e movie ticket today buys more than just a picture on the creen. Machine gun bullets make you duck. Horses thunder across the screen and you can hear agen breathing as they dis- appear into the sunset. The helicopters zoom over your head and out the rear of the theatre. Now you can duplicate all these effects right in your living room and for less than you ever thought possible. If you already : own a stereo TV or VCR anda ‘® home stereo system, you're well on the way to having your own home theatre. Most movies have a specially encoded soundtrack that feeds different information to two or more sets of speakers to create an effect called Surround Sound. The coding automat- ically sets both frequency response and volume, and ap- plies precise sound time delays that work with the picture to create the effects that make the performance so excitingly realistic. Lifelike sound Surround Sound requires using at least four speakers. The front speakers are the most im- portant because they establish the width of the sound stage and provide directionality. The rear speakers serve as fill-in, provid- ing the depth required for the effects. They need less power and donot have to be ofthe same quality or size as the front speakers because they are not called on to handle the same fre- quency response. A centre or mono speaker delivers voices from the actors as they speak on the screen. tereo television sound, first intro- duced in the mid- 1980s, is roaring into the 90s with new tech- nologies and more choices than ever before. From theatre-like “surround sound” to powertul, built-in audio systems, consumers can choose from a wide array of stereo TVs to find the one that » best fits their lifestyle and ~ budget, according to Gregory . Gronowski, director of product ® planning at Zenith. One of the new stereo TV fea- tures — the result of digital processing of the signal to create wider stereo processing of the signal to create wider stereo | separation — is called “spatial equalization” or SEq, Gronowski said. “It produces brilliant audio with increased high-frequency clarity and bass response bigger, richer and fuller than ever before at all volume levels,” he said. “But- SEq stereo TV perfor- mance is more than just better clarity and richer bass. You hear a lifelike, 3-D’ kind of sound. The movie videotapes you rent and/or buy have the same en- coded information, and you can use it at home if you have the right equipment. As recently as three years ago it would have cost at least $5,000 and you would have needed an engineer- ing degree to have Surround Sound in your home, even if you already owned all the equip- ment mentioned earlier. Now it same system used in the movies themselves. The RZ-9500AV and a second pair of speakers ean be added to your home sys- tem for less than $1,000, and you can say goodbye to expensive movie tickets. You don’t even need the centre speaker because the Dolby system has aphantom mode that can create one using the front speakers. ee Aw ON pair of speakers to create the desired effects in any room. And, surround performance isn’t all you get because the RZ- 9500AV is a state-of-the-art stereo receiver as well. If you think your CD sounds great now, wait until you hear it on four speakers with the dynamic power of the RZ-9500AV. The sound stage opens and you'll can be done by anyone and for as little as $500. The magic box that creates all these wonders is called an AV (Audio/Video) receiver. It incor- porates the special electronics and amplifiers needed to create Surround Sound and gives you an up-to-date music system as well. New on the market Sansui, one of the world’s lead- ing designers and manufac- turers of home audio equipment, has just introduced a new line of receivers that puts the theatre experience within everyone's reach. The top of their new line, the RZ-9500AV, works exactly the same way as the theatre system. It has five amplifiers and offers four different surround modes, including Dolby Pro Logic, the New stereo TV technology scoming in loud and clear Dialogue comes straight from the screen, while natural am- bient sounds — crowds cheer- ing, traffic noises, nature sounds — come from far outside the pic- ture. “That puts you in the middle of the scene,” Gronowski said. “When watching a concert on TV, for instance, you want to look around the room for the brass section. The sound seems to fill your ears from every part of the room.” Stereo SEq is the most recent in a long list of the industry's TV audio enhancements. Other audio choices include “tuned port” audio systems, “premium stereo” systems with surround sound or Dolby surround sound, and top-of-the-line digital models such as Zenith’s “Sound by Bose’ sets. Surround-sound capability, built into today’s more advanced TVs, offers true theatre-type sound right at home by placing an extra set of speakers at the back of the room and switching on the surround-sound feature, Gronowski said. Surround- sound speakers are included with some models, optional with others. Setting up the Sansui RZ- 9500AV is easy. All your equip- ment plugs into clearly marked receptacles on the back of the unit. It can accommodate every piece of your audio equipment and three pieces of video equip- ment. It even has a special ter- minal for a Super VHS VCR. It has a video monitor output so that you can create your own videos with a truly professional look. Easy assembly Attaching and positioning the speaker is equally easy. The RZ- 9500AV has a special built-in test tone generator which allows you to precisely set the second HIGH PERFORMANCE EXCEPTIONAL VALUE a0 minutes talk time, 14 hours of standby time, signal sirength indicator COMPACT & LIGHTWEIGHT Alpha-numeric memory siorage, 100 number memory location, swear youre at a live perfor- mance. It offers 30 presets for FM stereo and AM operation and has anew feature called Station Call Memory. Using the front panel keyboard or the remote, you can create personal IDs such as JAZZ 1, NEWS 1, ROCK, etc. for your favorite sta- tions. When you call them up on the tuner, you'll see the regular call letters first and then your personal ID. All ofits controls are electronic and the volume is motorized for precise calibration. In addition to the usual bass, treble, balance and loudness controls, the RZ- ¢.DiamondTel M9OX PORTABLE CELLULAR All Cellular Phones must be activated by Future Shop. 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Its tuner offers 30 AM/FM stereo presets, station call memory for setting personal station IDs, a full complement of sound shap- ing controls, and a motorized volume. These are only two of Sansui’s exciting new AV Surround Sound receivers. The others in- clude the RZ-7500AV, with four. amplifiers and Dolby Surround Sound, the RZ-5500AV, with a Matrix Surround Sound system, and the R-750AV, also with Matrix Surround Sound. All are AM/FM stereo receivers, feature remote controls and are easy to operate and connect. If you're tired of shelling out money for quality entertain- ment, visit an electronics dealer and see how easy it is to enjoy the same performance excite- ment at home.