Couple questions about Yamaha RX-A3060

[Hasan Alnajdi]

Yes

Just to make sure.. choose the right (red) input in the subs

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

Yep. It says LFE in.

 

[Hasan Alnajdi]

Yep. It says LFE in.

Its done.. i noticed also ypao configured all my speakers large but rear presence were ceiling... interresting

 

[Pogre]

Its done.. i noticed also ypao configured all my speakers large but rear presence were ceiling... interresting

A lot of the room calibration software puts speakers to large if they're capable of playing somewhat deep. That cuts the sub out for most music. Mine does it too. I go in and manually change all of my speakers to small and set the crossover at 80hz. That's what is usually recommended and I like it there. You can play with different crossover settings and see if one sounds better to you.

 

[Hasan Alnajdi]

A lot of the room calibration software puts speakers to large if they're capable of playing somewhat deep. That cuts the sub out for most music. Mine does it too. I go in and manually change all of my speakers to small and set the crossover at 80hz. That's what is usually recommended and I like it there. You can play with different crossover settings and see if one sounds better to you.

I'll play some movie now and see the difference

 

[Pogre]

I'll play some movie now and see the difference

Try some music too. That's where the crossover setting shines the most, imo.

 

[Hasan Alnajdi]

Try some music too. That's where the crossover setting shines the most, imo.

I just played thor part 1 and the bass in incredible... my neighbors downstairs must be pissed right now.. its an old building made mostly from concrete.. but I felt the whole building shaking

 

[Pogre]

I just played thor part 1 and the bass in incredible... my neighbors downstairs must be pissed right now.. its an old building made mostly from concrete.. but I felt the whole building shaking

LOL

I noticed you had the gain turned up a little on the hot side (loud) on your sub. Try dialing that back to the half way point and run YPAO again and see where that puts it.

*Edit: If your receiver trims the sub to -12 it's running a little hot for sure.

 

[Hasan Alnajdi]

LOL

I noticed you had the gain turned up a little on the hot side (loud) on your sub. Try dialing that back to the half way point and run YPAO again and see where that puts it.

Im playing some music now.. there's definitely a big difference

 

[Pogre]

Im playing some music now.. there's definitely a big difference

Nice! Check my edited post above about your sub rattling the building... lol

 

[Hasan Alnajdi]

Ah they'll be fine.. it's only 12:20 am .. I'm just getting started

 

[Hasan Alnajdi]

Nice! Check my edited post above about your sub rattling the building... lol

You know.. it's tempting me to play a scene from interstellar when rocket takes off.. but am literally afraid what they'll do if i did

 

[Pogre]

You know.. it's tempting me to play a scene from interstellar when rocket takes off.. but am literally afraid what they'll do if i did

Hey, make sure you don't have it up too loud for a scene like that. Start at a lower volume and work the volume up slowly. You'll hear it if your sub gets distressed.

 

[Hasan Alnajdi]

Hey, make sure you don't have it up too loud for a scene like that. Start at a lower volume and work the volume up slowly. You'll hear it if your sub gets distressed.

Sure thing.. I'll dial the volume to the middle and run ypao and what mess it makes this time ... thanks alot friend

 

[Hasan Alnajdi]

Choose 80hz and use the right input.

I got to ask.. why 80Hz specifically?

 

[Pogre]

I got to ask.. why 80Hz specifically?

That's the level where humans begin to not be able to locate the source of the sound (localization). It also takes some of the pressure off of your receivers amplifier. @lovinthehd likes to set his higher (I believe 100hz right now?), but he has 4 subwoofers and no localization issues. Some people might have big speakers capable of playing low so they might set the XO to 60 or 40hz.

 

[Hasan Alnajdi]

That's the level where humans begin to not be able to locate the source of the sound (localization). It also takes some of the pressure off of your receivers amplifier. @lovinthehd likes to set his higher (I believe 100hz right now?), but he has 4 subwoofers and no localization issues. Some people might have big speakers capable of playing low so they might set the XO to 60 or 40hz.

Got it

 

[Pogre]

Got it

Oh! This is one I had a hard time understanding. There are 2 settings for subwoofer. One is call "LPF for LFE" on my receiver. That setting is usually 120hz and only affects material recorded in 5.1, 7.1... etc. That setting is for the .1 and has nothing to do with stereo playback.

Just throwing it out there. I'm still learning too and that was one of the things I didn't understand early on in this adventure.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

That's the level where humans begin to not be able to locate the source of the sound (localization). It also takes some of the pressure off of your receivers amplifier. @lovinthehd likes to set his higher (I believe 100hz right now?), but he has 4 subwoofers and no localization issues. Some people might have big speakers capable of playing low so they might set the XO to 60 or 40hz.

Exactly. The f3 on mine is about 35hz but I run 80hz. And have tried 100.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

Oh! This is one I had a hard time understanding. There are 2 settings for subwoofer. One is call "LPF for LFE" on my receiver. That setting is usually 120hz and only effects material recorded in 5.1, 7.1... etc. That setting is for the .1 and has nothing to do with stereo playback.

Just throwing it out there. I'm still learning too and that was one of the things I didn't understand early on in this adventure.

That is a good thing to point out. Easily overlooked or accidentally set to 80 mistaking it for XO.
Edit: it can be set lower too if a particular sub doesn't like that higher range, or of course localization. I don't know how many movies use the higher end of .1 but it could cause localization. That would be a distraction if yo have sound effects in the rear channels that use lfe.