Home Theater Audio Calibration Workshop
Home Theatre components are very complex and require careful set-up and tuning in order to realize their ultimate potential. This technical presentation will cover all aspects of equipment verification, configuration, and calibration of home theater audio components.
Learn About:
- Component function configuration
- Complete system and interconnection verification, troubleshooting, and repairs
- Verification of room acoustics: Sound isolation, background noise, rattles
- Verification of acoustical treatments.
- Loudspeaker placement optimization
- Listener placement optimization
- Calibration of audio system
- Frequency response measurements
- Frequency equalization
- Final Check
- Listening tests
- Critical path process from start to finish
Key Features:
- Comprehensive home theater audio calibration course
- Start with the basics and go all the way through sophisticated analysis
- Taught by the man who developed the Surround EX, Dolby Surround and Home THX programs
- $130 in materials provided
- Hands on Exercises
- Extensive measurement and calibration techniques
- Secrets of experienced calibrators, and how to use them
Who should attend?
Recommended for home theater technicians and designers. Covers all aspects relevant to high-performance home theater calibration.
Cost:
$1200.00. Each attendee gets the 5.1 AudioToolkit test and calibration DVD (a $99 value) and an advanced copy of the book Sonic Bliss on Home Theater audio calibration written by Anthony Grimani. Lunch is included.
Time:
8:00 am to 6:00 pm. (1 hour lunch included)
About the Instructor:
Anthony Grimani:
- Bachelors Degree Electrical Engineering, UC Davis
- 5 years at Dolby Labs, developing Dolby Surround
- 9 Years at Lucasfilm THX, developing Home THX
- Invented Surround EX 6.1 channel format
- Has taught at every CEDIA EXPO since 1990
- Recipient of CEDIA Top Instructor award
- President of Performance Media Industries, a leading acoustical consulting firm
- Designed over 250 rooms in the past 8 years
- Named "Top 50 Most Vital Custom Industry Influencer" by CustomRetailer magazine
- Holder of several patents in the fields of audio and acoustics
This full day workshop explores the ins and outs of home theater audio configuration, debugging and calibration. The course content will be a mixture of lecture and practical, hands-on learning. Gold Line/TEF, makers of fine audio calibration and analysis tools, will co-sponsor the event.
For more information, go to www.pmiltd.com