Banana plugs are a simple yet incredibly useful tool for connecting speaker wires to audio equipment. These connectors are designed to fit securely into the binding posts on speakers and amplifiers, ...

We set up and tear down a lot of home theater and audio/video gear on a daily basis — everything from speakers and subwoofers to amplifiers, receivers, turntables, and everything in-between. And one ...

Today’s audio-visual (A/V) receivers are, at their heart, seriously high-performance multimedia computers. These monsters integrate beefy digital signal processors (DSPs) in order to decode, encode, ...

A guaranteed way to make a receiver or amplifier fail is to create a short circuit by improperly connecting speaker wire to your speakers or receiver. It could be as simple as a stray strand of wire ...