Avia???

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Fastmerc
Fastmerc Posts: 99
edited July 2003 in Speakers
Hello again,

Just wondering where to get one of these Avia set up disks that everyone talks about on here. Also Which spl meter to use to help set up the HT.

Thanks,
Brett
Mains: RT20Ps
Center: CS350LS
R. Surround: RT16s
R. Center: CS350LS
F. Effects: LS/FX
Sub: Titanic 15
Reciever: Yamaha RX-Z1
TV: 55 LED LCD
Interconnects:AR, RSF, MC
Speaker Cable:MC
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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
    edited July 2003
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    I bought mine from Amazon.com. There are also Sound & Vision, and Video Essentials. The newer ones allow you to calibrate the rear surrounds in a 7.1 set-up.

    The new Digital Video Essentials looks like a killer deal and I recommend it. Although I do have Avia and I like it. Avia has an error in one section of the disc, though. The six channel pan in Chapter 7 has a problem with the LFE channel encoding.

    Unless you have a huge amount of spare cash lying around, get the Radio Shack analog sound pressure meter. I heard it's on sale right now for $25. It's a screamin deal for that price and it's perfect for basic system calibration using test tones.

    Doc
    "What we do in life echoes in eternity"

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  • Fastmerc
    Fastmerc Posts: 99
    edited July 2003
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    Thanks Doc...Sounds like you have the right perscription. Can you get the video essentials from amazon as well? I am probably going to hit radio shack on the way home...lol.
    Thanks again,
    Brett

    Oh and any suggestions you might have on my previous post would be much appreciated!
    Mains: RT20Ps
    Center: CS350LS
    R. Surround: RT16s
    R. Center: CS350LS
    F. Effects: LS/FX
    Sub: Titanic 15
    Reciever: Yamaha RX-Z1
    TV: 55 LED LCD
    Interconnects:AR, RSF, MC
    Speaker Cable:MC
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited July 2003
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    Doc, you think that it would be better to pre-order the new Digital Video Essentials, or go ahead and buy the Avia disk? The new DVE is cheaper than the Avia....found the DVE for $25 and the Avia for $36. I am 5.1 but 6.1 soon, make a difference?

    I am no hurry for the disc, but will be picking up an SPL meter tomorrow from Radio Shack
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
    edited July 2003
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    I'd go for DVE if you don't have anything right now. The price is right and the features are great and it can do 7.1 (I think).

    Doc
    "What we do in life echoes in eternity"

    Ed Mullen (emullen@svsound.com)
    Director - Technology and Customer Service
    SVS
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
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    Thanks Dr. :) , one more question? Does the DVE/VE have as many options for audio testing as the Avia? Or is it more, as in the title, for video calibrations?

    I mean I have looked at the specs for both, but the DVE looks less for audio.....
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
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    I currently use the service menu, found unlocking code on the web, for my TV. This is for the convergence and all the calibration of the video from RCA. How do these discs help with that?
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    edited July 2003
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    Originally posted by Fastmerc
    Hello again,

    Just wondering where to get one of these Avia set up disks that everyone talks about on here.


    Avia discs show up on Ebay fairly frequently at good prices.
    Proud and loyal citizen of the Digital Domain and Solid State Country!
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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
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    Originally posted by dorokusai
    Thanks Dr. :) , one more question? Does the DVE/VE have as many options for audio testing as the Avia? Or is it more, as in the title, for video calibrations?

    I mean I have looked at the specs for both, but the DVE looks less for audio.....

    For about $20 shipped from Amazon, I'm getting DVE. It has all new DD and DTS sound calibration sections.

    Avia is loaded with tons of audio tests, but many of them are superfluous if your system is properly wired and connected. It's fun to try them all, but largely not useful if you already know what you are doing. I just use it for channel balancing and calibration to Dolby reference level.

    Doc
    "What we do in life echoes in eternity"

    Ed Mullen (emullen@svsound.com)
    Director - Technology and Customer Service
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
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    Good enough, I will get the DVE. Let me know when you get yours Dr., would like to check it out with another user. Thanks for the input ;)
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • burdette
    burdette Posts: 1,194
    edited July 2003
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    The most beautiful sound I ever heard:

    Avia, avia, avia, avia.

    All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word:

    Avia, avia, avia, avia, avia, avia.

    Avia, I've just heard a disc named Avia,

    and suddenly the tones send shivers in my bones, for me.

    Avia! I've just played a disk called AVIA!

    And suddenly I've found how wonderful a sound can be.

    Avia, say it loud and there's music playing.

    Say it soft and it's almost like praying,

    Avia, I never stop setting up with: "AVIA!"


    .. I'm not making jolks.. I really love my Polks...
    I play them oh so loud, and entertain a crowd
    But on the brink I teeter, so I use my RS meter
    Set the center right at zero, gotta grab another beero
    Now the mains have joined the club, time to calibrate the sub
    Put the sub on minus three.. damn the beer, I've gotta pee
    Now you change it at the amp, damn this sub is like a vamp
    Sucks me in and spits me out, thumps my chest without a doubt
    Brought the rears right into line, now the suite is sounding fine
    Reference level's in my reach, I slam a disc into the breech
    Not the violent or the gory, I'm a dad who plays Toy Story
    Monsters, Inc. and Bang Band Chitty, but I won't play Hello Kitty
    Now the kids are all in bed, feed the need inside my head
    Save the Private, drop the Ring, hear the chicks at Moulin sing
    Reference level, I can do it, but the kids would not sleep through it
    So I must be fine, you see, with peaks of 75 dB.




    Thank you.. thank you very much... thank you...

    I've left the building....
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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
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    Damn.........I'll have what he's having.
    "What we do in life echoes in eternity"

    Ed Mullen (emullen@svsound.com)
    Director - Technology and Customer Service
    SVS
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  • burdette
    burdette Posts: 1,194
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    Life is too short... as long as *I* think I'm funny, I'm going to go with that.

    I thought you'd appreciate the rhyme, Doc... perhaps a chant for newbies, much like the 'mission rhyme' from Dirty Dozen.
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited July 2003
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    Originally posted by burdette
    Life is too short... as long as *I* think I'm funny, I'm going to go with that.

    I thought you'd appreciate the rhyme, Doc... perhaps a chant for newbies, much like the 'mission rhyme' from Dirty Dozen.

    Your a nut, I'm busten a gut, I wish that effin kitty would get munched by a MUT!!!

    HBomb is going drinken!

    :D
    ***WAREMTAE***
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