Professional Installation Or Sweat Equity?

One of the top challenges that will surface after you finalize your purchase of a top of the range

sound surround theatre system is whether to handle the set up work yourself or consulting the

services of an expert. The answer to this question may relatively depend on the degree of

sophistication of the system itself and your grasp of the physics and electronics involved. Many

of the prepackaged tools on the market today are easy to set up and could be mounted fairly

quickly ( by a few hours course ) even by laymen such as myself.

If you are purchasing a big home theater or sound surround system that comes with very

rigorous requirements in order to give you optimum performance equivalent to what you paid for

it, then it just might be wise to invest in the services of a professional. REMEMBER that home

theater kits come in all sizes, shapes, and price range. Being able to install a $600-30,000 tool

kit doesn't mean that the home theatre going at a price in excess of that amount to lets say

$20,000 is as an easy of matter to install (thought such a price might actually be for a selfinstalled

system). the point here is that if you've spent a lot of money for a home theater or

sound surround system you absolutely want to ensure that you are getting your dollars worth on

the other end. Hiring a professional to do your installation is one way to ensure that you get the

best.

Set up is an expensive venture just as everything that bears a professional word at its front. One

way of curtailing that charge is by shopping around and conducting some price comparison

research, you may end up discovering that different retailers have different installation charges,

one retailer could be expensive while another is very affordable and could even offer free

installation once you make the purchase from him. If the installation price makes the difference

between the two, then opt for it, it will help you save a lot of dollars in the process and also

secure a professional installation.

It also pays to find out whether self-installation may render some warranties null. This is a

common occurrence in some occasions where you could end up risking your guarantee on a

$20,000 sound surround speaker system in order to save a few hundred bucks on installation

upfront. For my case, some risks aren't just worth taking, because a lot could go wrong by

operating without a warranty.

You do not have to begin your home theater or surround sound experience with a top of the line

piece of equipment. It is quite possible to start small with a surround sound system and build a

better system as you go. In fact, I seriously recommend that people invest heavily in speakers

from the beginning and sacrifice the number of speakers in favor of better quality speakers

Though you may obtain a great deal of satisfaction by doing stuff on your own, this may

sometimes prove to be an attempt in futility. If you can't avoid the urge to install the system

yourself, then you ought to be extra cautious from the beginning and stick to every detail that

comes with the instruction manual in order to obtain the best results possible. The major

problem with many of us is that we mostly pretend to be tech-savvy enough, hence reading the

accompanied user manual becomes unnecessary, until we become stuck in some point along

the way.

If you are among the many people world over who have joined the surround sound theatre

system league and have found the installation process quite easy and straightforward and that

you don't require expert knowledge to accomplish. Consider yourself a lucky lot. Very soon you

will be enjoying theatre quality sound from your home theater surround system whether it's

music you are listening to or movie or the newest game. Whether you go for expert installation

or self installation, I wish you all the best in setting up your new sound surround system and

The Great Installation Debate

It's a huge a question and it's looming large, especially among those home theatre lovers or any

one who is contemplating the purchase one of those enormous home theater systems for their

homes, AND the question is: Should I do a self installation or part with some bucks and call in a

professional to handle the job ? This debate goes beyond the confines of the American borders

and into the world. Consumers worldwide are grappling with similar questions and it might not

be an easy question to answer as it seems. Self installation wholly depends on the consumer's

confidence level and personal ability, and to many would be buyers, this maybe the reason as to

why they keep postponing purchase of home theaters.

For my household, this depends on who feels he/she needs the product most and who feels he

is confident enough to handle the installation. I've discovered that when it comes to such

equipments as home theaters, my man is a superstar at having the job done straight away. On

my side I had to lag my laundry to the laundry mat for weeks while the laundry machine and

dryer sat out in the basement in wait for him to mount them. I have no doubt that a person with

my kind of mind and attitude wouldn't hesitate to pay for a professional installation for any

equipment that requires quick installation.

With installation of complicated equipments, timing is not the only factor to consider, like for a

home theatre system. Knowledge is a major determining factor here as with most others

components. Because if you dare do it yourself and end-up breaking something during the

installation, that mat invalidate your warranty, especially if it maybe easy to prove that the item

or component was broken by the user and is not factory defect. You may also not like getting

down do the job yourself and then discover that something is missing, which may require that

you take the whole component apart, box it up again and take it to the store. Time wasted is

money wasted and you may not like the idea of redoing the whole installation afresh which may

end up being even more frustrating and expensive.

There are many things to put in mind when considering self -installation or professional

installation, and one of them is the guarantee on your home theatre system and it's related

components. Some warranties are nullified or rendered void if you don’t have your home theatre

system professionally installed. You therefore need to be sure if you are doing self-installation of

your home theater that the process doesn't nullify your warranty on the product.

Self installation also comes with benefits; first on the list is the bucks you will save by mastering

the guts of doing the installation yourself. Professional service doesn't come cheap

REMEMBER. It maybe quite costly and consumers of electronic goods don't consider that in

their budgeting for a home theater system. For most, expert installation can be a real deal

breaker in getting a home theatre of your dreams and also enjoying the best it can offer in terms

of entertainment.

The second reason that glorifies self installation of a home theater system yourself is the fact

that you develop the confidence of taking it part if the situation ever requires like moving

houses, or when you have to take it apart for maintenance and repair purposes. It also pays to

know where what plugs into and doing the installation yourself will give you that advantage.

At last is the sense of pride that only comes with knowing that you cracked the technical

mystery and did it on your own. It gives you a sense of accomplishment that not every john or

Jane is capable or even willing to do this task on their own, and that is remarkable and

something to make you proud. So, whether you decide that your installation has to be done by a

pro or not. I wish you all the best in your endeavor and hope you emerge victoriously.