultra Evolution speakers (ev ..read more

Most speakers have a tweeter and some number of woofers. These are almost always all pointed in the same direction. Most people have never seen a speaker that doesn’t have all the drivers pointed in the same direction. When they first see one, they can’t help but be confused. Why would some speakers have drivers pointed in weird directions? Well, there is a reason. A few really. Let’s discuss! Surround Speakers When you see speakers with drivers pointed in weird directions, you often find them on surround speakers (like the ones pictured at the top of this article). These are bipole and dipole ..read more

You’ve upgraded to a new display and you’ve run into a weird issue. Your 4k TV or projector (this happens on both) sometimes displays a sparkly or grainy image. It doesn’t happen all the time and the sparkles move like static. What’s going on? Did you get a bad display? Is there a fix? Let’s discuss! Don’t Worry We Can Fix It (probably) As long as the grainy/sparkly spots move on your projector or 4k TV image, you don’t have to worry. We can fix it. If they are static (meaning that they don’t move), you have a different problem. If they are always in the same place, you either have dead pixels ..read more

We don’t always notice changes to our system at first. Sometimes, things happen gradually until we finally realize that something is different. We might not notice that our system sounds different but we would notice that the volume number ends up changing over time. What’s going on? Is your receiver sounding quieter mean that it is dying? Or is something else going on? Let’s discuss! A Receiver Won’t Sound “Quieter” When It Dies Generally speaking, a receiver won’t sound “quieter” when it starts to die. They’ll usually lose some functionality (certain inputs won’t work) or amplifier channels ..read more

You know there are numbers and equations out there that will tell you the size of speakers you should get for your new, larger room. But that requires a lot of work you don’t want to do. Even if you did the math, you wouldn’t be confident in your answers. Is there a workaround? Is there a way to know if you should get bigger (tower) speakers because you are moving to a bigger room? Yes! Let’s talk about it! The Main Concern The main concern when moving your system to a new, larger room is volume. Your larger room will have a larger volume of air. This will make it harder for your speakers to p ..read more

RBH has long been known as one of the best bang-for-buck speaker companies. Unfortunately, they almost always sell exclusively through dealers and cater to the higher-end market. In those more stratospheric price points, however, they still offered some of the best sound and built quality you could get. Notice we said “almost always.” Occasionally, RBH will release a budget line of speakers that can be purchased exclusively online directly from them. Well, they’ve done it again! The new 3rd generation of RBH’s entry-level Impression Series speakers has just been released, and you can order the ..read more

You’ve upgraded your AV receiver. Maybe it is because you want the latest gaming features, or maybe it is because you plan on upgrading your speaker system. You’ve noticed something. Your old AV receiver used to show Atmos even though you only have a 5.1 system. This new one? It doesn’t. What changed? Let’s discuss! 5.1 is not Atmos Before we begin, we need to establish that a 5.1 system is not Atmos. Your AV receiver should never have displayed that it was giving you Atmos with a 5.1 system. As a quick reminder, Atmos requires that you have the ability to reproduce sounds that were meant to c ..read more

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