Reason for selling: Not used The bass it produced after that seemd a bit lacklustre to me, there just wasn't any real punch. aussievintage Previously when I ran the Audyssey the bass certainly didn't have the power it has now but it seemed to integrate well into the whole soundstage. If you want to get real serious, explore UMIK-1 mics, REW and also using DIRAC with a MiniDSP 88A. September 16, 2019 in General AV Discussion. A typical SPL meter won't be as good. Fire Destroys AKM Factory, Bad News for Audio Supply Chain, 2 pb2000 or 1 fv15hp or 1 vtf 15h mk2 or 1 Monolith 15. On my receiver it does change the reference level if I mess with the speaker levels. There are plenty of places where you can read the proper steps to use Audyssey for best results. I've only had an active sub for about a month so it's all a bit new. Agreed, I would turn Dynamic Volume to off, or at least Day, for setting your levels. jeromelang Active Member. × You only use the MEQ mic for running MEQ. keep in mind audyssey is just setup and EQ its trying to make best of the situation. If you're not using all available positions, you're doing it wrong. His system has Audessey xt32 mine only xt as it is an older Denon. Copyright © 2000-2020 M2N Limited E. & O.E. State: New South Wales 80hz Crossover is what I meant. Item Condition: Excellent Condition as long as you have followed the guide posted above to the letter you will likely all is well. 'My opinions are mine and do not represent AVForums or its associated websites'. The Audyssey calibration is likely to be the more accurate one. Suburb or Town: Roseville 2069 NSW things like sub level ... audyssey expect you will "salt to taste" ie adjust a bit up down to preference. I havent used the SPL on my system as yet however with his we ran the room correction but then used the SPL to set the channel levels. Started January 24, 2019, By Started 21 hours ago, By Home Theater Receivers | Processors | Amps, VerticalScope Inc., 111 Peter Street, Suite 901, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2H1, Canada. The meter in your XT32 processing is at least as accurate as the typical SPL meters sold for home use. Are you suggesting 80? Were are they commonly bought from ? Further information: https://www.avsforum.com/forum/90-receivers-amps-processors/795421-official-audyssey-thread-faq-post-51779-a-1726.html#post21782993, https://www.jaycar.com.au/compact-digital-sound-level-meter/p/QM1589. ... You can verify this by buying your own spl meter outputting test tones. You should use whichever method you trust more. Just to open a can of worms - in some capable AVRs you can turn the 'Midrange compensation' on or off via the Audyssey app. Are they searching for a "sound signature" they like, or just greater "accuracy"? Probably this mic cost to manufactures is well below dollar - The question is how good could it be... That's logical - I guess a secondary question would be: would using a much better mic with the Audyssey implementation in the AVR make any improvements at all or merely reflect the different characteristics of new mic over the 'expected' cheap one? If you new SPL is a UMIK1 or similar and you are using it with the likes fo REW, then you can achieve a far bit more, but you still can not easily apply equalisation (that I recall). With an AVR as new as the 1611, I cannot imagine or actually believe that you would need to do anything but go into the Test Tones. Started 22 hours ago, Sound Media Group StereoNET (Australia) is part of an international network of publications owned wholly by Sound Media Group (Australia). Well I was talking to Jack but to answer your question I always set my speakers to 80db because I like to run my speakers hot. Reason for selling: Payment Method: Paypal, EFT, Cash on Pickup Further information: Item Condition: Excellent I'd like to get everyone's takes on the auto-setup routines of most AVRs available today, i.e. I always use a good, calibrated mic and REW or similar. Cheers for that Gary. XT is basic and in capability. You'll likely have to do it for each source and configuration you will use in your system. fodderstomf The issue here would be that by using terms such as "correcting" and "off a bit", you're for some reason assuming that a manual measurement with an SPL meter is the more accurate one. And what's the best place to get an spl meter from? Actually, human error is involved in both ways. Crabsticks SOLD: FS: Denon AVC-A1 Flagship - Perfect condition! The DB was within 0.2 db for all channels. Classes are only relevant for SPL meters. A forum community dedicated to home theater owners and enthusiasts. And as you can see from the chart, the differences are negligible for the bass frequencies I measured. All Rights Reserved. however is that a big deal for most not as long as consistent. https://audyssey.zendesk.com/entries/73287-How-does-MultEQ-apply-room-correction-. Audyssey vs SPL Meter. Conrad For what it is worth, when I was running Audyssey, I would normally add about 5dB to the sub(s).   You cannot paste images directly. It is probably more of a volume limiter with a "loudness" compensation filter. its the BBC dip... they have it in by default and if running pro or very latest app version you can remove the dip, https://audyssey.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/212347863-Midrange-Compensation. Good to be part or the community. I suggest you go with the Audyssey findings. That seems to have made the difference, cheers Gary. The topic here was the possible use of an SPL meter, and has nothing to do with the complex Audyssey room correction process.   Your link has been automatically embedded. it will do its own boosting of freq to make sure EQ is dynamically adjusted for  volume vs freq. You need to follow obvious steps to ensure that the data you're giving it is good, so you don't get a garbage-in/garbage-out situation. Suburb or Town: Mordialloc JohnJohn (i.e. You could, as long as you don't change anything in the setup later on. i_love_japan Dirk76 Janjuc Shipping Options: Pickup available and you can audition.,Shipping is available at agreed cost. On 17/09/2019 at 5:42 PM, betty boop said: Item Condition: Used, see photos