old Klipsch fan Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 I purchased a set of KLF 20's a couple of months ago and the fellow I bought them from recommended that I should use an SPL meter and a AVAI test disc to properly setup my system. Does anyone have any suggestions , thanks By the way the analog SPL meters are still available on the east coast. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickB Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 He gave you good advice, you need a SPL meter and a setup disc. I use Avia but there are other good ones too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelerFan Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 Sound & Vision magazine has a good one (made by Ovation Software) and it's cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygmn Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 ---------------- On 4/18/2004 5:12:22 PM SteelerFan wrote: Sound & Vision magazine has a good one (made by Ovation Software) and it's cheap. ---------------- This is the AVIA HT setup disk...very good...can find on EBAY amazon etc.... Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TauRus Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 You will see your options attached below. Each has its strenths: Sound & Vision is the most basic out of the three; Avia and DVE both have advanced settings calibrations for both audio and video, have color filters included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popbumper Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 If I may tag along on this and comment about calibration (in this case, video) - About three months ago, I purchased a Sony KP46WS510 46" RPTV from a local vendor, and brought it home. After going through the typical "buy DVD player, standard adjustments, get an HT receiver, get surrounds, etc.", I really started to enjoy my setup. Until yesterday. A local gentleman that I know who is in the biz had talked to me a few weeks back about getting the TV calibrated, and I had also read a number of positive testimonials about the value of an ISF calibration. At any rate, after spending four hours at the house Saturday evening, my TV is really a new set. I watched as he carefully went through the service menus, got rid of the "red push", adjusted all the standard parameters (sharpness, hue, color, white and black balance), calibrated the grey scale, set the 6500K white level), and several other tweaks. When we first powered the set back on with a DVD, we put in Lord of The Rings (first disc). My God, the clarity was incredible - shadows were no longer murky but well defined, flesh tones WERE like flesh, black was black, close up detail was nuts. OK, so we decided to contrast it to something else.... How about Finding Nemo? My wife was sitting watching with jaw nearly on the floor - she had watched it with our son earlier that day, and could not believe the difference - the "neon" colors were amazing, the clarity was astounding, and the reef scenes were so awash in magnificent color, we could not believe it. SO....having said all this...if you have NOT considered a calibration, or, don't think it will make a difference, you are dead wrong, IMHO. For what I paid, it's like having a new television, and I cannot believe anymore that what we all think is "good out of the box" is, well, NOT! You won't know the difference unless you try. We're all living in the Matrix - calibration is more like "the real world"...;>). I guess I need to get the AVIA DVD and do the audio portion - given I saw such a marked improvement in the video. Gotta love this stuff. Popbumper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFinco Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 ---------------- On 4/19/2004 12:18:51 PM popbumper wrote: If I may tag along on this and comment about calibration (in this case, video) - A local gentleman that I know who is in the biz had talked to me a few weeks back about getting the TV calibrated, and I had also read a number of positive testimonials about the value of an ISF calibration. At any rate, after spending four hours at the house Saturday evening, my TV is really a new set.---------------- There is some guy out there that is a specialist for MITSUBISHI big screens, and he will, for his fee line the inside of the TV with DUVATINE (a light absorbing material that is used for theaters and stage productions) and do a total calibration--polish the mirrors, the whole 9 yards so to speak...I guess it really really makes a huge difference in the picture quality, even on a very good "out of the box" image like the Mits' produce... I unfortuneatly don't know his NAME!!! does anyone out there know of this guy??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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