AVR Direct mode ?

[William Lemmerhirt]

Note: when I listen to multi channel stereo, my surround speakers sit next to my mains. They are no longer “surrounds”.

Well that’s weird, and explains a few things. I can’t imagine that’s good for imaging, or sound in general. Just curious, why did you select that layout? IMO, and IME, you will get MUCH better sound using DSU in an appropriately laid out system. You get solid front end plus a great sense of immersion, and if you install height or top speakers even more so. I’m not knocking your rig, just really curious as to how you got it there.

 

[Old Onkyo]

Why do you do that? Just more volume or ?

So 35 or so years ago, I had a jvc receiver From Germany, Sansui 10 band eq from Japan, Dual turntable, and 4 Fisher speakers. I had one speaker in each corner of the room.
Moved to a condo and had a smaller dedicated music room. I stacked the speakers on top of each other, loved it!

( “you gonna hear electric music solid wall of sound” Bennie and the Jets)

HT became a thing and I had surround sound for years. Retired, got bored, went back to the wall of sound concept. So it’s still stereo just two rights and two lefts.

Hanging out here the B & W speakers never sounded better! If I sell the B&W’s I would get two large towers and a center channel to replace them.

Quality sound is all I need for video, music? I like I clean, clear, articulate bass, then loud.

I saw David Sanborn, Bob James, Marcus Miller a few weeks ago...man!

I got lost sorry!

 

[Old Onkyo]

Well that’s weird, and explains a few things. I can’t imagine that’s good for imaging, or sound in general. Just curious, why did you select that layout? IMO, and IME, you will get MUCH better sound using DSU in an appropriately laid out system. You get solid front end plus a great sense of immersion, and if you install height or top speakers even more so. I’m not knocking your rig, just really curious as to how you got it there.

I weird! It like a sound stage to me. Sometimes when people come over I will turn on the two mains and subs, have them sit in my seat, after awhile I ask them where the lead vocals are coming from, they respond, “the center speaker” I tell them to get up and place their ear next to the center speaker = mind blown!

 

[lovinthehd]

So 35 or so years ago, I had a jvc receiver From Germany, Sansui 10 band eq from Japan, Dual turntable, and 4 Fisher speakers. I had one speaker in each corner of the room.
Moved to a condo and had a smaller dedicated music room. I stacked the speakers on top of each other, loved it!

( “you gonna hear electric music solid wall of sound” Bennie and the Jets)

HT became a thing and I had surround sound for years. Retired, got bored, went back to the wall of sound concept. So it’s still stereo just two rights and two lefts.

Hanging out here the B & W speakers never sounded better! If I sell the B&W’s I would get two large towers and a center channel to replace them.

Quality sound is all I need for video, music? I like I clean, clear, articulate bass, then loud.

I saw David Sanborn, Bob James, Marcus Miller a few weeks ago...man!

I got lost sorry!

There are acoustic issues from setting up like that but again a matter of preference. Sounds like a great show, am fan of all three of those guys!

 

[Old Onkyo]

There are acoustic issues from setting up like that but again a matter of preference. Sounds like a great show, am fan of all three of those guys!

Billy Kilson on drums.

 

[photographer86]

I myself do use the pure direct mode only when listening to 2 channel music. Music doesn't have a mixing standard like the reference level of home theater standard. So for me I use pure direct sound mode so that there is nothing added to what the artist wanted me to hear. Some cd music is louder recorder and I don't have to turn up the volume like you say but some other recorded music I do which tells me it was recorder a little quieter from the studio. So i do understand and there is no concern for having to turn up a bit. That is normal. Like the other person on the replies it does sound like your auto cal did a lot of increasing to all the levels. I don't trust the auto eq room correction stuff. I have always used a spl meter or as i am now using a calibrated umm6 microphone to spl my speakers to 75db for moving listening and I turn off all the dynamic volume leveling and any auto eq stuff. Same goes for distance, I use a measure tap. The speakers sound great to me and I know nothing is compensated for. Hope this help.