Soundwaves of New England has recently been to Seattle to participate in the "Train in the Rain" training program to become certified by the high-end industrial electronics company, AudioControl, to operate their specialized, digital calibration and correction equipment to tune any audio system to bring out it's full potential.

According to Soundwaves’ owner, Darren Grebe, “The drastic difference between an uncorrected Home Theater Room and a fine-tuned room, is immediately apparent when you’ve been able to compare them. Most people have not even heard a correct room, as most are simply “adjusted” with no equipment and no experience. I’ve been trained to judge as objectively as possible the characteristics of a system within a certain room, and I’m now certified to use the “Iasys HT” Digital Home Theater Analyzer, the “SA-3052” 1/3 octave Real Time Analyzer, along with the units that can actually perform the correction; the Diva, Bijou and Maestro systems. I can now bring out a system's FULL potential.”

            The use of the Iasys HT and the SA-3052 allow the certified calibrator to adjust frequency response (so that you have a balanced system from the lowest note to the highest note), phase relationship (which makes everything happen in the same “phase” for cohesiveness), level adjustment (so that all speakers are truly the same volume) and time alignment (which makes sure all the sounds arrive at your ear at precisely the same time – within 1 microsecond). Additionally, the Iasys HT allows us to apply digital filters and limiters to protect your system, digital compressors so you can listen at night without waking up the kids, and it has parametric equalizers which are like surgical lasers, allowing them to directly hone in on small anomalies and eliminate them with no adverse effects.

            The “Diva” digital room correction processor is an industrial, 8 channel, 24-bit digital processor with memories. The time alignment feature alone can dial-in your system so that it can digitally “move” a speaker forward or backward by as little as 1/8”. This unit will bring out ALL the potential in almost ANY system.

            AudioControl has been in business for over 30 years and has been the leader in acoustical measurement & correction devices, processors, amplifiers and equalizers. They are located north of Seattle in the Pacific Northwest and EVERY unit they produce is Made In America! Plus, being in the Northwest, they have been a Green company for some time. Not only do they use lead-free solder, but they are a zero-discharge company, meaning that they discharge no liquids except water. A truly amazing fact when you consider the waste generated by manufacturing facilities. Darren Grebe states, “I’ve been working closely with AudioControl since the early 90’s in the car audio industry and I own (and love) some of their equipment. When it came time for me to be certified, I chose AudioControl because of my experience and their reputation. I couldn’t be happier.”

             After a room is corrected, the final result is a more lifelike, engrossing experience while watching movies – in fact, you will become part of the movie – just like the director intended. After all, some of these movies used Audio Control equipment during their production. It also makes your music listening experience more lifelike and satisfying.

             Soundwaves of New England now offers a Professional Audio Calibration & Correction service to optimize your new or existing audio room, whether it's a 2-channel stereo system, a multi-use Media Room or a Home Theater Room. Contact Soundwaves at (508) 362-7905 to set up a demonstration to see first hand what this can do for your system.

 

Soundwaves of New England is now a proud member of CEDIA. CEDIA certified installers, designers and businesses are considered the best trained, most compadent, and most knowledgable in the industry. CEDIA's strengths are education and certification. Since 2002, Darren Grebe of Soundwaves has held both CEDIA Certified Installer Level I and Level II certificates. These certificates are the difference between a "trunk slammer" who may not be here tomorrow, and the companies that are invested in their own future and the future of the industry.