You don’t have to be an audio expert to have a great home audio system. Here’s what you need to get a listening experience that goes beyond a smartphone with earbuds, Bluetooth, or another type of wireless speaker.
Beginner's Guide to Building Your First Audiophile System
Stereo provides a listening experience where sounds are split across two channels to create a stage.
Music mixing places some sounds to the left and others to the right of a primary listening position. Sounds placed in both the left and right channels (such as vocals) come out of a phantom center channel between the left and right speakers. In short, it creates an audio illusion of sound coming from different directions.
A home stereo system can be pre-assembled or assembled from individual components with the following core features:
