Sherwood Home Audio Receivers 7.1 Channels

Frequently Asked Questions about Sherwood 7.1 Home Theater Receivers

Enjoy your media the way it was intended with a home theater experience by Sherwood. These high-quality units present your music, video games, and movies in high-definition video and audio. Immerse yourself in 7.1 surround sound and stunning visuals that bring the cinema experience right into your living room.

Receivers act as a central hub for home entertainment media. They take the signals from cable boxes, Blu-ray/DVD players, and video game consoles and feed them to your speakers and video equipment. Receivers can include radio tuners and wireless connectivity so you can enjoy all of your media in one convenient location. These models from Sherwood offer minimal total harmonic distortion with some units boasting as little as 0.08% THD. These models support both analog and digital inputs/outputs including:

• Composite video
• Component video
• S Video
• Optical Audio
• Coaxial
• RCA
• USB
• HDMI

Sound can be presented in mono, stereo, 5.1, and 7.1 modes, and video output is available in both 1080p and 4k models.

Surround sound in 5.1 systems uses an array of speakers that consist of five audio channels and a subwoofer for bass. These channels are front left and right, a single center speaker, and surround left and right. 7.1 surround sound adds two extra channels in the form of rear right and left surround speakers.

Sherwood receivers come in models that support:

• DTS 96/24
• DTS Neo:6
• DTS-HD HD Master Audio
• Dolby Digital Plus
• Dolby Pro Logic IIx
• Dolby TrueHD

Two numbers are important when checking to see if a speaker works with a receiver: watts and ohms. A speaker's maximum wattage tells you how many watts that speaker is designed to handle. For instance, a 100 watt speaker can handle up to 100 watts of power from the unit's amplifier. Driving a speaker with more watts than it is designed for can cause damage. To calculate the output of a receiver's amplifier, take the number of watts in the amplifier's description and divide it by the number of speakers it will be powering. For 7.1 systems, you would divide the number by seven.

You also need to make sure the resistance, measured in ohms, is the same. Mismatching speaker resistance can also cause them to be damaged. A speaker that has 8 ohms written on its label should only be used with an 8 ohm system.