Speaker stands

Although a popular choice for speakers - especially in a day-to-day living environment - are referred to as "bookshelf" speakers, actually placing them in or on a bookshelf can compromise the sound you hear from them. Most bookshelf or entertainment consoles are not designed with the goal of reducing or eliminating vibrations. And if they are placed in cubbies in the cabinet rather than sitting on top the sound as further compromised by the enclosing sides and tops of the cubby. This is because most speakers don't just send directly forward from the speaker drivers but also radiate sound to the sides and to the rear. If you have the option to place them on speaker stands the speakers will be able to perform as they were intended to.

Ideally you should look for speaker stands whose height will allow the tweeters of your speakers to be at the same height as your ears at your listening position.

Speaker cables

While there's still quite a debate in audiophile forums whether or not expensive speaker cables (and interconnect cables between components) make any audible difference, you may fine it convenient to get cables that have come with pre-installed connectors rather than just using bare wire. Banana plugs are a very convenient connector for your speaker wire, allowing you to just plug the wire into the amplifier or speaker.

Wireless surround speaker transmitter and receiver kits

One of the issues facing you when you want to get a surround sound system is getting the audio to the surround speakers. Running speaker cables that far means having to either lay them across the floor, or along the baseboards and around door frames unless you're able to have them installed in the walls and under the floor. Another great option is to get a transmitter/receiver for those speakers. You plug the surround speaker output (either line level RCA outputs or the speaker outputs) into the transmitter and plug your surround speakers into the receiver. If you have standard, passive speakers select a transmitter/receiver set that includes an amplifier in the receiver. To send the audio to powered speakers or subwoofers select a transmitter/receiver pair that does not include amplification.

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