As Jack mentioned, most new AVR's have test tones which you can use to get the pink noise the same for all speakers. You can do it by ear, or get a SPL meter from Radio Shack. Also, most AVR's have a built in Setup calibration and include a microphone. With this you can get very good results on delay(distance), speaker level dB's, and check for room adjustments. This combined with an spl meter is really all you need in my opinion. The DVD's are nice and also help with video calibration, however, the only one that is the most recent, DVE, is hard for some people to navigate through.
