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Re: Playing Around
#29138 12/30/03 08:47 AM
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I have to second Alan's suggestion of getting the "Sound & Vision Home Theater Tune-Up" disc. I found this tune up disc suggested in a review and purchased it online. After going through the easy to understand steps, my HT sounded so much better. On top of that, being new to a lot of this and feeling somewhat in over my head, I came away with a lot of questions answered. It shows you how to use your SPL, how to calibrate your audio and video settings. The steps for calibrating the sub are easy to follow. On top of that it has some neat THX, DTS and Dolby Demo clips. I paid $16.55 for my disc online and found most to be around that price.

Auto calibration features on the Yamaha are pretty kewl, but there is no substitute for learning to do it yourself I think.

As for all the endless features, just keep playin with it for a week or so and youll figure out what mode sounds best with what to you.



Re: Playing Around
#29139 12/30/03 02:50 PM
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to add a question to this, which setup disc does everyone think is better? Obviously AVIA is a heck of a lot more expensive than the S&V disc. Is it worth any of the extra dough, or are they pretty similar?


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Re: Playing Around
#29140 12/30/03 10:10 PM
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Very informative discussion. I did imply I was a virgin at this, and I do do alot of reading. Okay so now it may be a good point to invest in one of the calibration cd's. May be worth the lesson. NOW, I found three that have been mentioned here and or elsewhere. Having NEVER seen nor heard any of them, and perhaps the audiophiles here are much better acclimated with their uses, which is better from both an audiophile standpoint as well as a babbling layman......1) Avia Calibration CD 2) Sound and Vision HT Tune Up 3) Digital Video Essentials.
And lastt point, when using any of these I would be safe in infer that I must have an SPL Meter available, correct?
Thanks


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Re: Playing Around
#29141 12/30/03 10:13 PM
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You'll want an SPL meter regardless. If you have a HT, and want to calibrate it, and keep it calibrated properly, you need an SPL meter.

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#29142 12/30/03 10:16 PM
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I re-calibrate my HT any time the barometer changes by more than 10mmHg. How about you?

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#29143 12/30/03 10:20 PM
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I need to recalibrate mostly due to fussing with my sub.

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#29144 12/30/03 11:51 PM
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I usually get the SPL out when I want to hear, "now what the hell are you doing?". It's purely comical.

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#29145 12/31/03 05:50 AM
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OK you've all convinced me to get the S & V tune up disk and an SPL meter. I've seen some advocating one from Radio Shack..Can you comment please? I tend to avoid the place... What SPL meter's do you recommend?

Thanks,
Bob

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#29146 12/31/03 06:04 AM
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Rat Shack analog SPL meter, order it if you have to. If they don't offer the analog unit any more, get their digital. It's as good as anything you can get for many times the price, only real inaccuracy will be reading really low frequencies, but won't be off by much.


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