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The only people who think they don’t need a power manager are those who have never had to deal with dirty electricity, lightning surges, or power outages. Power managers are useful and convenient devices that can be very beneficial to your home theater system. In this article, we will talk about power managers, discuss their purpose, compare them to other similar devices (like surge protectors, power regenerators, UPS units, etc.), analyze the benefits of using power managers, and present you with our selection of best home theater power managers. Let’s start with the basics. What is a Home Theater Power Manager? Home theater power manager (aka home theater power conditioner) is a more or less complex device that regulates AC power distribution, provides you with surge protection,

Moving on with our series of articles related to CD players, we are happy to publish our list of 8 best CD lens cleaners in 2021. So far, we’ve presented to you some great CD players and some CD cassette player/boomboxes. For today's article, we've prepared some interesting information about how to keep your players and CDs in good shape and extend their lifetime. What Are CD Lens Cleaners? CD lens cleaners are cleaning products shaped like regular CDs. The only difference is that these discs have small brushes on the “playing” side that actually clean the inside of your player. Some of them are made only for CD players, while the others are meant for mixed usage and can be used to clean different DVD players, Blu-ray players, game consoles, etc. Depending on the brand and product’s fea

Are you in need of a Bluetooth range extender? Then you're in luck because this list of 6 best Bluetooth range extenders in 2021 will have you find exactly what you're looking for. We all know how Bluetooth technology has made our lives easier and offered us convenient solutions for our needs. Thanks to that amazing technology, physical wires are no longer necessary when we want to connect our devices, and we get the freedom to use our hands while talking on the phone when we use the hands-free headset, which is one of the popular Bluetooth devices. Still, despite all this, there is a certain problem with the range the Bluetooth devices have. The range of those devices is often only 33 feet, but it can sometimes go up to 200 feet. However, that is only if no barriers exist in between. Ba...

Looking for the best speaker selector with volume control for your multiroom setup? You’ve come to the right place. This article is designed to help you understand the purpose of speaker selectors and the way they work. We will also give you some tips on what to pay attention to when looking for speaker selectors and, in case you are interested in some suggestions, you can scroll down to our selection of 7 best speaker selectors with volume control in 2021. Buying wireless speakers with multiroom capabilities is probably the easiest and simplest way of setting up a multiroom speaker system. However, not all people have the kind of money necessary for a wireless multiroom system. And some people simply prefer wired connection because of its reliability. Regardless of the reason why y

Most of today’s CD players and stereo systems are kind of big and require some serious space on your desk. If you don’t have that extra space for a CD player or just want something less obtrusive, getting a wall-mounted CD player is a viable option. Our article is made for those looking for such a device. We will discuss the most important things to look for in a CD player, analyze the advantages and disadvantages of wall-mounted CD players, explain the mounting process, and present to you our selection of 7 best wall-mounted CD players in 2021. Why Should You Buy a Wall-Mounted CD Player? Two things come to mind – space-saving and convenience. A wall-mounted CD player will never get in your way. It's unobtrusive, practically invisible, and it gives your room a very clean look. Just like i

Looking for a way to temporarily transform your church into a drive-in religious object? Buying an FM transmitter is probably the easiest and the most budget-friendly way of doing that. Our article on 6 best FM transmitters for churches in 2021 is here to help you with your search. Due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, many institutions, including churches, had to change their routine and adopt some new rules. In an attempt to stay in contact with their congregations, many churches adopted some new (or rather old) technologies. FM transmitters have become highly popular devices because they provided the means to hold the service for the congregation without having the congregation inside the church. Instead, each church member can park his/her car in front of the church, tune in to ...

Are you looking for a way to make your powered bookshelf speakers or your powered subwoofer wireless? Connecting a Bluetooth receiver to your speakers and streaming from a Bluetooth-enabled source device is the easiest and most affordable way of doing that. However, when you also have a non-Bluetooth source, you’ll need the whole wireless speaker conversion kit - the receiver for the speakers and transmitter for the source. Today, we are reviewing 7 best wireless speaker conversion kits in 2021. Hopefully, our article will help you find the best solution for your setup.  So, why would you need a wireless speaker conversion kit? Well, this kit is needed if you want to stream audio from any non-wireless (non-Bluetooth) source to non-wireless speakers (or subwoofers). With a simpl

You may think that buying a gift to a guy is really hard, but it’s actually quite easy. Just like you can always make a girl happy with flowers and/or chocolate, you can always make a guy happy by giving him a new electronic toy. Our article on 15 best electronic gifts for men is here to offer you some suggestions. Since we specialize in audio gear, all of our suggestions are related to audio electronics. So, if your boyfriend or husband or friend is an audiophile or likes experimenting with headphones, speakers, music players, and other audio gadgets, here’s the list of our favorite devices. Best Electronic Gifts for Men - Comparison Table In this article, you will find 15 products divided into 15 categories. Each product represents our favorite for the given category. Every rev

Looking for the best HDMI audio extractor for your home theater setup or for your stereo speaker system? You’ve come to the right place. In this article, we will explain the purpose and benefits of HDMI audio extractors, describe different types of extractors, and list the most important things to look for when buying one. We have also prepared the list of 14 best HDMI audio extractors in 2021 so you don’t have to look elsewhere – you have everything here. So, let’s start. What Is The Purpose of The HDMI Audio Extractor? The purpose of HDMI Audio extractors is pretty simple. These extractors are connected to the HDMI audio source. They can separate the audio from the video and send it to the audio output device (like a speaker system) or to some other device that has no HDMI inputs (AV or