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PCS Technical Academy
Part 1
Feb 24-25th 2012 Delta, BC
 

PCS Technical Academy Installer Courses
Course Fee $560.00/student
(Free Laser Alignment tool to each student - $145.00 Value)

Applied Room Acoustics – Part 1 (January 13 & 14, 2012)

The following is a brief outline of topics that will be covered in this course:

• Learning to use the properties of sound such as Absorption, Reflection, Refraction, Reverberation, Resonance, Diffraction and Dispersion to set-up the best sounding listening rooms

• Three basic steps to getting good sound in a listening room environment

• The effect of ambient temperature of a listening room on propagation of generated sound

• How to better understand loudspeaker design and specifications

• Choosing the right loudspeakers when designing dedicated home cinema rooms

• Subwoofers and proper bass management

• Loudspeaker dispersion and precision positioning for each specified channel

• The effect of on-axis placement of loudspeakers

• Dolby, DTS and THX recommended loudspeaker positioning for 5.1, 6.1 and 7.1 surround sound systems

• Benefits of using laser precision tools for setting up multi-channel audio reproduction systems

• Setting up loudspeaker signal levels for Dolby Digital 5.1 systems using a digital Sound Pressure Level (SPL) meter

AND MUCH MORE…!

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PCS Technical Academy
Part 2
Mar 23-24th 2012 Delta, BC
 

PCS Technical Academy Installer Courses
Course Fee $980.00/student
(Free SPL Sound Pressure Level Meter to each student - $112.50 Value)

Applied Room Acoustics – Part 2 (February 17-18th 2012)

The following is a brief outline of topics that will be covered in this course:

• Home THX audio system certification: technical background and design criteria

• Home THX design and installation techniques for custom installers

• From “THX Select” to “THX Ultra” system setup & certification

• DTS encode/decode surround sound processing: design and applications

• Dolby versus DTS: comparing the technical attributes of these two rival formats

• 5.1 versus 7.1: How many channels do you really need?

• Dolby True HD 5.1 and 7.1 systems

• DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 7.1 systems

• How does the geometry (i.e., dimensions) of a given room affect our ability to accurately perceive reproduced sound and what can we do about it?

• Analyzing modal resonances in dedicated home cinema rooms

• Low-Frequency optimization using multiple subwoofers

 AND MUCH MORE…!

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