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Explain technical decisions without making the customer feel they need an engineering degree.
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Andrew Poole · The Home Theatre EngineerThere are extraordinary products available, but spending more doesn't automatically create a better theatre. Good outcomes come from understanding the room, choosing intelligently, installing properly and verifying the result.
I want this site to be somewhere people can learn, ask sensible questions and get professional help when they actually need it — whether the system is modest or exceptional.
I personally founded Home Theatre Engineering in 1999 and later ran it in partnership as HTE Holdings, building its YouTube channel along the way. The Home Theatre Engineer brand is my own independent practice: the same engineering approach, the same attention to detail and customer service and satisfaction.
More recently I traded as Andrew Poole – Calibrator at poole.com.au. That work now continues here.
Explain technical decisions without making the customer feel they need an engineering degree.
Make decisions around the room, system and intended outcome rather than product fashion.
Use measurement and documentation so performance isn't simply a matter of opinion.
These aren't here as trophies. They represent the different disciplines that have to come together when a theatre is designed, configured and calibrated properly.
Assistant Instructor · acoustics, measurement and audio-system optimisation.
Professional display and video calibration grounded in imaging science.
Professional video-system knowledge and calibration.
Advanced processor configuration, optimisation and calibration.
Certified for Envy Product Specialist · setup, configuration, optimisation and support.
HT2 Integrator · home-theatre design, integration and performance principles.
Dirac-based system calibration and optimisation.
Video design plus projector installation, maintenance and service training.
Awards achieved through my career, including my time at Home Theatre Engineering. You can also read what clients say.
The Home Theatre Engineer, 2027. Master Integrator is the industry body for integration professionals in Australia and New Zealand.
Awarded by Trinnov Audio while at Home Theatre Engineering.
Awarded by Trinnov Audio while at Home Theatre Engineering.
Presented by Barco Residential to mark the opening of the Perth showroom I designed and built for Home Theatre Engineering.
A great picture and great sound aren't separate projects. The room, signal chain, processing, display, loudspeakers and calibration all have to work together. That's the thinking behind The Home Theatre Engineer.
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