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Do you think Home Theatre Calibration services are worth the cost? [message #99186] Fri, 23 January 2026 00:11 Go to next message
George is currently offline  George
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Well, for those who ain't familiar with this topic, the Home theater Calibration is simply a professional service where experts tweak your audio and video setup to perfection for a particular room. I am talking about making adjustments for speaker levels, screen settings using cool tools like meters to eliminate echoes, make colour sharps and balance sound.

The cost of hiring for this service can be around $1000 depending on how complex your setup is.

Do you think it is worth spending that much to get the balance you need for your sound and visual setup or is it a pass for you? Have you hired any experts for this or did you make use of DIY to achieve a good result? Let me know what you think.
Re: Do you think Home Theatre Calibration services are worth the cost? [message #99188 is a reply to message #99186] Fri, 23 January 2026 10:21 Go to previous message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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I think it's worth it if they use accurate measurement equipment to dial-in the best seat-to-seat uniformity of the sound field and set levels of each channel.

But if they aren't driven by measurements, I wouldn't want their service.  Setting up by ear is trivial.
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