Looking to hear new systems in New Jersey

Also Johnny Rutan (who posts here often) in Verona will take plenty of time and listen to what you want to listen to. He's become my favorite dealer by far and I've been to over 50 stores around the country in the last couple of years. The society sounds like a great start though.

You can listen to all the systems in the world but unless they are set up by a professional calibrator you will never hear the full potential of the equipment.

Synergy Audio & Video has done calibration work for some members of the Philadelphia Area Audio Group and improved their systems greatly.

Slipknot1 recently had work done by them, perhaps he can comment.

Yes, Johnny is one of the best dealers in the country. Well worth a visit.

Thafler, I don't understand what you are trying to say. What is professional calibration? I know what it is for video as I have it done to all my sets for all inputs, but audio? I must be missing something here. If you are talking about programs that are basically eq devices, why do you need a professional to use one? Just trying to learn....thanks.

Ctsooner, thanks for asking. I have been in this hobby for over thirty years and have had many systems but it wasn't until recently that I had pro calibration done that really opened my ears. Perhaps if I had discovered this earlier I wouldn't have been on the bandwagon of reading reviews of the latest and greatest and thinking that is what will improve my system. I too have had my video systems calibrated actually before my audio and it was the same gentleman who convinced me to try it on the audio.

So what is essentially done is they measure your room with multiple mikes and determine best position for your speakers and subs if you have them.
Lasers are used for precise alignment and room treatments are determined by where the problems are. I was skeptical but until I heard the results after
a few small changes I wouldn't have believed it.