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K. T. Walrus wrote:
 Thanks. I'll certainly turn to message boards for advice, but this is no substitute to actually paying someone to provide a service.
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Professional consultants can (but not always) offer a valuable service, but I wouldn't sell these forums too short.
I started actual construction of my theater about a month ago
, and while I don't post very often (sorry Sonnie), most of the useful information and advice I've used has been gained from reading comments and sugggestions on threads just like this one - for months and months.
For example, you'll find some excellent information about acoustics on this forum from experts in the field like Bryan and Ethan - competitors in the "real world", but cooperate here in providing us some great free advice. It's the same with other aspects of HT construction. As Sonnie said, you get more opinions that way.
I'd never discourage anyone from hiring a pro - but I'd use the information you get here to verify the guy really knows his stuff
. Unfortunately, more than a few consultants out there are good at some things, but less capable at others. It's sometimes hard to tell which
.