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I just went to a audio place that is not a chain. It was impressive with 5-6 different rooms that were complete theatre rooms and they had a good amount of high end speakers, receivers, and tv's there.
I am about to buy some bowers and wilkins 600 series speakers soon and asked the guy if I wanted someone to come into my house to wire everything up and set it all up, how much does that cost? I told him I got a 20x20 room that is finished so hiding the wires etc would be needed. He told me that they charge bascially by the hour and that its 190 a hour. They would do a consulting visit first then wire and calibrate the speakers and set all my devices up on a remote type thing. He estimated the job to take at least one full day 1500 bucks or maybe longer.
Is this guy full of it or is that the going rate for this type of service? I am new to the audio thing and have done my research on here and at places like best buy and I know what I want, now I need to know how to get everything up and running once I got it all purchased. Have a specialist do it and do it right with all the fancy calibrations and remote for everything or maybe ust hire a handyman that knows his wiring. All feedback is appreciated. Thanks!
I just went to a audio place that is not a chain. It was impressive with 5-6 different rooms that were complete theatre rooms and they had a good amount of high end speakers, receivers, and tv's there.
I am about to buy some bowers and wilkins 600 series speakers soon and asked the guy if I wanted someone to come into my house to wire everything up and set it all up, how much does that cost? I told him I got a 20x20 room that is finished so hiding the wires etc would be needed. He told me that they charge bascially by the hour and that its 190 a hour. They would do a consulting visit first then wire and calibrate the speakers and set all my devices up on a remote type thing. He estimated the job to take at least one full day 1500 bucks or maybe longer.
Is this guy full of it or is that the going rate for this type of service? I am new to the audio thing and have done my research on here and at places like best buy and I know what I want, now I need to know how to get everything up and running once I got it all purchased. Have a specialist do it and do it right with all the fancy calibrations and remote for everything or maybe ust hire a handyman that knows his wiring. All feedback is appreciated. Thanks!