Cheap way to harmonize speakers?

[lestat0521]

I am trying to find a way to dial in my 5.1 setup without having to shell out another $50 for a sound meter or $100ish for a setup disk, anyone have a 'poor mans" way of getting the speakers dialed in?

Thanks.

ps. please dont reply with 'your ears'

 

[ParadigmDawg]

The auto cal on today's AVRs do a pretty good job.

I am trying to find a way to dial in my 5.1 setup without having to shell out another $50 for a sound meter or $100ish for a setup disk, anyone have a 'poor mans" way of getting the speakers dialed in?

Thanks.

ps. please dont reply with 'your ears'

 

[lestat0521]

i have a yamaha and i do not see an option for that.

 

[Alex2507]

The auto cal on today's AVRs do a pretty good job.

Not on my H/K AVR 430. Well, maybe. You did say a pretty good job. A $45 Radio Shack job made all the difference in the world to me. As far as I'm concerned that is the cheap fix and I picked up a cheap calibration disk for $10 o ebay. I'm sorry I did that, as it only took money away from a $40 Avia. You wouldn't put cheap spark plugs in a fast car, would you?

 

[lestat0521]

gotcha ill have to go look around i didnt see a sound level meter for less than $60 on their dot com.

 

[ParadigmDawg]

We use pretty cheap plugs on my Pro-Mod but we change them each run

Not on my H/K AVR 430. Well, maybe. You did say a pretty good job. A $45 Radio Shack job made all the difference in the world to me. As far as I'm concerned that is the cheap fix and I picked up a cheap calibration disk for $10 o ebay. I'm sorry I did that, as it only took money away from a $40 Avia. You wouldn't put cheap spark plugs in a fast car, would you?

 

[mtrycrafts]

The auto cal on today's AVRs do a pretty good job.

Buy the meter and rent a setup DVD. But, they don't cost $100.
By the way, what do you mean by dialing it in? Level matching? Or, frequency testing etc.

 

[mtrycrafts]

gotcha ill have to go look around i didnt see a sound level meter for less than $60 on their dot com.

Here you go:

http://www.radioshack.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=sound level meter&origkw=sound level meter&sr=1

The analog is the $44.95 one. If you have a store, no shipping charges

 

[gus6464]

YPAO is poop.