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[billnchristy]

I am going with good knowledge with things I have experience with...new things not so much but I am learning.

 

[Diablo]

Expert.
I have been in this hobby for many years done many upgrades and calibrations

 

[talannar]

I went with Good Knowledge. I can set it up from start to finish and troubleshoot. I don't use autoset up, I pull out my sound level meter and my closest calibration DVD, but I don't consider myself an expert yet.

 

[RudeDog]

I've had no problems getting a normal home theater operational and calibrated using AVIA, an SPL meter, and a test tone CD. But I just don't think I am at that plateau of expert. No enough experience, yet!
- Rude Dog

 

[Atokade]

I chose Good:
Expert states that I'd be able to calibrate it all manually.. I can't. I can set up my system and cables and get everything working properly minus the calibration, though.

 

[Tazmoj]

I'll go with good as well. I understand the concepts of what is powered and controlled/influenced by other units. BUT the technical aspects are confusing in crossovers, calibration and the like. I admire the folks on this web site that are experts ( at least to me ) in this area. I recently bought an SVS sub ( Damn it is big!) largely due to the input of these folk. I auto calibrated it ( Yamaha RV-x2700 ( x-mas gift... I LOVE MY WIFE!!) but it was lacking. I researced the site and changed the crossover and the speaker setting and am loving life.

True and recent example

 

[Nuke]

Good Knowledge

99% of the time I can get everything hooked up and functioning (possibly with a little trial and error).

Other than simply tweaking things to make them sound the best as far as I can tell, I've never jumped in to real calibration. That's something I'd certainly like to learn.

- Nuke

 

[gbenfield]

Based on the criteria I said expert. I not only set up my system, but pretty regularly wind up setting up friends systems as well. Word gets out when a guy is geeky enough to spend his time tweeking a buddies system!

 

[scj99]

I chose good. I can definitely hook up all my equipment and calibrate it pretty well. Of course, I wish I had the time and the equipment to tinker with to become an expert.

 

[djayw894]

I'm really a newbie at any sort of advanced home theater set-up. I just bought a 60" Sony SXRD, but am still using the 1998 Kenwood HTIB that I bought at Circuit City for $500. I've always been able to hook up receivers, speakers, etc., but only at a level that gets sound out of everything. Until I started reading this forum, I just assumed that was the primary goal...oops!

 

[MarkSJohnson]

Well, my wife....

....says that I think I'm an expert in everything!

I wanted to choose "Good", but I CAN calibrate a system.

So if everyone wants to call me an expert, who am I to argue???

 

[mrrame]

My knowledge is limited (BASIC)

I voted Basic knowledge. While I have no problem wiring the equipments, I am quite doubtful calibrating. I rely more on how it sounds to ear than a meter. I have no clues on the speaker graphs and cannot plot one for my HT.
I just bought a spl meter and avia disc to calibrate my sub woofer, ended up with basic settings (80hz xover,speaker set to small, level -6 on receiver and gain 12oclock on receiver) than trusting the meter.

It will be awesome to learn about calibration and I think it's an art.
Thanks

 

[audioferret]

Pretty confident

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I feel pretty confident in setting up my system, but it is always difficult to determine the optimum combination of equipment in my room for a given budget. The Axiom home theater wizard is great for this.

-AF

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

I prefer the old fashion way of setting up a system - a tape measure and my ears. I'm also big on room eq. As far as video goes, I use a disc, then tweak to my liking.

 

[puzyfut]

Um... "good knowledge"?

Can get the wife's "wow" response but haven't yet started sticking power supplies in sand boxes....

 

[auujay]

Picked good

I find setting up the systems pretty easy. I find wiring the connections straightforward and I will take the time to adjust the volume and crossovers for each channel by ear. Though I admit I don't bust out the SPL meter to get really accurate readings.

At some point I will probably get a cheap SPL meter, I have never configured the video display.

 

[enob]

I've been purchasing the higher end(what i could afford at the time) AV equipment for over 20 years and based on the questions i would fall under the good knowledge catagory but with the ever changing technology i sometimes feel that i'm just a novice. Case in point would be the Axiom speaker line that I have read lots of good things about but have never been able to actually hear what they sound like hence I could never give a valid opinion and would consider myself a novice since my last speaker purchase(Energy speakers)was 7 years ago.
Thanks for allowing me to particpate in this contest.

 

[animal982]

I can plug it all in and it works but beyond that I consult manuals/internet to set up propery.

 

[B_Pay]

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To be eligible to win, you must: 1) Be a registered Audioholics forum member, 2) Have USA or Canadian Residence 3) Respond to the poll above and explain your response below in this contest thread.

Note this contest ends on January 31st, 2007. Winners will be drawn shortly thereafter

Have fun and good luck!

I have good knowledge considering my background is technical. BS in electronics engineering technology.

 

[spawnt]

Good knwoledge. Always learn from experimentation, from forum (other people knowledge and experience) and other A/V home entertainment resources. Able to setup A/V Home Entertainment from scratch to finish including setting the speakers' position, loudness, subwoofer phase and crossovers, wiring, HDTV setting, and PC media center.