"My theater sounds good, why should I have it calibrated?"

You wouldn't think of driving a "clunker" car with the engine out of tune, the wheels misaligned, and the transmission slipping.  You expect the top performance that your car was designed to deliver.  Home theater audio is much the same.  If you haven't had your system professionally calibrated, it may be giving you "clunker" performance.

But you ask, didn't I spend top dollar on components to ensure that my system would sound great?

The fact of the matter is, if you put the same system in two different rooms, that system will sound entirely different in each room.  The room in which you install your system is as much a component of you audio system as the speakers or the amplifier.  This is why audio calibration is so important.   You need to have 21st Century Calibrations Inc. analyze how audio signals behave in your room in order to properly set up your system for optimal performance.

You want Impact and Clarity, NOT Boom and Sizzle!

Movie makers and recording engineers follow specific industry standards to capture and record the sound (Dolby, DTS, SMPTE, and THX).  If your sound system and listening room are professionally calibrated to accurately reproduce that industry standard sound, you will be overwhelmed with the experience and sense of "being there."  You will hear the soft rustle of the leaves in the distance, helicopters will fly right over your head directly in sync with the movie, and voices will be crystal clear.  You won't have to turn it up louder in the quiet parts of the movie to hear what they're saying, and then turn it back down again during the action scenes anymore!  If your home theater isn't calibrated, you're being robbed of the full experience the director and audio engineers intended.

A Professionally calibrated sound system will provide:

•         Intelligible dialogue

•         Life like clarity

•         Subtle details at low volume

•         Full, smooth sound which envelopes you

•         No rattles from pipes or pictures on the wall

Investing in expensive components without calibration can be a terrible waste of money!

David Evans is HAA Level I Certified, HAA Level II Trained, THX Certified Professional Home Theater 2 and he specializes in this service.

David is trained and certified in the science and art of acoustics.  Using a professional, state of the art Audio Analyzer (RTA), he will calibrate your audio system to perform better than you ever thought it was capable.  He will generate an Acoustic Calibration Report to fully document your system's calibrated performance.

Even a modest home theater audio system can sound like a system costing much more, providing you with a life like engaging entertainment experience that you'll enjoy sharing with your family and friends.

Audio calibration is the only way to capture the full potential of your home theater audio system.

How does 21st Century Calibrations Inc. perform an audio calibration?

We will analyze and remedy installation and equipment problems that limit the performance, such as incorrect system or loudspeaker polarities, driver defects, and reflections.  We will calibrate your speaker volume levels (SPL), set the time delay correctly, and determine optimum locations for your speakers and subwoofer(s) based on the room acoustics.

In order to ensure that you achieve rich, reference quality bass and smooth subwoofer(s) integration, we will calibrate the subwoofer(s) output level, crossover, polarity and phase.  We will equalize the low frequencies so that you do not miss any audible information or experience loud, boomy spikes.  Finally we will do a sweep of the room to check and treat any rattles or hums that occur at certain frequencies.

We will recommend additional optimization techniques to achieve crystal clear dialogue and minimize reflections.  Treatment methods can be as simple as using a bookcase or area rug to absorb sound in reflective areas all the way up to acoustical treatment paneling.

Have 21st Century Calibrations Inc. calibrate you audio system to professional standards and BRING THE MOVIE THEATER EXPERIENCE TO YOUR HOME.
 

David Evans is HAA Level I Certified, HAA Level II Trained and THX Certified Professional Home Theater 2.