Originally Posted by
jtrosky
Well, the good part about getting the system professionally tuned is that you'll have a very good tune to start off with. That will give you plenty of time to research and learn how to adjust things yourself, if needed/desired. As long as you save a copy of the original tune before messing with it, you can always get back to where you started. Like you mentioned, tuning is both rewarding and fun. Yes, it does take a lot of time to get 'up to speed', but at the same time, a lot of the basics are relatively easy to understand and adjust.
I don't have any experience with the amp you are looking at, so I can't comment on that (I have a JL Audio XD600/6v2 and a Helix DSP.3 DSP). I kind of like the amp and DSP being "separate", just because that way I can replace either one without impacting the other - but I can understand the desire for an "all in one" unit as well...
Good luck - let us know what you end up going with and how it works out! There are also plenty of folks around to help you with the tuning part as you have questions.