I'm a bit perplexed as to what is going on. I was beyond satisfied with my system but I had a non 4k Yamaha receiver so I bought a 4k Denon 3400 receiver. I never had Audyssey before and I had no idea what to expect but it's supposed to be a great system.
So to me the results aren't great, again that's to me. It's like the system is being handicapped and speakers are being cut off at the knees. It's like the entire system is being held back. Not nearly the impact as before. I just turned off Audyssey last night but need more time to evaluate.
Anyone else have an experience like this or am I completely bonkers?
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I only had the AVR-X3400H for about two weeks but I did run a few tests using REW/Umik-1.
You can see from the graphs below that Audyssey flattened the freq response to some extents but with the bass bumps removed, it might sound less lively to a lot of people. Those were as found plots, i.e. without any manual fine adjustments to the settings or speaker placements.
To me, it is more a matter of smoother/more accurate/neutral bass below 300 Hz versus the "as found" bass response in your room. Depending on you speaker's in room response, the difference could be moderate to "huge" night and day kind of difference. Also, if you happen to prefer whatever boosts in the range you may be getting from your room, you will naturally not like the effects of Audssey.
If you use the Editor App, you can shape your target curve to your liking, for example, to regain some of the bass boosts by the room, while leveling others, but it could be a very time consuming project.
Red is with Audyssey "Off"
