Ep. 44 - Home Theater Setup. Audyssey Editor App. Full AVR Home Theater Setup!!

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[@danielwander605]

Man, you are so right about mic locations. I finally learned this like 3 weeks ago with Dirac. Kept getting crummy responses after RC and finally it occurred to me to stop giving it info it doesn’t really need. So kept the measurements tight to LPs, and also gave it two points behind the chairs that had bad peaks that were causing some bad rattle. Results were so good.

[@hometheatergurus]

Yep. I've had the same results over and over.

[@RichardNutman]

I only ever do 3 measurements. Middle of couch, left couch seat and right couch seat. That's where you sit, that's where you want it to sound the best.

[@danielwander605]

@@RichardNutman That's probably the case most of the time. Dirac seems to do a better job with the more points you give it though. Also, boomy bass and room rattle bug the hell out of me so i found benefit in finding peaks in areas outside of the listening area and including them in the calibration. But I wouldnt think you could go nuts with that without hurting the listening positions.

[@RichardNutman]

@@danielwander605 Yeah I think so, you may end up cutting out some frequencies when the mic was in an anti-node, that would've sounded fine on the couch. I think the many positions thing is more for normal living rooms with chairs at the side. A single couch in front of the listening position most likely doesn't benefit from any additional mic positions.

[@danielwander605]

@@RichardNutman Its a balancing act for sure. Lot of trial and error. In the end i was willing to give up a little at my MLP to stomp out the boom-iness behind me. I found it to be a much more enjoyable experience.

[@stevegyivicsan4215]

I've been listening to music for 50yrs. And Sr. What you just taught me in this 35min. tutorial. I didn't have a life time of knowledge stored in my heads worth. I hope you get what lm tring to say. Thank you and looking forward for more tutorials from your channel 😊

[@cableguydan]

Many thanks for the tips, Steven. Using the Audyssey app to restrict EQ above 400hz is a great tip, and certainly something I’d have never thought of. I set the app to ignore any EQ above 399hz on my Marantz SR7011 with my Bowers and Wilkins 600 series speakers. Although subtle, I’m pretty sure that my speakers are now performing better. I tested this in A/B style with a song I know well and the results seemed positive. Thanks again. 🙏🤩

[@DevonRegan]

Can’t thank you enough for this video. I was doing everything you said here already except for one critical thing...limiting the frequency at which Audyssey was applied. Game changing to the sound and I finally feel ok using it now.

[@dpockaj]

I can’t wait to see the new theater complete man! Glad to see you’re still making videos.

[@hometheatergurus]

Yeah I'm ready to get working on it and get it done!

[@robertschuster312]

Welcome back Steve, I missed your amazing videos, they are so helpful.

[@hometheatergurus]

Thanks Robert! You should be seeing a lot more of my mug for the next few months. 😁

[@brnmaull]

Yes thank you sir I been waiting for this!

[@hometheatergurus]

Yeah I've put it off for way too long!

[@BAM-ee2jm]

Thanks for the great content! All the best for the new build!

[@hometheatergurus]

Thanks Bam!

[@Kokeaa]

Great to see you back pushing out helpful content! Been waiting on the app covering a long time :) Will there be a deeper dive with the app when your room is built? Would love to see it more in depth and in combination with rew and minidsp. Looking forward to see the build coming together soon, all the best of luck and thanks for another great video!

[@peerguy]

Thank you. This helped a lot. I had no clue about some of those features. My home theater opened up after I adjusted reference level to opposite of the mistake in this video and turned on dynamic Eq and turned off mid range compensation.

[@shaggs2riches]

I wish this video was available 3 years ago, when I got my first avr with room audyssey. I had to learn a lot of this stuff through trial and error. The one thing I did learn from this is using only the seating positions measurements. Every time I have always used all 8 measurements, but for now on, I will stick to the first three for my three seats and be done with it. That should speed things up quite a bit.

[@sukhmansandhu9535]

Thank You Sir!!!! Just getting my new center speaker and SVS sub today , this is going to be great help.

[@hometheatergurus]

Awesome, perfect timing!

[@burnbyc]

That is one brilliant video, I've learned so much in half an hour! Thank you 👍

[@rajithskumar]

Once again a Nice Tutorial .Thank you very much for spreading the Knowledge 👍

[@hometheatergurus]

My pleasure!

[@M-J-P]

Thank you again for another great video, full of information. By the way waiting anxiously to see your media room... Whoa ha... You just fixed one of my issues. I was “correcting” subs distances. I didn’t know that It’s not a distance but the alignment with main.

[@Sensi1995]

Thanks for the amazing video, always great to learn from you! :)

[@hometheatergurus]

Thank you!

[@ants9574]

I'm so happy you're back doing these videos ! Quick question , what would you recommend setting the crossover for front and rear height Klipsch 500-sa ? Thank you for your videos once again and the time you take to do this for us !

[@vojtechkrejci2538]

I just love your way of decoupling inner and outer walls. Never seen this detail before. Cant wait for your next video showing off the space.

[@hometheatergurus]

Thanks! this is my 3rd house using staggered studs. Works extremely well and it's cheap.

[@vojtechkrejci2538]

@@hometheatergurus Im sure you’re gonna show it later in you videos. But do you fill all that stud space with insulation. Do you then double your sheetrock with something like green glue? And will you double on the inside or both.

[@georgep2301]

Thank you.Last night I tested the D eq “on“ at +10db and dynamic volume off then I played around with LFC cause my neighbors is a little bit close and I have to say that I enjoyed the movie a lot it was outstanding , of course thank God I could upgrade my receiver and I have the xt32 audyssey. Cause with my previous one xt was a disaster. The other think I have to do is to take measurements with audyssey mic as you described in previous videos with 2’ from center mlp and not follow the audyssey’s directions. In the matter of the speaker angle, do they have to be in equal angle for both ? I got 3 listening positions Ingot umik and I want measure. Also what to do if the mlp distance is longer than the distance in between the speakers and don’t make perfect triangle in anyway?i cant go mlp closer to speakers I can’t spread the speaker more ..

[@FatterTony]

Thank you so so much for all of your hard work, it's awesome to see how you're educating the whole scene, now to the point all the other you tubers reference you tons. Can I ask, when you say "good speakers" when sliding the filter frequency range, would you consider SVS ultra towers good or are we talking like $10,000 speakers as being good? Thanks.

[@budgetaudiophile6048]

Love it! Had to hop on a conference call so had to pause half way through but finished it up and I love this episode! This will be one I refer back to frequently. I just purchased some new toys for the theater so once those are in and calibrated I'll have to mess around with audyssey (especially using that limiter) to see how well we can get that set up! I'm so excited!

[@hometheatergurus]

Yeah I should have done this one a long time ago. It was originally going to be just the editor app but I got carried away and did it all. 😁

[@budgetaudiophile6048]

@@hometheatergurus This one is definitely worth it, though! I can see this being one of your top viewed videos of all time!

[@juanvenegas278]

Steve, thanks for this great video. Just one question about measuring. When you say don't measure six spots, what I do then, measure 3 spots first and repeat the other 3 again, in the same order ?

[@jmaklary]

Awesome vid to help me understand the proper way to setup up everything. In the app for setting the filter frequency any recommendation of where to set it? Media/game room so not perfect for acoustics with Denon x2700H and Polk Signature s50, s30 and s15. Should I still go low as 400 or should I go to 500 or even 700?

[@jlbfoot]

Couple of questions... 1) I plan to use a miniDSP HD to set up 3 subs in my room. After that procedure and getting the subs working well together, I wonder about applying Audyssey correction and if it might screw up the results obtained from the miniDSP. Should the editor app be used to disable EQ for the sub channel so that Audyssey doesn't affect the work done with the miniDSP? Or, should the Audyssey correction be applied to the sub(s) "on top" of the miniDSP calibration? 2) When calibrating the sub with the miniDSP, should I shoot to calibrate to a house curve with the bass boosted? The reason I ask is that I plan to use Dynamic EQ in Audyssey. Since that boosts bass at lower than reference volumes, would calibrating to a flat curve work better than a house curve if planning to use Dynamic EQ? Thoughts and opinions are appreciated!

[@madhouse32dk]

Excellent video, as usual.. Thank you.

[@omarkolonda9879]

Thank you so much for this video. I have an open corner of our basement and used your advice in EP 7&8 to lock in my 2 subs. Would you run audyssey after REW has done it's thing? Won't multieq mess w/my curve?

[@Ausseke]

Thanks, this was a HUGE help. But the one problem I have with my setup is , I dont have a couch, I have a love seat ( ya ya it is on the list ) , so for the mic placement what would you suggest ? I just set spot 1 dead center then 2 and 3 just moved it 17 inches left and right, it seems to work out LOL.. Thanks again for the video

[@Ba09035]

Very interesting about the LPF. I've been reading a thread on AVSforum that states otherwise. They also advocate running a second steeper LPF with miniDSP(48dB slope) as most users tend to boost the last 2 octaves much higher than the mains/surrounds. This has a purpose to lower chestiness in vocals from center channel and also to improve midbass impact. Anyways, super fun to experiment and thanks for an awesome channel. Can't wait to see the house build.

[@hometheatergurus]

There's always going to be others doing something different. Measure and get a nice smooth transition and enjoy. Chestiness would be seen in the response.

[@jsgrise]

LFE LPF can be lowered if you run your subs hot to get better integration. If not, leave it at 120Hz.

[@mickster1780]

hey gurus - audyssey question: i have a denon 1611. after running auto setup, i'm getting some midrange null where i sit. if i move my head forward a foot or so, it sounds great. what do i do to fix this? set the mic back a little and re-run audyssey? thanks

[@georgep2301]

Hello and thank you for your great work. I sure do it tomorrow without measuring all the spots but the lps only. In the matter of bass crossover with mains if we set the sub crossover at 120hz and mains are 80hz dont we enforce the bass in the room like double...i thought we cut to 80 for the mains and below there the sub works. Also in the menu if i set off dynamic volume, when i watch movies at volume 30 is really low and if i enable it think is normal. Is there any problem with the spl metter and test tone with denon?? Are we sure 0 is reference lvl and when we calibrate at 0 lvl to 75db for each channel audyssey use these settings? Thank you.

[@sauwill]

Great Video!! I have a question regarding Audyssey and sub calibration. I followed your REW video Ep 7 (Great video as well!) and wondered how you keep Audyssey from changing your calibrated Sub results? Or do you recommend doing the calibration and then running Audyssey and going with it? Thanks!!

[@madcrabber1113]

In the Editor app you can go to MultEQ Filter Frequency Range and go to subwoofer then move the slider from right to left all the way.

[@jujukerker]

Tks for the detailed tutorial! My subwoofer volume is grayed out and I am unable to adjust the volume. Can help ? Tks.

[@juanvenegas278]

Hi. After running the app, it gives me a value of 250 Hz for the subwoofer. Should I limit it to a new value, as I did with the other speakers with the MultEQ filter frequency range ?

[@Kmahomie]

awesome info!! thank you man!!!

[@mutatedgenome]

Once the room correction file has been uploaded to the receiver in Preset 1, what do I need to check in the receiver Setup Menu to make sure it's gtg? Just make sure Speaker Preset 1 is selected in the receiver? Do I have to make sure MultEQ XT32 is turned on and set to a specific setting in the Audyssey menu (i.e. Flat vs Reference)?

[@Alimran110]

q. whats the impact? or can we skip the Subwoofer using "Channel Select" and keep the house curve created using the REW

[@m4nc1n1]

I used all these until I treated my room (only first reflection, too) and set a room curve with mini-DSP 2x4 HD. Now, I turn off Multi EQ and Dynamic EQ, which sounds fantastic! A huge veil was lifted. And don't even get me started on mid-range compensation! And I have been saying for years that cutting Audyssey off after 3 positions were superior. But now it does not matter because it just sets my trim and distance since I turn off Multi EQ. I still turn it on Reference once and awhile and in 2 minutes I am like nope, lol

[@Mr300mph]

Thank you very much. I followed the wrong advice and changed the distance on my sub from what the room correction had it set at. Can't want to fix it. I appreciate all the knowledge you share with us all!

[@hometheatergurus]

You're welcome! Unfortunately there's a lot of bad information out there.

[@InvestingwithKurt]

@@hometheatergurus Indeed, part of it because people do not know... and they would socialize their interpretation. Your advice has been the best and I am personally following it to the letter.

[@PETROL_Ted78]

In my situation I had to change both my subwoofer distance settings 3 to 4 feet further. This gave me a much better allignment. I measured this with REW. I've got a 7.2.4 setup. (dual svs sb1000)

[@InvestingwithKurt]

@@PETROL_Ted78 If you want this to be "scientifically accurate" and take out the trial and error measurements, you can use REW 's Alignment Tool. Take your center speaker measurement @80Hz and your virtual sub measurement @80Hz and click on "Align phase at cursor"

[@danjackman5100]

I am setting up with Audyssey and a Marantz Sr5009. Should I set crossover point to default 80 or set to 120 with small speaker selection? Also, the same for subwoofer 120 and not 80. Where should I set my phone microphone when running arc on Paradigm subs. And after running arc on Paradigm v10 subs do I still run Audyssey on them? Or skip them?

[@ryanr8695]

Awesome video as always... just found your channel a few days ago and have already learned more clear, easy to understand information than ever before! A quick question, and apologies if it's already been answered and I missed it... Once you set the Audessey app limiter at 300hz (or whatever) and upload to the receiver, do you then need to run the calibration again, or does the receiver automatically implement the change and you can just leave it be? Thanks!

[@javierzubiate81]

You just upload the file to the AVR after the changes you have made and your good to go, no need to re run audyssey. Hope that helps🙂

[@ryanrobinson3600]

@@javierzubiate81 Thanks!

[@dutchgrower2971]

First of all hello, and thank for your content, i learned a lot from it 👍 awsome, i have the Denon X3700H the ultra towers and the svs pb 3000 , i have my X Over of my towers at 80 hertz, set at small, the center to 80 and my surround left and right at 120 they are little🤗 do you still recommend only lfe ,i mean is there a difference between all speakers set to small at sub +main or speakers set to small at only lfe ? I hope you read this comment and can help me out, have good day, and again thanks for your content 👍👌👊

[@Stevo19801]

Finally, thanks!!!!!!

[@hometheatergurus]

Yeah I made you guys wait way too long..🙂

[@romanlewandowski9616]

Great video again. Do you calibrate the amplifier using the Odyssey calibration on the amp prior to using the Odyssey app adjustment to 400 Hz?

[@hometheatergurus]

Thanks! Yes you'll have to run it to create an Audyssey file then you're free to tweak.

[@brianjanti3586]

@@hometheatergurus what would you set it to in a large open room?

[@randyrice7090]

Firstoff, that KS for this informative video. I'm confident it's what I needed to get my setup to sound like it should. However, in going back through after adding a sub, I am struggling to get my subs to register at 75db (even with gain/volume turned up fully) to get Audyssee started. Mic was 3" in front of the sub before it would get above 50DB, yet the whole house was rattling. Any tips? Can I effectively run Audyssee without the subs? I am missing out on some of the control that let me hear dialogue at lower levels!

[@SpiderMan-aa]

I used the curve editor app below 400hz only on all speakers. Should I use cinema eq. Function? (Under audio selection on the denon.) Thanks

[@kuriakos36]

Hello mate one more time hope you good i have one question i have a space in my house that is 5 metres length * 3.30 width * 2 metres height I could create a home theatre there with dolby atmos??? or because the ceiling is too low the specifications do not allow it ??? Thank you again!!

[@jaywaller9125]

Hey Steve, thanks for the great video!!! If a person is in a treated room, followed all of your videos including a proper setup using REW and MiniDSP, is there ANY point at all in using MultEQ and Audyssey? I don't think so but wanted your confirmation.

[@hometheatergurus]

It's definitely optional at that point but without using audyssey you can fix and modal areas above the subs Dynamic eq also does some boosting and response shaping of the surrounds and rears which many like so I'd recommend trying it out.

[@Stevo19801]

You going to lay rubber matting with osb over the top for the floor, sand front stage and insulation stuffed riser?

[@hometheatergurus]

The house is on a slab and the seats are actually going to be on the carpeted slab with a ramp/riser that wraps around it. Purely for looks. It'll all be in the upcoming update videos. I've got a few tricks up my sleeve acoustically on this one.

[@koolrunnings3135]

Thanks, new subscriber. I take your points on the app and will buy it. However, wondering if my spkrs fall within the "good" spkr realm - I have Polk S55 towers, S30 center & S15 surrounds, 2 SVS SB2000 - 5.2. What's your view on these spkrs???

[@MysteriousRider84]

21:43 what happened?

[@GingersKing]

I noticed you didn't defeat the Audyssey adjustments for the subs. Would you recommend that if REW through a MiniDSP was used to setup multiple subs before running this?

[@wilsman00]

I have noticed when I tell Audyssey to limit correction range it keeps that range lower, meaning the correction has reduced the overall dB for that range. In the preview screen on the app it shows everything above 300hz is a little louder. When I run REW afterwards I can confirm that above my cut-off point the speaker runs a little louder. Is this normal? I observe it on every channel. Should I use the custom editor part to manually lower the dB of the 300+ range to keep it more in line with where

[@Lindros1988]

The Audyssey app is good, but do you find that it boosts your bass? I thought I was doing something wrong, but no matter what I do, it always boosts my bass frequencies, up to 5db's in some places. It only happens when calibrating through the app, but never when calibrating through the AVR, so it's definitely something with the app.

[@Oswaldbates67]

I need help. My system sounds terrible 😞 805 d3 lice, In ceiling rears and a pair of atmos heights. 5.1.2 SVS ultra 16 ported sub. Macintosh mc207 amp, ace 7706 marantz pre processer kimber cables. Best Buy magnolia installed it. I’m in northern nj. I need a company that specializes in calibration. Any recommendations will greatly be appreciated. Thanks 🙏

[@Eric-xx3mb]

What dynamic eq reference level would you recommend for music? Or would you turn it off for music?

[@larry9079]

Hi thank you for this explanation and logic with microphone placement its something i always thought about why am i placing the microphone in a known dead spot in my room well thats what the picture shows so i guess ill do it anyway what should i do with dynamic range compression in Dolby digital mine is default to auto is that the same as dynamic eq what should dynamic range compression be set to

[@hometheatergurus]

You're welcome Larry. I would turn any type of compression off.

[@larry9079]

@@hometheatergurus will do thank you Sir

[@natej7929]

For those with older receivers that do not support the app, should we just not run audessy? If yes we will need to manually set levels, distance, frequency and time align our subs? Can we run audessy to get these settings then disable audessy and set them manually to match?

[@tatts4life838]

I know it would probably be a huge amount of recording time invested but it would be cool to see you going through all the steps from all your videos with your new theater room. While I don’t have a dedicated room or matching subs I do plan to go through your sub level matching and rew videos soon when my miniDSP comes in

[@hometheatergurus]

Once the house is done and things slow down I'll be doing more frequent videos and well show a lot of the setup.

[@jlane7731]

What’s the difference between 300 and 500 hz certain for a small room? 5.1.2

[@nickfarrow8794]

hi im currently running a 5.1.4 set up with a dennon avr 4500 amp and I've ran the audssey app but am so confused about all the settings and how to adjust them ? its a minefield of info and I wondered if I send my calibration details to someone the would be kind enough to have a look and help me please

[@JuanJose-wt5yj]

Thanks for the video. On your comment on Mr. Toole's blind test of the JBL LSR 305. In what minute of the video does he mention the JBL? You comment on it in minute 30 + or - I don't know English and that video doesn't have Spanish subtitles. Written with Google translator. Greetings

[@joelane4670]

Great video as always.Haven’t been keeping up on your latest vids. But I’m back..lol. Question..you said during this video that you shouldn’t have to turn center speaker up higher then the rest. But it seems that’s always the case when we’re watching movies lately..it’s driving me crazy..what could be causing this problem?. Thanks bud. Good luck with the house! Joe l

[@hometheatergurus]

Thanks Joe! See the 4 part series on room treatments.

[@edstark44]

Thanks for your content, it is so useful, in-depth and properly explained! I only recently discovered your vids. Subscribed 👍🏻 Question: why was there music edited in when you were talking about the DynEQ offsets? I’d really like to know what to shoot for there. Thanks again!!

[@hometheatergurus]

Thanks! I had a brain fart and the only fix post upload was to drown it out but if you notice, during the music at the top I have a link pop up to the correction.

[@edstark44]

@@hometheatergurus Ah! Thanks, just watched that 👍🏻 Do you find that 0db offset boosts the bass and surrounds a little too much or not?(without any additional boost to the trim levels of course)

[@johnlloyd3855]

I ran REW last year when I setup my 3 subs. I decided to run Audyssey again when I change amplifiers. It complains that my sub level is too high (93 db). Do I really need to change the levels on all the subs to make Audyssey happy? Won’t that undo all the work I did with REW?

[@CandBLawnCare]

I need advice. I downloaded the MultEQ app and it’s not recognizing either of my denon receivers. They are both on the network. I have a 930h in the living room and a 4400 in the theater. It searches and searches without finding either one. Then I tried to search by the IP address and it says that it’s not valid. Does anybody have any advice?

[@sportcomputerservices6438]

I thanked you on your Atmos speaker placement video, and now I’m thanking you on this video as well! Followed your instructions on our new systems first calibration and holly crap it sounds amazing. Thank you for all your hard work, professionalism and pragmatic REAL WORLD advice that’s backed up by logical thinking and deep knowledge and research but explained in a way that makes sense. It’s so great that you are going against the old wisdom and thinking about the mistakes people have made in the past and fixing it for all of us. The customers you have that are close enough to use you are very lucky. Cheers from New Zealand.

[@hometheatergurus]

Thanks for the kind words and very glad the info has helped you!

[@texxhexxmm]

Rears behind a bit work great.Surrounds to the Side is suboptimal i think ..Not enough from the Back comin,more right and left

[@hometheaterfever5]

Audyssey set all my speakers to -12dB. Please help me because I don’t know why this happens. My room is 12x17 and 9 feet ceilings. Currently running 7.2.4 config. Thank You

[@13bcoffee]

Cool ... I saw your added explanation on Dynamic EQ but I know that one was made for Dynamic Volume but I can't find it. I have both features on my Marantz receiver and have played around with it over time. At first I turned both off and the sound was decent. I decided to experiment. Dynamic EQ acts like a loudness control except that it is dynamic meaning that it changes depending on where you have the volume. It mostly boost the subwoofer and the surround speakers. That's great if you want more sound out of those speakers and useful if you mostly listen at lower levels. Dynamic Volume is a compression tool. It is not there to cut low freqs of high freqs. What it actually does is remove peaks while boosting lower sounds. So the big explosions in films are reduced. At the same time you can hear more subtle things in films such as a scene where ice cubes drop in a glass or raindrops hitting.

[@1165mac]

That’s been my experience with Dynamic Volume as well. On a poorly mixed film it makes dialogue MUCH easier to hear.

[@Stevo19801]

Can you cover setting up the house curve of the subs in multi eq or do you do this with the mini dsp still

[@grazen321]

Yea subs are all handled by miniDSP. Watch episode 7 for complete walkthrough. Actually, watch every episode 5 times because they all matter and the information is so dense. Just finished my theatre and these videos were so helpful. House curve is set up with miniDSP but also make sure YPAO volume or the Marantz/Denton equivalent is turned on for bass management while listening at more comfortable, lower levels.

[@hometheatergurus]

Keep in mind if you're going to run room correction after the REW/MiniDSP work you'll eq for a flat response in the MiniDSP as that's what room correction will eq to. Then use Dynamic eq or the editor app to apply the house curve.

[@unusualsky2300]

It was said that the multeq filter range actually only starts at about 250hz below the frequency you kept it as the software tries to even it out from the original response to the audyssey response and only uses the frequences specified underneath the one you have given it, so to compensate that we put it at 500-600 range for correction .

[@hellondjoseph9403]

Thank you for the tutorial. You mentioned only taking measurements at the main 3 seating positions. Do you recommend only taking 3 measurements or 8 measurements within the 3 main seating area ?

[@hometheatergurus]

You're welcome. As many as you want but I stay on line with the seated heads.

[@hellondjoseph9403]

@@hometheatergurus thank you for the information.

[@deanport8273]

Could you possibly do a video on the REW time alignment tool...

[@scotttalley97]

Go watch episode 7

[@savan28]

Hey Guru, every time I watch your reviews, my home theater improves so thank you for all these amazing reviews. Once room correction is done - do you recommend using sound meter, set volume level to 0 db and set all the speakers volume to 70-75 dB to match all speakers? Audessy always sets these db values low.

[@hometheatergurus]

Thanks! you can but it's usually very close to being set for reference. I do go back and measure to make sure the speakers are matched to each other which IMO is more important. For instance if one main is 2db louder than the other main and center that would be an issue.

[@savan28]

@@hometheatergurus awesome. Thanks.

[@shaneducholke364]

Question about setting mains to small is that my towers have powered subwoofers built into them. Is it okay to them have mains set to large or change them to small? I also assume setting them to small would meam the powered subs wo t be used. The tower subs are each 165 watt and I have my velodyne at the rear of my room. Thx

[@hometheatergurus]

If they're capable subs with an Lfe input run the towers small but run an Lfe input to the subs plate amp. In other words Treat them as independent subs. See ep 9 for more info about this and sub setup in general.

[@shaneducholke364]

@@hometheatergurus awesome, thx for the advise, I will run them small. Just stayed asking way through your videos. Started with the ones that affected me immediately, like atmos positioning and Audessey since I got a new Denon and installing 4 atmos in a 3 row theater.aim listening is in middle row so think I will set them. Up as a 4 atmos amd when I upgrade to 6 atmos I will place them as the front set. Love your channel, I will be going through everyone of your episodes from the start to get everything correctly set up for the best sound

[@91DivineAngel]

I messured with my umik1 the different about Dynamic Volume Light vs off. I testet it with many very Loud movie scenes and can't comfirm that it cuts the Loud parts. The Bassoutput for example in Edge of Tomorrow or the epic Fight in Godzilla King of Monsters are exactly at the same volume. I never find any scene where Dynamic Volume are lower in volume compare with off. It just brings quiter part louder and let the loud parts be loud. Maybe you can check it sometime

[@weldsmoke1]

That was an awesome video man I learned a lot from that. Thanks

[@ProjectSOG]

Amazing! I followed your recommendations in this video and the system sounds awesome! One thing I noticed is that it set my subs to -12 but I brought that to -3.5 db and it sounds great. The only issue is my center sounds super dead, Audessey set it to -8.0. What recommendations do you have for the center?

[@hometheatergurus]

Check out the video on calibration for reference. It sounds like your centers levels may not be properly adjusted.

[@ProjectSOG]

@@hometheatergurusyeah I'll definitely check it out and then I'll run Audessey again and keep you posted on it.

[@Kanti12311]

I have issue with my rear speakers. There’s no room to put speaker behind the listening position, only possible way is to the side just behind the listening position. Now my speakers are mono and not bipole should a bipole be better

[@Modestleisure]

I have klipsch thx ultra 2 speakers what frequency limits I can use ? Room size 20*12

[@dannyciallella8197]

I've been having issues with my integra that has audyssey xt32 but the bass is really weak. I run all the positions with a tripod. Should I just do the middle of the couch right and left? And should I not use my tripod? Sorry im new to this lol

[@droidzhunterz6861]

Audyssey EQ your speakers + sub to flat. That is why you dont have any bass until you play upwards at 75dB. What you must do is either enable Dynamic EQ...or, buy the Audyssey app. Calibrate through that and set up a house curve with a rising bass slope. Alternatively you can enable the tone control and adjust the bass, but it only applies to L/R. You could also boost the sub, although it tends to make it localizable and sound unbalanced to the main speakers.

[@romanlewandowski9616]

Great 👍 great video

[@hometheatergurus]

Thanks!

[@dutchgrower2971]

I have a problem with the editor app ,when calibrate on the receiver itself i can skip the phase error that comes up with my svs ultra towers (almost all poeple are having this problem with the ultra,s ) but now i have the app on my phone i get the message can not find left front ,my wires are 100 procent, and as sad when i calibrate on the receiver itself i can skip this error , in the app i can not skip it , do you have the ansher for me what to do ,sorry for my english i am dutch 😀😅

[@perling9]

My Onkyo always measure my Center at 0,03m but there 3,5m away. What should i do?

[@welderfixer]

Thanks for this video. This is your best one yet. I hope your home build is going very well. I'm going to run Audyssey on my 10yo Denon again this weekend with your advice here. My question for you is: I have speakers on the smaller side. Why would we not set bass to LFE + Main? Thank you.

[@hometheatergurus]

Thanks! See ep 9 as it explains it with graphs so you really get it.

[@welderfixer]

@@hometheatergurus Thanks. I'll have to rewatch your series again. I've asked the folks at Denon to do the same video that you have done here weeks ago. So, congrats! You beat them to it. However, it's unlikely that they ever will, as usual.

[@hometheatergurus]

@@welderfixer they probably won't agree with everything in my video as some goes against their recommendations. 😁

[@welderfixer]

@@hometheatergurus Surely they may not agree with what you say. But, we both know the engineer designs the crap, technicians make it work. Haha

[@hometheatergurus]

@@welderfixer agreed! 😁

[@1Aquadon]

Thanks Steve!!

[@hofmarskal]

Hey, when I activate dynamic eq it makes great bass but, it also boosts the surround speakers. Is there a way to stop audessy from doing this?

[@carstenjensen6728]

You can decrease the level of the surround speakers before sending the measurements to the receiver. Dyn. EQ increase the level by about 1dB for every -5dB you go below reference level ( 0 dB ) . So, if you listen mostly at -15dB below reference just lower the surrounds by 3dB and you are good to go. It's not optimal if you go above -15 dB below reference, but still better than the overly aggressive boost. After all this time there's still no way to just disable the surround boost when using Dynamic Eq. unfortunately. It seems Audyssey no longer cares about the app and have moved on from it. 🤦‍♂️

[@taheralikhan5771]

Focal sopra n2 speaker Center focal Electra My processor 8805a I have done audyssey Adjust multi eq app I am confused about On or of midrange compensation for such a speaker What is your opinion

[@SVSpc13]

Can confirm that if one does the recommended placement in a 3,5 seater sofa running the full 8 recomanded position Audyssey xt32 it will probably "crash" Audyssey. To avoid crash, keep to a so small area as you can. And keep it on a line. Usually you only need to run 3 position measurements (Audyssey xt32) for the room correction to understand the room. I only run 5 well placed positions. 2 of them are exactly where left ear and right ear are in the sweetspot. 1 position at the tipp of the nose, and 2 at shoulder with.

[@MsCaptainwhite]

When you say to Just run mic from your three main listening spots, ok so where do I put the mic for spots 4 5 6 7 8 etc, do I keep just running the mic from spots 1 2 3 over again PLEASE HELP Tim

[@hometheatergurus]

Go back to the original 3 spots are anywhere between them.

[@justplainlawr]

Just reuse the original positions or tap “use 3 positions” in the app and it will skip 4-8.

[@Mark-rn6rs]

Outstanding video, been waiting for a great tutorial. Question, on the app can you limit the lower frequency as well as the high? Say i’m using a mini dsp to do sub eq can i have the audyssey app just adjust frequency say 100-400? Thank you

[@InvestingwithKurt]

You can only limit the upper range; that is up to a certain frequency. You can only move the curtain from right to left 😊

[@hometheatergurus]

Thanks! We use bass management crossover to take care of the lower end. The editor limit will limit the upper end as we need eq in the entire modal region.

[@Mark-rn6rs]

@@hometheatergurus Thank you

[@Mark-rn6rs]

@@InvestingwithKurt Thank you

[@InvestingwithKurt]

@@Mark-rn6rs You bet ;)

[@danmaier2077]

Hi,an important question for me and maybe for the others too. In the Audyssey app you can also limit the sub, the sub is now to 250Hz. According to the specifications for Klipsch SPL-120, the frequency response is 24Hz-125Hz. Do I have to limit the sub to 125Hz in the Audyssey app or not? I have limited all speakers to 500Hz and they sound great. Thanks for your video.

[@hometheatergurus]

Awesome and glad you liked the limiter results. The sub is limited when we set the LFE HPF shown in this episode as well as bass management crossovers also shown. Watch ep 9 and you'll be all set on subs and realize how much bad info you've been told!

[@danmaier2077]

@@hometheatergurus Thank you , have a great weekend!

[@hometheatergurus]

@@danmaier2077 you too Dan!

[@justme...]

On my x1600h the app did a great job. I rised only the level of the sub to 0 because was on -5.5 and was too low in volume

[@vince774l2]

Hi Steven! Thanks again for this video. I have a real issue here! I've watched pretty much all you videos and maybe I've missed something... I have 3 subs in the room. 2 Mains towers (Polk Audio RTiA9). When I run a REW measurement for only my mains, I have really deep nulls at 41 Hz and 76Hz. The 41Hz null doesn't bother me as the subs are taking care of it. But the 76Hz null (20db from 63 to 85Hz) is giving hard times! I've watch your Sub to Main integration video, I tried to boost the Crossover to 100Hz after time aligned (the best I can!) my subs with mains. Mains are 31 inches from back wall, so it's not SIBR (108Hz). I also taken care seat position with Harman room mode (Size is : L17'6"; W13'1"; H7'5"). My curve is PERFECT (thanks to you!) between 28Hz to 110Hz for my subs with MiniDSP 2x4HD. My problem is really when I run Audyssey and mixe my mains and subs together, it seems my mains are damaging sound below crossover point. I also have room treatment in the front corners and at first reflections. (4" bass traps (at approx 5 feet and diffusors at approx 8 feet). PLEASE HELP!!! I don't what else to do? Did I miss something in one of your videos?

[@hometheatergurus]

The mains will effect the subs even below the crossover as it's a slope. Try raising the crossover higher and then adjusting sub distance to get it aligned as best you can.. If you have to cross over 100hz to fix it then you may have to do that. If the subs are up front localization shouldn't be as big an issue.

[@naseeru1]

Great video! How do I measure for 2 rows of seating?

[@sauwill]

I am curious about this as well. My main listening position is in the back row but still want my front row to sound as good as possible. What do you guys recommend?

[@dadevastator24_77]

Would it be a good idea to completely limit the frequency range for my subs on the Audyssey app, so that I can let the curve on my mini dsp 2x4 HD do it’s thing? I have 4 PB-2000’s connected to a mini dsp 2x4 HD.

[@hometheatergurus]

You could do that so you could still use dynamic eq. If you aren't using that either I'd just turn audyessy off. Normally if your running room correction you eq flat in the mindsp. Then run room correction and use loudness compensation for the house curve or alter the response in the editor app.

[@dadevastator24_77]

@@hometheatergurus wait I’m a little confirmed, so if I don’t limit the frequency range of my sub and/or turn Audyssey off, I can’t use Dynamic Eq? Wouldn’t turning Audyssey off remove everything (calibration)? I like the curve set on the mini dsp. I wouldn’t alter the curve on the app bc I don’t know what I’m doing.

[@dadevastator24_77]

@@hometheatergurus don’t you have 4 subs connected to a mini dsp? What would you suggest I do

[@AdryDoic]

what if we have some very good Towers with double woofer and big center that are even better or let me say more quality linear response from 40 - 100hz and a single Subwoofer that has a bad Null response arround 47-50hz maybe for a room mode maybe because it's a more budget sub .. isn't it better to let the Front work together with the Sub in LFE+Main and set to Large fronts ? thx

[@hometheatergurus]

Room modes exist due to walls not the cost of the sub. It could be a $300 sub or a $6000 sub and the same mode will exist. If you have a null the sub or seat should be moved to avoid it or fix it, dual subs should also be a minimum. See ep 10.

[@bentreseder1099]

Can you please do a video on 2nd row seat raisers? Cheers

[@hometheatergurus]

Sure. That would be a good one as there's a lot more to it especially with how it effects the speaker than most think. Once the house is done I'll start knocking stuff like this out.

[@gamegenieny581]

Been waiting on this video! Here's a question though. Using Dynamic EQ, it was shown that audyssey boosts the rear speakers way higher than they should be depending on how much lower the volume was from reference. So at say -40 the surrounds would be at like -35 volume wise. They used a sound test disc to check all speakers at certain volumes to see what audyssey was doing. Ever try this to see how much it changes the volumes at different levels ?

[@hometheatergurus]

The rears need to be slightly boosted as I explain in my video due to the way we hear. Rears being the same spl as everything else will sound quieter. As for dynamic Eq they actually have a ton of science backing what it's doing. Google Fletcher Munsen curve. You can also adjust the offset and aggressiveness of dynamic eq. Don't take any one persons advice to heart. Many don't realize why what is being done is being done. Also realize when using pink noise it measures every octave so there's a lot more lower frequencies being measured so you don't really see exactly what is being done across the entire range unless you measure the response. So anyone analyzing dynamic eq with a simple SPL meter I'd ignore the info as it's just not enough information to understand what is happening. Give it a try and do what you think sounds best.

[@gamegenieny581]

@@hometheatergurus your videos have help me personally in regards to setting up my system, and thats why I thought I'd ask ya. I did seem to have the "issue" of rears becoming louder than my mains and when I found someone talk about it, it gave me the idea to turn off DEQ and trust in myself and tuning my system without it. I appreciate the work in your videos as its allowed me to tune my system and actually understand what I was doing. Thanks alot man, keep doing what you're doing. It helps !

[@juanvenegas278]

Hi, why am I getting a result of -12db for the subwoofer level and -6db for center level. Thanks

[@thepiecesfit5049]

Turn down the gain on your subwoofer till you measure about -11dB. Your center channel is going to measure different so don’t compare it to the subwoofer.

[@juanvenegas278]

@@thepiecesfit5049 Ok, thanks