Learn more As the home entertainment tech editor for Insider Reviews, it should come as no surprise that I'm a huge home theater ... more compact audio setups. A beefy A/V receiver to power ...

The best mid-range home theater receivers serve as command centers for your home audio and video systems. They should have lots of HDMI ports, connect to and amplify all of the speakers in your ...

There are also sound meter apps that work with the microphone in a typical smartphone. Most home theater receivers have built ...

Ty Pendlebury has worked at CNET since 2006. He lives in New York City where he writes about streaming and home audio. Expertise Ty has worked for radio, print, and online publications, and has ...