Audyssey Questions

[everettT]

I have found I almost prefer to do everything manually now. Automatic calibration systems leave to much to be desired.

For some the EQing portion is difficult and some RC versions are limited on how much manual control you have for EQ. It would seem that with most EQing it would occur below 200hz where the room has the most interaction. Products like minidsp, antimode and a few others that help automate the EQing process are popular over built in RC. Many here have had great success with audyssey sub eq. Peng has some good posts on his experience with it.

 

[JOHN FICKEL]

Yes very true. PENG has helped me a great deal with YPAO.. It just seems like, I prefer the sound without the computer doing it.

 

[PENG]

Yes very true. PENG has helped me a great deal with YPAO.. It just seems like, I prefer the sound without the computer doing it.

You won't be the only one. I bet you won't prefer the sound of live unamplified concerts either.

 

[JOHN FICKEL]

You won't be the only one. I bet you won't prefer the sound of live unamplified concerts either. That surely would be different.

 

[JOHN FICKEL]

That's why I preferred the sound of Klipsch. It's extremely live sounding.

 

[everettT]

That's why I preferred the sound of Klipsch. It's extremely live sounding.

I think you might have missed something I'm his post

 

[JOHN FICKEL]

Yeah I think you're right. My email is different than his post. Lol

 

[Grassy]

It depends, either you trust Audyssey and let it does its thing, or just turn it off. Audyssey's distance measurements could be affected by signal delays for various reasons, though for the front speakers, they should typically come close to the tape measured values.

https://audyssey.zendesk.com/entries/177817-Subwoofer-Distance

If you trust Audyssey on what it was designed to do then yes you should re-run it after every major move of your speakers, but a foot or two may not change things much except for subwoofers. For subwoofers, even a few inches could change things a lot. Room EQ systems such as Audyssey may not be for everyone as it's goal is to try and get your system to reproduce sound as intended but not to an individual's liking. Even if it achieves its goal perfectly in your room (that is impossible), you may still not prefer it hence the option to set the fronts to bypass, or turn the whole thing off completely.

Thanks Peng

 

[Dan Madden]

I have found I almost prefer to do everything manually now. Automatic calibration systems leave to much to be desired.

Amen to that. Just turn the damn thing off and adjust it properly!