HTIB = Home Theater In Bundles = Speakers + Receiver
HTIB.com features both starter and complete home theater audio systems which include two or more speakers and a surround sound receiver. Home theater bundles are packaged and shipped to your home IN MULTIPLE LARGE AND HEAVY BOXES, which MAY or MAY NOT all be delivered together on the same day. Unless stated otherwise, assume that you will also need to separately supply or buy appropriate speaker wire, subwoofer cable(s), and HDMI cable(s) to properly complete the setup and installation of your new audio system and integrate it with your existing AV source components and TV or projector. A bundle is NOT ALWAYS PRICED CHEAPER than adding each system component to your shopping cart individually, as prices fluctuate. Either way, you should only purchase from authorized dealers!
Home Theater Is Better!
The simple fact that you have reached this site suggests that you appreciate better quality sound. The ultra-thin design of today’s beautiful 4K and 8K televisions leave little room for higher-quality speakers (many actually fire downward and/or backwards) and the required amplification, and the forward-firing speakers and amplifiers built into even the best ultra short throw projectors are not much better sounding than a small, lower-end sound bar.
Speaking of soundbars, you will not find any soundbar systems featured on the pages of HTIB.com, as most of them do not truly “deliver the goods” when it comes to high-performance audio — especially for music listening — due to lack of stereo separation and smaller-sized speaker drivers. [Exceptions, if any, might be this!! or this!!!!]
You also will not find any all-in-one “Home Theater In a Box” packages featured on the this website (although the domain name HomeTheaterInABox.com permanently URL redirects to HTIB.com), neither conventionally hard-wired systems [like this] nor so-called “wireless” systems [like this] as they are lacking both sound-wise and feature-wise. Unfortunately, the “wireless” surround sound systems inconveniently require that power cords for each speaker, plus the subwoofer, plus the transmitter be individually plugged into nearby AC outlets for power. That’s seven total power cords and outlets to contend with just for mediocre sound!
After selection and purchase, followed by proper in-home setup, installation, and room calibration, quality speakers connected to a modern surround sound receiver plus your large television or projector and screen and source components plus some quality, entertaining content to pump through it, all functions together as an integrated home theater to create a fun, immersive multi-sensory experience to enjoy with family and friends in the safety and comfort of home, perhaps better than your local cinema!
Home Theater Is Beautiful!
I am not only referring to the physical and functional beauty of the individual speakers, subwoofers, and AV receivers themselves, or the TVs and projectors. It’s also much more than the amazing sound and image they produce. The most beautiful aspect of building a home theater system today is the flexibility of being able to set it up almost anywhere in your home that you prefer, and also make it as “complete” a system as you want. As long as you are connecting it to a large TV or projector and screen to handle the video, you can set it up in a living room, den, bedroom, basement, or even build a dedicated room with soundproofing.
You can build and/or upgrade in increments if you wish, starting with just two speakers located to the left and right of your TV or projection screen, and a surround sound receiver. That is a “starter” 2.0 system, or a 2.1 system with the addition of a powered subwoofer to handle the deepest bass effects. Add a center channel speaker underneath the TV, projection screen, or ultra short throw projector for dialogue clarity. That is a 3.0 system, or a 3.1 system if you add a subwoofer. Add a pair of rear surround effects speakers located to the left and right sides of, or slightly behind, your seating area for off-screen/background surround effects. That is a 5.0 system, or a “complete” basic 5.1 system if you add a subwoofer. (Some 5.1 systems can alternatively be set up as a 3.1.2 system.) Add a second sub and you’ve got a 5.2 system.
But, is 5.1 or 5.2 speaker surround sound truly complete in the current day? Today’s 7.2-channel or more home theater receivers allow you to easily expand your audio soundfield vertically. A 5.1.2 or 5.2.2 home theater system lets you utilize front left and right main speakers with built-in elevation speakers on top, or place two upward-firing elevation speaker modules atop regular front left and right main speakers, or hang two height speakers high on the front wall, or mount two in-ceiling speakers above to create a more immersive Dolby Atmos [YouTube video] and/or DTS:X [YouTube video] surround sound experience in your home!
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This page was last updated on April 3, 2025.