Thread: Denon owners, EQ question

After realizing my manual setup adjustments may not be being used, I have a question.

I ran auto setup and saved, then went into manual setup and changed the speakers to small, the freq to 80hz and the sub to 120hz. Do these settings only take place if I use the Manual EQ(by using Audyssey Multi EQ i wont have proper xover settings)? Im assuming so, since the manual setup has all the other auto calibration figures copied over.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by elwaylite

After realizing my manual setup adjustments may not be being used, I have a question.

I ran auto setup and saved, then went into manual setup and changed the speakers to small, the freq to 80hz and the sub to 120hz. Do these settings only take place if I use the Manual EQ(by using Audyssey Multi EQ i wont have proper xover settings)? Im assuming so, since the manual setup has all the other auto calibration figures copied over.

Thanks.

Good question. I would post this in the AVS Audyssey Thread.

It appears that settings changed in manual like the xover and speaker level adjustments carry over to the audyssey eq. this is good, because if you use the manual eq, you lose many of the paramaters audyssey used.

The audyseey setup seemed to do a good job, but it did give the center too low a level (had to crank the volume so much to hear the words that the fronts and sub were trying to blow me outta the room). I adjusted the center up 1.5db's, and it seems a-ok.

Originally Posted by elwaylite

It appears that settings changed in manual like the xover and speaker level adjustments carry over to the audyssey eq. this is good, because if you use the manual eq, you lose many of the paramaters audyssey used.

The audyseey setup seemed to do a good job, but it did give the center too low a level (had to crank the volume so much to hear the words that the fronts and sub were trying to blow me outta the room). I adjusted the center up 1.5db's, and it seems a-ok.

Good to hear.

I didn't change one thing from my Audyssey results. I'm happy with everything I'm hearing.

Im gonna try rerunning this afternoon, just to be sure. One thing I realized after reading the Odyssey FAQ's on AVS, is that I put the mic in the correct 6 spots in the correct order, but I did not measure out 2 feet in between.

Then someone suggested I leave the settings alone for a couple of weeks, which I may do. Its just that once I turn the volume up enough to hear voices well on the center, the fronts and the sub are just too darn loud.

Originally Posted by elwaylite

Im gonna try rerunning this afternoon, just to be sure. One thing I realized after reading the Odyssey FAQ's on AVS, is that I put the mic in the correct 6 spots in the correct order, but I did not measure out 2 feet in between.

Then someone suggested I leave the settings alone for a couple of weeks, which I may do. Its just that once I turn the volume up enough to hear voices well on the center, the fronts and the sub are just too darn loud.

I wonder if the 3.1 setup has anything to do with that? Maybe Audessey is overcompensating your lack of rears by pumping more juice to your fronts?

could be, i may end up just bumping the center up anyways. gonna see what the results are first.

The onkyo audyssey did the same thing when I set it up not knowing the exact way to do it(had the center 1db lower than the fronts). Once I read the AVS FAQ's, the Onkyo set the fronts and the center at the same level, and it sounded great. They are all the same line of Polk, but the center is 1ft closer, so even though it should not be the same level most likely, I think 2.5 db's diff is a little much.

Originally Posted by elwaylite

could be, i may end up just bumping the center up anyways. gonna see what the results are first.

The onkyo audyssey did the same thing when I set it up not knowing the exact way to do it(had the center 1db lower than the fronts). Once I read the AVS FAQ's, the Onkyo set the fronts and the center at the same level, and it sounded great. They are all the same line of Polk, but the center is 1ft closer, so even though it should not be the same level most likely, I think 2.5 db's diff is a little much.

I've said it before. Don't become a slave to the tool. If the center is too soft under the Audessey setup, feel free to bump it up. You are the one listening to this, not the Audessey engineers. Again, I would write down the settings, so I could easily go back, but that doesn't seem to be an issue here as Denon has provided an easy to use go back path.

very true, and I agree. I posted in the Audyssey thread over at AVS to see if the Audyssey guy will offer input. From what I gather, they say to bump if you find the need, but then others act like its the final say and you are damned if you change it.