How to unleash the optimum power of a receiver?

Fiddle about with speaker placement, that will result in the best, and cheapest way to improve the sound of your system. Generally, if you can get the speakers away from the back and side walls at least 2-3 feet, this will help in damping early reflections, allowing for a deeper, broader soundtage and more pinpoint accuracy in the placement of the instruments and vocalists.

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