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No matter whether you’re an enthusiastic hobbyist or a professional installer, the iPhone can provide a variety of apps to assist in setting up your home cinema system.  Here are eight such applications and as always, we welcome any additions you may have in the comments section! A straightforward app for measuring the loudness of not only your audio system, but pretty much any sound!  Both an analogue and a digital meter are featured with measurements for peak, maximum and average dB rating.  We’ve found that using an external microphone produces more accurate results than relying on the internal option. If you don’t have a DVD with a THX Optimizer program handy, then this seems to replicate everything it does, with static test patterns, movies for video calibration and audio test tones included.  You’ll need an Apple Video cable to connect your phone to the TV though. It’s a pricey little thing, but if you’re splashing out on a SIM2 projector in the first place, then the $30 price tag probably won’t make much difference.  The application consists of a collection of tools used to calculate everything from throw ratio and geometry settings to viewing angles and luminance levels of your projector, and it’s not limited to SIM2 models either.  For projector newbies, the setup can be intimidating, but this app’s walk-through of the finer points makes it all far easier. A cheaper alternative to SIM2Calc, this is another app for setting up your home theater projector.  With calculation tools, placement suggestions and a tutorial, your projector will soon be up and running. Essential for setting up any type of audio system, SPL Meter can be used with the internal or an external microphone and is reputed to be a ‘professional-grade’ SPL measurement app.  Weighting filters, decay measurements and adjustable range plus an analogue or digital display are key features here.  It’s well-priced too. Helpful for both the pro-installer and the home enthusiast, this tests your speaker’s polarity.  Of course, a microphone is required and in all honesty, unless all your wiring is either hidden away or stupidly complicated, the average set-up won’t benefit from this type of app.  That said, when you need a tool like this, it’s as good as you’ll find in the App Store. If you’re considering SPL Meter and Speaker Pop, then perhaps you should take a look at AudioTools.  Produced by Studio Six Digital, it Read More

...you totally one of those home theater geeks? Do you have $29.99 to burn? Then get yourself to the appery and buy the SIM2Calc app. The app allows you to tune your high-end projector for ultimate picture quality. This also assumes that your projector is one of the expensive ones from SIM2... Read More