question on my denon receiver?

[jsf0656]

i just bought the denon AVR-S660H receiver. i have a question on the use of the frequency band list in the menu. my previous receiver did not have that and was wondering how to utilize it. thanks

 

[lovinthehd]

Graphic equalizer option? Did you try running Audyssey first? It's either or....

 

[jsf0656]

ijust received it monday from A4L. i have not run the audyssey yet. this is on page 132 in the manual. its under adjust EQ tonal balance for each frequency band. i am not familiar with this. need help please!

 

[lovinthehd]

ijust received it monday from A4L. i have not run the audyssey yet. this is on page 132 in the manual. its under adjust EQ tonal balance for each frequency band. i am not familiar with this. need help please!

It's simply an on-board graphic eq where you can somewhat adjust levels of those particular frequencies (and affect those in the immediate vicinity as well). That alone won't help you setup levels/delays (distances) for your various speakers, for a beginner I'd just say run Audyssey for now for initial setup. Try that for a while. Then maybe turn Audyssey off and experiment with various use of the frequency adjustments in graphic eq; not sure if that model of Denon offers a transfer of basic eq over to graphic eq as a start.

Have you spent much time with the manual yet?

 

[jsf0656]

i have been reading it online. i pretty much understand most of it and i have pulled up some youtube videos but i could not find anything about adjusting the frequency bands.

 

[jsf0656]

i am going to run audyssey sometime this week. will audyssey set the frequency bands when it does the room correction? thanks for your help lovinthehd!

 

[lovinthehd]

i have been reading it online. i pretty much understand most of it and i have pulled up some youtube videos but i could not find anything about adjusting the frequency bands.

i am going to run audyssey sometime this week. will audyssey set the frequency bands when it does the room correction? thanks for your help lovinthehd!

Reading what online? If you understand it just what are you asking particularly? How to move the sliders to what you might prefer or not? That's hard to know....

What Audyssey does is set levels and delays as well as provide some eq for your speakers. You have the most basic version, simply MultEQ. It does enable DynamicEQ, a volume-variable loudness contour that can be nice to use.

In a Denon you can use Audyssey or you can use graphic eq, but only one at a time, not together. After running Audyssey some Denons do offer a transfer of a basic eq profile to the graphic eq as a starting point....look in the manual. Some Denon avrs can use an external app for further adjustments of eq/bands affected too but according to this your avr isn't eligible, altho I thought it would be https://www.denon.com/en-us/stories/tech/audyssey

 

[jsf0656]

i pulled up the manual on the denon site to look over it. i thought it was a EQ but not sure. like you said i will run the Audyssey and go from there. thanks

 

[j_garcia]

You CAN adjust the bands manually, but Audessey will generally do a very good job on its own. Unless you are going to to utilize a meter manually and use REW, I would start with what Audessey does and see how it sounds. MultiEQ allows you to take multiple readings for the calibration and I was actually very pleased with what it did for my system.

 

[jsf0656]

sounds good! thanks