| Do you think Home Theatre Calibration services are worth the cost? [message #99186] |
Fri, 23 January 2026 00:11  |
George
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Registered: September 2025
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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.
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| Re: Do you think Home Theatre Calibration services are worth the cost? [message #99195 is a reply to message #99186] |
Mon, 26 January 2026 10:12  |
Kurt
Messages: 4
Registered: December 2025
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I know that I have no right to tell you how to spend your money, but I feel that spending a thousand dollars for pro calibration is not for me.
I said this because most of the modern AV receivers like Dirac and Audyssey have built-in auto-calibration which does a fantastic job measuring your room and setting and setting levels, EQ and delays. You get to do this by pairing it with a nice SPL meter app on your mobile device and tools like Room EQ Wizard (REW). Then you can dial in speaker balance, tame room models, and get an awesome imaging doing it yourself.
I think doing that video will need a little bit of patience to achieve, but that is still possible as long as you do it right. I mean there is this good feeling when you do it well.
I've had success calibrating every system that I've bought right from the 5.1 Atmos till the latest one and the results have been beautiful.
For me, I suggest you use that money to get better speakers or maybe go to a music concert this year to enjoy.
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