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Yep, I would be concerned. The main advantage in using Audyssey IMO is its ability in taming the low frequencies, especially the subwoofer frequency range.

Below is a link to another Audyssey-provided web page of helpful informaton. It is a Q&A forum maintained by Chris Kyriakakis (CTO of Audyssey) where he answers a wide range of questions from users and others. Can be very educational... http://ask.audyssey.com/forums

Although the posts in the following link (the first three posts) are not directly related to the OP's questions, they do cover a lot of material that does seem to closely fit at least indirectly. In any case it is an excellent thread about speech intelligibility and many other related topics...

Here is a link to a very good essay about THX Certification; what it is, and how it is obtained. http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/technical-articles/165-what-it-means-and-how-to-use-it.html You will read that each piece of equipment in a THX system can be Certified, and for each of the major...

Sorry, no sarcasm intended at all. I was really just curious what folks thought it would take in $$ to buy a new AVR equal to an 805. I noticed this question when the OP first posted his questions and was waiting to see what people thought and then the responses went in other directions. I...

Seems like this question has been avoided:D Just curious; What is a good guess at an answer; 2 or 3X what the OP estimated?

80Hz is the "THX" norm and the norm for most I would say, but even THX is not set in concrete on this. You can go lower if desired, but many times there is no reason to and many reasons not to (if you are using Audyssey for example). You could drop it to 60 and see if you like the results.

Following is a link to excellent Audyssey write-up that was just published in past few days. Be sure to read the entire thread since there are several follow-up posts from the main author and others...

FYI - - From our Audyssey friend, Chris Kyriakakis: "Audyssey MultEQ creates room correction filters to two specific target curves. One is the Audyssey Reference curve that has a slight roll off in the high frequencies above 10 kHz that has to do with the translation required from a large...

1. Sorry 2. After looking at your 605 Manual again, I agree that with multichannel PCM you are limited to Direct or Multichannel. That is not the case with the 805, nearly all listening modes are available with PCM (likely more DACs in the 805) 3. "is it "more beneficial" to run CDs in...

1. Yes 2. Multichannel PCM, and Multichannel analog, are handled differently in most AVRs including Onkyo's. PCM via HDMI goes through the bass management system of the AVR where the multchannel analog does not. The clue that this is the case is buried on page 55 of your 605 Manual (and has...

That's makes sense to me! Seems like Denon's Pure/Direct and Onkyo's Pure (in the 805 at least) are the same; all digital audio processing, OSD, AVR's display, and video processor are all off (HDMI straight pass-through). Direct is the same with both brands, audio processing is highly limited...

Thanks, that is what I thought was the case. Do you happen to have an idea why Denon, and I believe some others, use the term Pure/Direct Mode instead of just Pure? Seems redundant, but there must be some reason they use it. Maybe just to differentiate newer model capabilities vs. older...

I do not believe that most Audyssey users dislike the results. Far and away, if you follow the long AVS Audssey thread, most do, however the improvement is mostly in the LFE/bass areas and that only applies to the higher levels of Audyssey. In any case that horse has been beat to death in this...

1. Pure Direct, if it is the same as other AVRs (this seems to vary to a degree), then bass management and other digital processing functions, including Audyssey, are turned off. If the speakers and the room acoustics are flat then Audyssey would not do much of anything, with the possible...

1. Sure, nothing wrong with setting the basic stuff manually, we use to have no choice. That is one reason it is no big deal to me if the distance setting, for example, is off a couple feet. Change it. In reality, you would probaby never know the diffence anyway. I use to have a Samsung...

Have to rely on auto setup results? Nope, and as you have probably read, many folks do not (but more than likely for the wrong reasons). With the exception of the crossovers, the AVR's results for speaker distances should be right on target. The exception to this is the subwoofer distance...

1. I thought that one of your issues was the Audyssey Reference Curve roll off of the upper frequencies ("blanket over speakers"). In Onkyo Products it is difficult to sometimes nearly impossible to get an Audyssey "Flat" curve (I have since found out that it is possible with THX Onkyo...

Thanks once again! Funny you should mention sdurani at AVS because I am almost sure that he was the person that said that the "music mode" was the only matrix mode that would not change the audio going to speakers 4 & 5. I have found this over at "Ask Audyssey"...

Well, I agree with your first and last sentences:D (and maybe a couple others). I know that the RS SPL Meter has its fans and I have had two or three over the past 20 years or so and still have one handy about 3 feet from my AVR. Its rated accuracy is the same as the Audyssey microphone...