Audyssey MultEQ XT32 Setup | Marantz SR8012 Dolby Atmos Receiver

[@Youthman]

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[@sawolaja65]

Still relevant 6 years later. Thanks for the great video. Your guidance on audyssey set up/calibration. Has really helped me dial my speakers and subs in. My system never sounded so good! Thank you man ❤😊

[@MultiDarkElf]

@sawolaja65 yes, I just got a denon and was not sure if I got all of the oomph out of it after a couple of calibrations, setting up manually. This video is incredibly helpful to the point I was able to have a spectacular sound field after all.

[@RobKhat007]

Good, foundational review. I especially liked the explanation of why you want to set the crossover at 80Hz for the main speakers and overlap the LFE at 120Hz. Makes sense.

[@Youthman]

Thanks Rob

[@rolandrohde]

Not sure about that... wouldn't the bass content between 80-120Hz be sent to the Mains if you put a Low Pass Filter of 80 on the Sub? I don't think the Denon would just discard the Audio...

[@Youthman]

Not that I am aware of. But I am not 100% certain.

[@rolandrohde]

@@Youthman REW should provide clarity...👍

[@voiceofreason9238]

Youthman was able to dial in his favorite settings using similar Klipsch speakers but to me the real strength of Audyssey is getting different speakers to play nice together. I have a mix of horn loaded Klipsch speakers and some dome tweeter speakers and they have different efficiencies. After I screw up the setup and things sound bad all I have to do is run Audyssey and they sound great again.

[@jonqn07]

You are the BEST! Thank you for your detailed walkthrough with the speaker setup. I'm going to try out my speakers now!

[@mohamednazeer4018]

You are the BEST! Thank you for your detailed walkthrough with the speaker setup.

[@jjlnguess7354]

Awesome. I just got the Denon X4500H with Audyssey XT32. Can’t wait to set it up. Thanks for the great information. Always enjoy your videos.

[@blrcooldude]

Did you manage to use the Audyssey XT32 ? I just bought the X3600H and it hangs while "Analyzing" at 60% point.

[@95SLE]

TY for the tip on up firing ATMOS speakers.

[@PeterKornum]

Fantastic video, explain everything really well, and make the "going by your own ear part" a lot less scary

[@alexanderson368]

Thank you very much. Very informative and easy to understand. You've got a new subscriber. Thumbs UP from Russia! Keep on your very good an helpful job.

[@nhernan156]

My Marantz 8015 should be here this week. I can't wait to set it up.. Thanks for the set-up demo... Nick

[@Youthman]

Congrats Nick!

[@Em_Dee_Aitch]

Fantastic video! I was dead set on a Yamaha Aventage, but now I won't buy anything without this type of calibration.

[@MOTOWNN]

My SR8012 will be here Friday can't wait to set it up and tip the house over!

[@N1ghtwave_05]

MOTOWN enjoy it 👌

[@Youthman]

Oh yeah! Let me know how you like it

[@Chris_Rock]

Great video. It's nice to hear someone who knows what they're talking about. I've been using Audyssey on my AV Receivers and processors for years now, and there's tons of misinformation about it, so it's nice to see someone spread the truth. (LPF for LFE, I'm lookin' at you!) Though I always go in and "fix" the issues I've had with Audyssey setting speaker size and crossover, I've never thought to level match with an SPL meter too. That's a great idea and I think I'll be doing that double-check in the near future. I suspect that, in my room, it will be pretty accurate. I've found that my measured distances are dead on. My room is symmetrical and acoustically treated, so that no doubt helps.

[@Youthman]

Thank you for the kind words Christopher. I certainly do not know it all when it comes to Audyssey but gladly share what I have learned over the years with others. Have you ever tried the Audyssey app? Once I get some free time (what’s that) I want to purchase it and see what it has to offer.

[@TheReverendSlim]

A word of advice on level-matching post-Audyssey: The in-AVR tones are almost never the best way to do this, because even after you do a calibration, those tones don't tend to have the equalization applied. Audyssey sets its levels based on the post-EQ expectation. So ideally, you would want to use a disc with test tones so that the tones themselves have had equalization applied when you're reading them with your meter. Also, IMPORTANT: When you do this, disable DynamicEQ. DEQ slightly boosts surround presence at lower volumes than reference (0). So unless you're running the test tones with volume at 0, the surrounds will read slightly higher if you have DEQ engaged. DEQ also boosts the sub to increasing degrees as you get lower away from reference, so level-checking with DEQ engaged will give skewed results. You can re-engage DEQ after checking the levels. Also: If you're running Atmos, consider that DEQ was designed before Atmos and therefore does NOT do any boosting of the overhead/upfiring speakers. The problem here is that running DEQ with an Atmos system with perfectly matched levels will collapse overhead sounds downward a bit as DEQ is boosting the side/rear surrounds only. A fair compromise is to set your AVR to your typical listening level and then run surround test tones from a disc to see how much boost DEQ is applying... then manually boost the levels of your overhead speakers to match. A big problem with DEQ and Atmos is that you can't use the bass/loudness boost function of DEQ without the surround boost function, so if you like the former, you're stuck with the latter. You may consider ditching DEQ altogether and just raising your subwoofer levels a bit to compensate so that the cross-channel placement for Atmos will be more accurate.

[@Chris_Rock]

TheReverendSlim THANK YOU for sharing!

[@jonaskromwell4464]

This is great, Youthman. I just scored the sr6012. Looking forward to setting it up and hearing the difference from my current Pioneer!

[@Youthman]

Awesome Jonas! Congrats. Let me know what you think of it after you get it setup

[@jonaskromwell4464]

@@Youthman The Marantz sr6012 definitely clarifies dialogue much more than the Pioneer 1019 did. It has more clarity overall. The streaming music feature through Heos is fantastic. Now, I've started to hear some of the lower quality of some recorded music. Just a suggestion: sometime could you do a video on quality of digital audio recordings?

[@iansteventon4221]

Great video mate , ill be setting up my 1st denon avr tonight, and I'll be following your advice to the letter. Thanks

[@bennetmathew1340]

@Youthman Great video and presentation! I think you should edit your video to correct the crossover issue. You shouldn't lower the crossovers from what Audyssey set. You can go up but not down as per Audyssey.

[@JC-bl9bo]

Incredible video! I was having such problems setting up Audyssey that I almost threw my new Denon receiver in the garbage, Very helpful, thank you. Next step is get a real tripod. That cardboard thing is a joke.

[@Youthman]

Thanks

[@vicioushanzo5740]

I love my 8012, the sound is amazing.

[@rajithskumar]

Good video ,Hope many people get benefited out of this video

[@Youthman]

Thank you kindly

[@THXUK]

Regarding speaker distances: It's badly labelled by Audyssey. It's actually showing you post-Audyssey calculated time delay offsets based on the measurement of your room. You shouldn't manually adjust the distances to match the actual distances from your primary listening position to your speakers. Audyssey uses (tiny) time delays as part of the process of ensuring you perceive all sound as arriving at exactly the same moment. I don't know why they've never corrected the labelling or provided a better basic description in the UI.

[@buzzikea]

Yeah, he clearly does not know what he is talking about.

[@dustinmihalcheon5013]

What about the sub though? Does it even matter?

[@junexdaman6671]

I got my sr7013 yesterday for 1300usd. Sooo love it!

[@Youthman]

Congrats!

[@Robert-k1g]

@junexdaman6671 after 4 years how's the 7013 running, had any problems? I bought a new one in 2023 for 900.00 love it so far, 7.1(looking forward to 7.1.4 soon) good video here as well.

[@junexdaman6671]

@@Robert-k1g it died after 3 years. I mean center and surround backs not working anymore. No one can repair in where I live rn

[@Robert-k1g]

@junexdaman6671 that's sad, just hang on to it, it can be repaired.

[@mrronenza]

Great Video ! On 16:05 time an explanation of LPF for LFE adjustment. On my Subwoofer there is knob for crossover settings. From 80hz to 120hz and in addition an LFE position. What to adjust if the processor is on 120hz with LFE enabled ? Thanks.

[@Jeff1960G]

Thank you for the video. I have a Denon receiver and I am running a 9.1 setup. After running Audyssey when I changed speaker position of a couple of speakers, everything was fine with the exception of now I don't get Dolby Atmos any longer when playing a 4k DVD or anything that has DA. All my receiver shows now is Multi-Surround 7.1. I am not sure what changed or how to get this corrected. When I go through the speaker assignment, it clearly shows 9.1 in the speaker list. Any help getting DA back would be appreciated. Thank you.

[@michaelsmithdjsmitty246]

I had this problem before and all I did was ensure that my blu-ray player was set to bitstream and it work.

[@АлексейЛебедев-п4б]

Thank you very much from Russia.

[@martinsweeney9976]

This is great simple to understand I just bought a Denon AVC-X3700 it’s got the same menu same company. I just wanted to know you set the crossover on the speakers what about the crossover on the sub thx.

[@deondiggs61]

This made a big difference in sound for my set up. Good video.

[@Youthman]

Awesome!

[@Celestialrob]

Outstanding. I have a Denon receiver on its way - same Audyssey set up. This was very helpful. I’ve always set speaker crossovers to 80Hz since getting into THX.

[@Youthman]

Congrats!

[@Celestialrob]

@@Youthman and don't tell anyone, but Klipsch RP-500's en route as well - schhh 😂

[@Youthman]

Good thing these comments are not public for everyone to see 😂

[@albiss1164]

Wow, your home theater 'setup' is quite impressive. Thanks for the vid! :)

[@Youthman]

Thank you, here is a complete room tour kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6O0qYGaZrGZaZo

[@anthonyrizzo84]

@@Youthman i been told that changing distance and level after calibration are messing the delay with audyssey and that is not recommended. Apparently the microphone from audyssey is more accurate than a basic SPL meter.

[@Lonewolf-ei5yv]

Nah, that's mostly audessay Fandom speaking. I mean, even if you used the best auto - calibration system in the world there's really no guarantee that you would actually liked it. Just tweek the heck out of it to your personal taste!

[@bobsmith1841]

You are awesome youthman!!

[@zyndeco6659]

Audyssey works, but very few people calibrate properly. For the best results it's all about detail, mathematics and precision, and trust me I know, that turns 85% of people off. Most people think they just put the calibration mic in each seat and run the setup, nope. I'll try to make this brief, in every speaker layout guide it states (if possible) to have each speaker equidistant from each other. When I achieved this I had a true center listening position (confirmed and measured by Audyssey, L/R same distance, LS/ RS same distance, LSB/ RSB same distance, TMHL/TMHR all the same distance from the center listening positio), thats step 1. Next I built a (Level) mic stand with the Audyssey recommended measuring positions which are, 1. center listening position (all at ear "level" btw) 2. 2 ft. to the right from center 3. 2 ft. to the left from center 4. 2 ft. forward from position #3 5. 2 ft. forward from position #1, the center position 6. 2 ft. forward from position #2 7. Audyssey recommends 6 inches behind the center position and 1 foot to the left (3 1/2 inches behind worked for me) 8. Audyssey recommends 6 inches behind the center position and 1 foot to the right (3 1/2 inches behind worked for me) I went to home depot and bought 2 boards / planks and built something that looks like a crucifix with holes drilled in it using 2 screws and bolts to stabilize it at 90 degree angles. Level it (with a level) on a stool or something flat using a counter weight. On the bottom of the calibration mic there is a threaded hole where you can screw the mic on to a bolt, get the matching size bolt to screw in through the bottom of the holes you drill. With the horizontal board drill a hole at the center and the one approx. 2 ft to the right then another 2 ft from center to the left. On the vertical board, drill holes 2 ft forward from the center for listening positions 4, 5, & 6, now the crucifix is a big T, counter weight the back end when measuring. And finally drill the holes for the last 2 positions 6 inches (or 3 1/2 in my case) and 1 foot to either size from the center on the horizontal board. My results were simply amazing, for me it's all about sound sweeps, having sound transfer seamlessly from speaker to speaker, so much so it fools your mind. Now Audyssey is not perfect, switch the measurement from feet to meters, it measures in .03m increments and some times (if you have a trained ear) you have to make .01m adjustments like I did on my surround backs (+.01m each). Pick up the old THX demo disc, put on the dts-ES Matrix 6.1 Jungle Sound sample or the Star Wars: Episode 1 Pod Race scene to test the sound communication between your fronts and surrounds to surround backs, mix it with Dolby Surround for surround back channel separation. Finally set LFE+Main and 60 hz crossovers for fronts and center channels and 80 hz for all surrounds, I left the Atmos heights at Audyssey recommended settings and you are set.

[@anthonyrizzo84]

I agree with you 100%. I also read that you shouldn't mess with distance and level after calibration as this would mess your delay. I also went into the rabbit hole of having everything equidistant and buying an spl meter. I found the audyssey app not very user friendly with very little explanation. Do you have the midrange compensation on or off? Do you use roll off 1 or 2? I use the filter at 500 hz on all speakers and leave it alone for the sub, what do you do? My sub and right front speaker are set at the wrong distance, for the sub 1 meters difference when i checked with the tape measure, for the right front speaker about 10cm, should i rerun the calibration?

[@zyndeco6659]

Hello, 3 years late, my receiver doesn't support the Audyssey app so I can't answer. But everything I said about the calibration process still holds true. I recently added 7 channel amplification (170 watts per @ 6 ohms) and let the AVR handle the Atmos channels and O...M...G!!!! The one thing I did different that COMPLETELY changed the game was distance match AND Level match both subs (physically moving and adjusting volume knob until the calibration results were equal), I don't think I could get my system to sound any better! With 100% of the delays working together, I even get lost in listening to music now, its crazy good. I have the old mirage OMD 15 & 5s omni directional speaker 7 channel bed layer and it lives up to its name.

[@ermericcarolissen694]

I thought Audyssey says to not adjust speakers down e.g. from 120hz to 80hz but it's ok to adjust speakers up e.g. from 40hz to 80hz.

[@Marcel-ex3jd]

Dear Youthman. I am from the Netherlands and recently bought a Denon AVR-X4500H including crown xls 1502 pre amp and bought svs atm speakers together 11.1. In addition, I have a yamaha ystw 800watt and some wharfedale speakers center, front and rear. Have also calibrated well this is similar to your video advice. But with certain settings that you have adjusted such as large to small and 80 hz settings crossover and with bass on lfe. With this I also adjusted well. I have the feeling that it is similar to your marantz that the sound benefits TV movies and PS4.

[@salvajilovelegend]

Sir, Audyssey room correction is enough. Not needed SPL/Radioshack . I did several times experiment with Audyssey 8 positions and after I used SPL (for adjusting Each speaker @75 db at C weight slow loop.). After few days I just ran only audyssey 8 positions. I did not trim with SPL. I just kept all settings what audyssey did in the calibration and correction(I mean after completed Audyssey I did not change any settings). Then I found something special in my sound system. I listened lossless data in my musics. If you need to change crossover settings then put them 10 or 20 hz above after calibration (80 hz not necessary). Your experience is true. Once try it. Note1: Before the calibration you need to choose following details: 1.Don't use lfe+main. 2.Use lfe only . 3. Keep Bass management 120hz. Note2: After calibration you must set that all speakers are small.

[@Robiejan1]

This was nothing less than a great tutorial! I have the Marantz 7012 and am awaiting two new SVS SB 2000 pro's. So these tips were highly welcome. I also have the Audyssey Multi EQ app. Have you got any experience with it? Is it better than using the in-receiver software?

[@Youthman]

Thanks. I use the Audyssey App mainly to import my Audyssey settings for my speakers after reviewing a set of other speakers so I don’t have to rerun Audyssey every time for my own setup

[@Youthman]

I do not believe that you can send current settings to the app but you can save different Audyssey runs and recall them

[@jvdh_bnb]

Any special recommendations for folks in apartments without a subwoofer?

[@Youthman]

Yes, low volume. Unfortunately apartments do not have the best sound proofing between units.

[@datingsas]

With dual subwoofer will it calibrate each individually

[@MattVs_Movies]

I have a Marantz sr6012 I'm finding the centre channel when dialogue is coming through it sounds like reverb is happening or distortion when actors are speaking any reason why this is happening?

[@UnitedRedDevil13]

Do you have a video on tips running audyssey setup on an X3800 or something similar with XT32?

[@mohamednazeer4018]

You are the BEST! Thank,👍Fantastic video, explain

[@deputysheriff5994]

LFE +main at 120 hrtz with the speakers set to small and crossovers at 60-80 range will there be a difference ?!Please share any feed back on that if you may!Thank you!

[@edmendelson1514]

Really enjoyed the video. In regard to subwoofer matching, I have heard some people recommend to leave the gain slightly in the red. What is your take on that? Thank You

[@KendrickSanner]

thanks for commenting

[@Kenny_Edmonton]

A walk-through using the Audyssey editor app would be nice, and what you can do with the app that you can’t do from the reviver.

[@ddcrocky3831]

Do you run the receiver setup first then the Odyssey app

[@playamaddskillz861]

@Youthman, when frequency response range for center channel is 82Hz -21KHz, does that mean setting the crossover for it at 80Htz is pointless, because it can’t go lower than 82Htz (ma be wrong in how I’m understanding this)? Does that, then mean you have to set the crossover above 82Htz (what about rule of thumb THX recommendation of 80Htz) for a speaker like that? In short, is crossover frequency different from frequency response range for speakers?

[@willo300]

Great video Youthman, I've got an ancient Pioneer VSX LX70, but will be getting either an SR7015 or SR8015 very soon, so this will be really helpful 👍

[@Youthman]

Thanks Dave, Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@walterhaase]

Some great information! I do have one question. When setting the crossover on the sub for 120hz, should the dial on the back of the sub match that?

[@Youthman]

Crossover on rear of sub to 120Hz. AVR set your crossovers (usually 60Hz - 80Hz) LFE crossover in your AVR to 120Hz

[@stephenperthwa]

Hi I have a Denon X4500H do you please have any advice on how to set up Audyssey for two older Yamaha YST-SW305 subwoofers - I note in the video you used 1 subwoofer

[@azureoval]

Good Demo. On the Denons , people have discovered that if you want Auro 3D to work correctly Front and Rear, you have to use the Front Height & Rear Height setting . Also the VOG channel is Sub 2 Out.

[@Youthman]

That is correct. I mentioned that in one of my previous videos and mentioned Channa (Techno Dad) Video. I have switched back and forth between Dolby Atmos and Auro-3D and the Atmos usually sounded better in my setup but I do not have a VOG speaker installed.

[@bosuacjafari2337]

What kind of tripod did you use? A camera tri pod? Is there a certain size?

[@rlwings]

Also Audyssey's 'Dynamic volume' should be left off initially until the user gets comfortable with the calibration. And can be turned back on later for nighttime listening, etc... It's one of the choices Audyssey gives you right after doing a calibration. I think it defaults to off and should be left there... Just wanted to mention it since I think you skipped showing that screen-choice that pops up after the calibration... Great video for newbies!

[@Youthman]

I agree Randy. I thought it was strange that it didn’t ask me about Dynamic Volume because I’ve always turned that off. Maybe because I had already ran Audyssey, it didn’t ask? Not sure.

[@rkumarblr1]

Thank you for the video. A suggestion, An update in the description confirming this review overrides your earlier video on "Audyssey got it wrong" would be helpful, instead of us trying to figure it out from the dates and searching the comments to confirm that. Now to my question, At what level should the master volume on the processor be set when starting the Audyssey XT32 calibration ? Can Audyssey XT32 correction be limited to below the 200 Hz range, is there an option to set that and then calibrate ? My processor is a Marantz 8088 if that helps.

[@Youthman]

Thank you for the suggestion. I just change the original video to unlisted so it will no longer show up on KZbin. I also added updated video to the description. It does not matter what your initial volume is set to when you begin Audyssey. Yes you can easily add a “curtain” to limit what frequencies Audyssey corrects using the Audyssey App ($20). Another big feature with the Audyssey App is each calibration can be saved and easily loaded so you can run Audyssey with one set of settings, rerun it again with different settings and easily switch between the two.

[@KV_Broadside]

I just added a 2nd subwoofer to my denon x2300w but I'm not 100% sure how to activate the second sub. There is 2 sub pre outs so I assumed everything was simple🤷‍♂️

[@karan3606]

Very nice video. Can you please advise me what settings should I choose to listen background sounds clearly (wind, water, birds i.e high frequency sounds) in movies. Sometimes background music suppress the background natural sounds. Your reply is highly appreciable. I have Marantz SR7013 receiver and mainly used for movies.

[@jonsanchez1623]

Hey YM, you nailed this one!!! if SW volume is set to 50% - how about its phase, where should I set it? Thanks..

[@johnbutner2570]

Audyssey MultEQ TX32 sounds just like the YPAO RSC Multipoint I have on my Yamaha RX-A880. I found the best setup for my room was to take a test on the C,L,R, and standing Center - I place the mic on both my ears, laying it directly on the top of my ear where my eardrum is right behind the mic just like where I sit. So if my Right ear is facing the back wall, that's where I let the EQ measure. That worked brilliantly for me. My Klipsch sound dam near perfect to me.

[@Buzza235]

Great video 👍 I ran audyssy the other day. I got 2 towers and 1 sub. When it was doing it's thing it detected the towers and the sub but when it finished all that was working was my 2 towers and not the sub it felt like it was turned off?

[@Youthman]

Hmmm that is odd. Did it turn them off or are they just too low?

[@Buzza235]

@@Youthman I don't know there was nothing from the sub at all, just my towers? I'll have to try it again.

[@taheralikhan5771]

Dear sir do one video for speaker frequency response for what crossover settings to receiver and processor

[@akaredcrossbow]

Did you put the mic in the center of the seat at ear level or is the mic closer to the back of the seat where your head would normally be at ear level? Thank You 👍🏻👍🏻

[@Youthman]

I place the mice as close to the location of my ears

[@Youthman]

My tripod sits in my seat leaned up against the seat back

[@akaredcrossbow]

Youthman I appreciate it. Thank You👍🏻👍🏻

[@srikanth04]

This is a great Video Youthman ! thanks for sharing !

[@jokerzwild106]

I have never done a Marantz setup. I like the way they have the setup screen for Audyssey , pretty cool. I set my Integra the same way as you, changing my speakers to 80Hz. I have often wondered about my subs tho, 80 or 120? Thanks for explaining it, and also thank you for taking the time to make this video.

[@Youthman]

Glad the content is beneficial. Turn the cover on your actual subwoofer up to 120Hz or you will be missing content from the LFE channel.

[@sebastienrobert5179]

Totally agree with your setting ! I have always doing the same setting! Just a question I have 2x ATM jamo in atmos and i have put 150hz in the setting! Do you recommend me to try 80hz ! Thx in advance ✌️ if you could made a video about MultEQ apps because there’s a tons of options and customization then most of peoples don’t know how to set it ! That’s will be appreciate ✌️

[@ScoreEddie1]

Hi. I've just pre-ordered the new upcomming Denon AVC-A110, whitch I'm looking so much forward to receive. Until I get my hands on the new 110 anniversery model, I'm still using Denon's AVR-A100 model. Can I ask you, what you think of Denon surround receivers? Very nice videos, by the way☺️

[@Youthman]

Congrats on the new upgrade. I have only reviewed the Denon 6400H a few years ago but was very pleased with its performance.

[@steved7162]

Youthman, I love your channel you make great videos. My question for you with audyssey xt32 is that my seating is basically against the back wall. What do you suggest I do with the last two mic placements? My Denon x3300w says the mic needs to be 20 inches off the rear wall. That would basically move it from behind me to right next to the MLP.

[@Youthman]

Thank you for the kind words. Make sure you are placing the mic where your ears are and not on top of your middle seat. You do not have to utilize all mic positions.

[@steved7162]

@@Youthman Unfortunately I do use the cheezy Audyssey paper tripod. So, I should skip the last two tests as opposed to moving the mic 20 inches forward? That's actually what I did and it sounds nice to me! Thanks for the quick response I couldnt find any information on this other then move my seating which is not an option for me.

[@ataraxiaable]

congratulate you on your channel!!!! .. a question ... I have a denon 750 receiver and I only buy it for audio since I don't like to watch TV...and i dont have TV :/. I would like to know if it is possible to configure the speakers and with the receiver through a laptop? what should I do? I really appreciate your advice. Should I download any additional software to the laptop so that it can recognize my receiver through an HDMI cable? thank you !!

[@con6164]

Excellent explanation. Thank you.Can you do one using the new App? PS going to change my LFE to 120HZ I set it at 80HZ.

[@Keepsakeguy]

Excellent video, thank you. After setup, my surround sound with movies is excellent but when I play music, like Sirius xm, it sounds like there is a blanket over my speakers. Any advice? I’m running Paradigm cinemas

[@Tanfo77]

When setting up the Audyssey, should I set it up with just the AV receiver, or AV receiver with an amp? With or without sound panels?

[@jerrygoldsmith4248]

Curious why you set the Dynamic EQ to on? In your other video, Audyssey got it wrong, you said you turned Audyssey off because it trimmed the center channel too low. I had the same issue and turned off the Dynamic EQ after seeing your video. The levels were much more accurate because there was no compression for the late night viewing feature with Dynamic EQ. Why did you leave it on and how exactly did you turn Audyssey off to correct what they got wrong. Thanks for the video. I’m still working out minor issues.

[@Youthman]

Hey Jerry, Since that first video regarding Audyssey getting it wrong, I learned a few things about technique and placement of the microphone that allowed me to achieve much better results. Audyssey still tends to get the crossovers wrong and levels aren’t always 100% accurate so I still adjust those. I believe what you were thinking of is dynamic volume instead of dynamic EQ. I do not recommend Dynamic volume but Dynamic EQ is great.

[@samitune]

Hi good day how did you go to the calibration page

[@Youthman]

Hit the set up menu on your remote

[@kennethwilliams9724]

Thanks for the video. I want to make sure I understand your suggestions on setting the crossover. Even though I have full range front speakers I should set the crossover to 80hz and set the speakers to small? I thought that setting the speakers to large would ensure they would produce the full sound the speaker was able to produce. And I was under the impression that making adjustments after the audyssey set up would defeat the audyssey adjustments made.

[@arsenalfan1776]

After running Audessey. Do you use your AVR or the back of your subs to raise the gain on the subs????

[@dustinmihalcheon5013]

So after all that do you turn your sub back to level? My Paradigm has a notch in the middle it sits at which I assume is level.

[@MrArjanOskam]

When using Windows. Should I also put the fronts and rears in the configuration to small? Or should I put those to "Full range" in order to send full signal to the receiver?

[@manoroid1]

At the time of this video did you have 1 or 2 subs connected? If you have 2 does it check subwoofer matching for both subs? Thanks Youthman!

[@uceddiemo]

Matt N yes it does, when setting up 2 subs it ask you match each sub separately

[@yogabyaakaash]

Doesn't Audessey recommend to increase but not to lower crossovers? If crossovers are set at 110 or 150, we do not need it lower them to 80hz as per audyssey? Also there is an option to select the curve. Would you prefer a FLAT curve?

[@MichaelGreco]

Thanks so much for the video! Would love to know your take on Dynamic volume, if you use it and what setting you like? Or what use case it serves? Thanks in advance!

[@Youthman]

I recommend Dynamic EQ On and Dynamic Volume Off

[@MichaelGreco]

@@Youthman Happy Father's Day! Thanks for the reply. I think I'm also liking flat vs reference. How about you? I had to receiver for a couple weeks before running Odyssey so I have mixed feelings about it now that I ran it

[@Youthman]

Those settings are actually personal preference

[@ashtonmurch2142]

Do you have dynamic EQ on or off. And home theater EQ on or off ? Thanks

[@Youthman]

I prefer Dynamic EQ On and Dynamic Volume Off

[@the_creative_frontier]

is it worth buying the Audyssey app and the room correction make any difference with the app.

[@Youthman]

For me it was as I often have to run Audyssey on different AVR and Processors. It allows me to not have to re-run Audyssey again when I put my processor back in place. Simply load the settings and aim back in business. I’m going to do a video on using the Curtain in Audyssey App to see if it makes a difference. You can’t do that without the app.

[@rikfrik]

Just bought my first house and now I'm going to build my own Dolby Atmos theatre. Love your videos and they inspired me to make my theatre dream come true. It's going to be a Klipsch and marantz setup with svs subs. But I don't know too much about projectors, got any tips on them? Would also like if you were able to cover projectors and maby talk about different screens on your channel, reviews and educational videos teaching about different things in the theatre or elsewhere around the house/outside.

[@Youthman]

Congrats MOTO! Building a home theater takes a lot of research, but it’s a lot of fun. I’m honored that my videos I’ve helped inspire you and hopefully are providing valuable information along your journey. I don’t have a lot of varied experience when it comes to projectors. I started with a Panasonic AE3000u, then upgraded to the 8000u and now that Panasonic is no longer making home theater projectors, I have upgraded to an Epson 5040UB and have been extremely pleased with its brightness, colors and overall performance. Likewise, I started out with an Elite 103” cinescope Screen and when I had my front cabinet redesigned, I upgraded to a 150” DIY screen and use Seymour Center Stage XD and could not be happier with the quality and performance.

[@rikfrik]

Nice, I'm trying to gather as much info as possible. Knowledge is power they say. I'm gonna start building around Easter when the snow is gone hehehe... That gives me some time to figure out what to do to make the best room and setup for it. Thanks for the tips. I watch all your videos so I'll probably gonna comment some more, maby tell about the progress of you want.

[@Youthman]

Sounds great. Would love to hear about it. I would also recommend maybe considering starting a build thread in the AVS Forum. I know those guys were super helpful when I was building mine as I ran into all kinds of questions and they were glad to share their insight and experience with me

[@rikfrik]

Great, thanks for the help, back to the drawing board for me now.

[@Youthman]

Have fun and enjoy the process

[@coloniellizardt4191]

I'm planning on getting a Denon receiver for the first time ever! I'm coming from Pioneer as sadly Pioneer ain't what it used to be.

[@ourlittlecakery9177]

ColonielLizardT4 I know what you mean. I had a Pioneer Elite SC-LX901 ($3,000 Flagship AVR) and had major HDMI issues. Also the sound quality is not even comparable to a Denon/Marantz. I now have a Marantz SR8012 and lovee it.

[@MOTOWNN]

Hell I had the SC-LX801 same HDMI issues and Airplay didn't work unless I reset the unit! My SR8012 will be Friday

[@Youthman]

MOTOWN...I think you will be very pleased with the SR8012. I know I am

[@MOTOWNN]

Yeah I just downloaded the Manual last night and now reading all 346 pages! LOL

[@Youthman]

Oh mercy

[@Rockit66]

Have you tried doing this only to your front speakers? You will loose a lot of bass, and it is irreversible without turning it off or completely resetting the the Marantz. That multi eq xt32 function is the one that needs to be adjusted cause it is killing all the bass. and the marantz does not give any manual adjustment functino within the xt32 filters.

[@leecaldwell1029]

what are the advantages of running "Audyssey MultEQ XT32" instead of just going into manual setup and putting in the distances and changing the level using an SPL meter?

[@shiroshowa7846]

I could not to get the analog CD, dvd input, it always come out from HDMI cable that connect to TV. How do you get the analog audio input to work? can you help? thanks in advance.

[@T-eee-L]

Thanks for the detailed explanation to the Bass - LPF for LFE setting! I had no idea and thought this was supposed to match my current crossover at 80hz but I was totally wrong. I will be changing this back to 120hz on my Denon X6500H tonight! Thanks again!

[@Youthman]

Glad to help. That confused me for a really long time too

[@Ken-vv3os]

Ok so sub volume for calibration to 50% - got it. What about the sub crossover (the knob on the sub - what do I set that to for calibration)?

[@TheCheck01]

I lost my Audyssey mic. Which mic can I use instead?

[@ourlittlecakery9177]

Awesome video Michael. Thank you for sharing it with us. Quick question though. How come you selected 1 subwoofer instead of 2?

[@Youthman]

Thank you. I selected one because I am currently reviewing the Power Sound Audio PSA S3611 and that’s the only sub I had hooked up.

[@chrisohrling149]

I have a question to ask you I need to find a auddessy mic for my receiver as it didn't come with one as I bought the receiver Second hand and I can't purchase anything online and I've been searching everywhere for one

[@Youthman]

There are several on Ebay as we speak.

[@chrisohrling149]

@@Youthman Thank you youthman sir

[@Dionline-nl]

Thanks!!! Super helpfull video...

[@rmasushige]

I recently added an A23 to my setup for my RF7III towers. Do I need to rerun audyssey?

[@voiceofreason9238]

That would be a good idea. Then if you don't mind come back and list your observations what settings were changed by Audyssey and how the sound changed.

[@andrewhill3325]

Hi Youthman.... what volume level do I use before audyssey setup? Also, what crossover level do I set back ofsubwoofer before audyssey setup?

[@scorpioncubain]

For the stereo music is better to cut the lfe (sub) at 80hz with Front large and lfe main isn t it?

[@rkumarblr1]

Got the answer to my question on, can the Audyssey filters be limited to a given frequency range. That can be done when using the Audyssey MultiEQ App

[@Youthman]

Correct

[@TheGarvito]

How is the Marantz vs the denon? In terms of sound?

[@rlwings]

Denon sounds foreword, colorful, dynamic, detailed and crisp. Great for movies... Marantz has a better preamp stage and performs better for music giving it a more relaxed, accurate, warm but also dynamic and detailed sound. Marantz has better sound-stage and imaging. They both perform exceptionally for movies, however, Marantz definitely has the edge for 2 channel (plus sub) music playback. I've had both, but once I got accustom to Marantz I never looked back. Accuracy is beautiful once you clue into it. However, colorful will attract most people initially. (Similar to bright and contrasty TVs on a showroom floor. They attract attention but lack accuracy compared to calibrated TVs.)

[@Youthman]

Randy I wish I could articulate like you do. Well said sir. I mainly used the Denon 6400 and Marantz SR8012 for movies and agree, both performed very well. Marantz has been said to “Receive the Music Chip”.

[@rlwings]

Thanks for the compliment Youthman! Ya, articulation is one of my strengths. Now if I could only translate it into some income I'd be set! :) (Good at getting jobs, bad at keeping them)

[@jedknutson8373]

@@Youthman all about hdam with the marantz..

[@Youthman]

What is hdam?

[@Porfmasterflex21]

Hey Youthman! Awesome job with your videos! Keep up the amazing work! In this video you mentioned that you had a created a video about “level matching”, but I’m having difficulty trying to find it. Is it possible if you can link it, or tell me the title of that specific video. Let me know, and take care :) .

[@Youthman]

Hi Porfirio, unfortunately, I'm not sure exactly which video I showed how to level match either. Looks like that would make a good stand alone video. I'll add it o my list.

[@Porfmasterflex21]

Youthman Ok. :) I’ll keep on the lookout for that video. Many thanks!

[@Youthman]

Thanks

[@budgetaudiophile6048]

Waaaaiiiiiiit a minute . . .you set your La Scalas to small? What do we consider a large speaker? I've got big speakers so I set them to large.

[@Youthman]

Small vs Large actually has nothing to do with how big your speakers are. Typically you want lower frequencies (50- 80Hz and below) routed to your subs which allows your mains to play cleaner and eases up the load on your receiver.

[@budgetaudiophile6048]

@@Youthman I guess I'm confused, and hopefully I don't come across incorrectly, I'm legitimately perplexed. Aren't you running separate amps for your mains? Why set large speakers (especially ones as finely crafted as your La Scalas) to small, like why would a manufacturer give us an option? I would think that big speakers (for example my L/C/R that each have 2 12" drivers in them) would be perfectly suited to setting to large. I can understand, I suppose, with towers that have a single 6.5" driver in them, but we have big-boy, adult, speakers, HAHA!

[@AudioClownHT]

Youthman - u use flat or reference?

[@performancebasedheatingair8006]

I was expecting after calibration of your 8 locations that later on when you have people watching a movie you could simply select seat 1 and 2(for example) so the system could optimize for those two seats. Seams like they really dropped the ball since they have the calibration already recorded and designated seating would increase the experience....Another great video...

[@WDavidPainter]

Your videos are fantastic and very informative. I have the sr8012 and ran calibration just as you suggested. I am having one issue... When I listen to music in Virtual mode (2 mains and sub) it caps the volume at 67. Before I ran the calibration it did not do that. If I listen in other modes, Direct, etc it will go up much higher and doesn't stop at 67. Any thoughts on how I could correct this? Thanks so much in advance!

[@Youthman]

That is strange. The only volume limiter I know is in the Setup > Audio > Volume