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Double-check wires and cables. Before you even begin to wire your system, keep the old "KISS" mantra in mind - Keep It Simple, Stupid. Keep wiring simple by keeping the goals of your home theater system simple. Try to keep wires and components to a minimum. If a component is digitally connected (using optical or coax digital cable to the receiver) there is no reason to use stereo RCA cables from the same unit.

If you don't really watch much TV and only want home theater for DVD movies and CD music, consider skipping the VCR, cable box or satellite receiver and just use those for your regular TV. Watching the nightly news on a regular TV saves the home theater experience for movies and keeps it a real treat, and will save you money on components and cables.

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Simplicity: Keep wiring simple, use as few cables and wires that are short as possible to accomplish the goals of your home theater system. Simplicity's gains outweigh the excesses of an underused configuration's complexity.
Polarity: Double-check speaker wires polarity for consistency. If you choose the striped wire for negative, be sure to keep that consistent with every speaker connection.
Interconnects: Double check your RCA interconnects for same channel consistency, left, right stereo channels and center, sub and surrounds for 5.1 input from your Universal DVD player. One bad link will throw speaker imaging off.
S/PDIF: Use a digital connection (optical or coax) whenever available.

If you're already using cable or satellite TV and considering upgrading to high definition after introducing a new HDTV into the house, be sure to find out exactly what programming is available in HD. How many of your favorite sporting events are scheduled to be broadcast in HD this season? Although HD programming is growing, it might not be enough to warrant the cost of upgrading your monthly fee and buying a new receiver. If it's your opinion that network television is brain-dead drivel, remember that High Definition can only add pixels, not IQ.

Double-check your speaker wires' polarity for consistency. Ensure positive leads are connected to positive leads and negative to negative. It's worth double, even triple checking polarity on all speaker wires. If you get any of them wrong, you might become accustomed to your sound system being out of phase if it's all you've heard. Fix your polarity problems and you'll suddenly get noticeable gains in frequency response.