There has always been some opportunity for music fans to have sounds to listen to wherever they go.

A portable radio or an iPod are far from strange sights, and a small stereo is not an uncommon sight in any room in the average house, from the kitchen to the bathroom.

But as time has gone on there have been bits and bobs added to the point where you can run a home theater to play you music that you can hear wherever you are in the house.

Think about this: with speakers hooked up in the different rooms in your home, you can do the chores with a soundtrack played in the clearest stereo sound possible, and this soundtrack can be controlled from any room which has a computer that is connected to the system.

If you put together your own playlist it is possible to enjoy the sounds as though it all came from a radio station where you were the head controller, sole DJ and the audience put together.

A pumping soundtrack for the gym, a singalong playlist for the kitchen and something relaxing for the dining room when you have time out.

Music fans are increasingly well provided for, and the dawning of the home theater age has pushed this forward another couple of notches.

This is a development that any aficionado will be thrilled with, and as time goes on it is getting better, with some systems now controllable from a cell phone so that you can set everything up on your way home from work.

The more you spend on a home theater, the more you can do with it. Of course, this does mean that some people can put together more impressive packages than others, but this is a simple fact of life.

But it is true that the more you have to put into a home theater package, the more enjoyment you can get from it. In some cases, it is possible to have the system run different entertainment in different rooms, making for the perfect entertainment package.

The more components you have, the more arrangement they will need and the more connections you will have to look after. As long as you are on top of this, there may be no limit to the entertainment you can provide at a party.

You can run different movies in different rooms, a movie in one room and music in another, and all sorts of combinations.

It may get to the point where your home begins to resemble an actual multiplex cinema, which is pretty good news if you like that kind of thing.

Of course this will all cost more money than many people are willing to spend, and a lot more than perhaps most people have available, but in many ways this is the point of gadgets and entertainment systems – we covet them almost more than we enjoy them when we have got them.

On the other hand, as these systems come down in price they will become more commonplace, and that will be a time when all parties become better.