Selecting the best audio speakers for your home entertainment center can be a challenge due to an almost endless variety of speaker types and sizes. A typical home audio system can be dedicated to a home theater or simply a high end audio system. If building an audio system to compliment your home video experience, you might go with a 5.1 or 7.1 system. A typical surround sound speaker system will be composed of four or six small full-range speakers with a powered subwoofer and center channel speaker. The satellite speakers can be modern smaller speakers to standard bookshelf and floor standing speakers. The bass normally would be from a powered subwoofer.
Most of us have to compromise to one degree or another. A good compromise is using small modular type satellite speakers for surround sound. These smaller speakers are easily hidden away in small spaces. Most family rooms can easily accommodate a pair of high end audio speakers such as tower or even bookshelf speakers for the front channels of your home theater set up. The tower speakers also are capable of producing the full range of sound from your favorite movies as well as the most popular music. While the smaller satellite speakers are easily hid, they provide the surround sound.
A good subwoofer will still be needed to provide the bass and sub-bass frequencies that the smaller speakers simply can’t handle. Finish your system with a center channel speaker for dialogue and you have a killer sound system. You can’t go wrong if you go with a brand like JBL audio speakers. You will have a good sounding entertainment center keyed for home theater viewing, great audio or both with little effort by shopping on the web.