Home Theater Master Guide: From Start to Finish (Paperback)

by Vince Anzalone (Author)

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Product Description
My specialties as a Custom Systems Integrator have always been in the designs of Hi-End Home Stereo Systems, Home Theaters and Acoustically Shaped Listening Rooms. Today, I incorporate my extensive background experiences into the material I write in each of my Step-By-Step books.

Over the years several of my Home Theater and Acoustically Shaped Room Designs have been published in Audio/Video Interiors Magazine including a commissioned request by this same magazine to write a three part series on the topic of Room Acoustics.

In recent years I realized that there was a need for an instructional Step-By-Step informational setup guide for those do-it-yourselfers who want to build or improve their Home Theater Systems. As a result I now have a complete series of Step-By-Step book guides all of which are incorporated in this Master Guide.

About the Author
My career now spans more than three decades in the Audio / Video Industry. My purpose for writing this book is to make affordable the information I acquired along the way providing both instructions and diagrams necessary to build and improve upon your Home Theater System.

Product Details

• Paperback: 88 pages
• Publisher: Outskirts Press (April 20, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1598003755
• ISBN-13: 978-1598003758
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,094,462 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars over rated... poorly written, January 25, 2007

By	Joel Hernandez (Miami, FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

First of all... let me say that spending $30 on a 80 page book... i expected a little more insight and information that i can't already find by searching the internet... the author builds himself up as an expert in home theater design... and he may very well be... but it doesn't show in this book... the only informative section in the entire book is on room acoustics and speaker placement... which spans about 5 pages... it felt like i was reading a "101" type book and suddenly when i got to speaker placement it turned into a 5 page master's course... i wish the rest of the book could have been written with such detail... my final complaint on this book is the lack of editing if there was any at all other than spell check on microsoft word... There are plenty of grammatical errors throughout the book that could have been spotted by a high school freshman... In conclusion, I am very disapointed with this purchase... paying so much for so little and being annoyed by unedited writing is not worth your time...

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good overview and detailed where necessary, April 9, 2007

By	Peter Canavan (Edwardsville, PA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Having been involved with home theaters for many years, I must say that the author obviously has a lot of experience based on his discussions of acoustics and room design. While other reviewers appear to be looking for more, I feel that this text covers it all - from room design to programming remotes to speakers placement and troubleshooting electronic "gremlins" in your system. I very good book for anyone looking to take their home theater to the next level of performance.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Going Back, January 17, 2008

By	Michael W. Kuntz (Lebanon, OH United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this from Barnes & Noble sight unseen. After receiving it I was very disappointed.