Tips & Tricks of CALIBRATING your Home Theater Receiver

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Published May 28, 2025

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The day has finally come, you’ve decided to make the move up to 4K video and purchased a new TV along with a brand new surround sound receiver that also supports 4K. You’ve connected everything up and are probably really proud you’ve got both picture and sound working. So the big question is, do you sit back and enjoy what you’ve done, or do you spend a little bit more time reading the manual to really dial in your new setup?

As a company with thousands of installations under our belt, we go behind lots of systems done by other companies. It may surprise you to know, there are an awful lot of home theater receivers out there, installed by alleged professionals, that had no more done than the wiring connected just like we described above. The audio-video world is one of the few areas where you can only halfway finish and things will still work! In today’s video, we will discuss whether or not calibrating your new home theater receiver is worth the few extra steps during the setup process.