Audyssey Mic Help

[Ito]

I have a Marantz 6001, but I do not have the mic for it. However, I can borrow a Onkyo mic from my friend. I would assume that they would work the same, but you never know. So will the Onkyo mic work fine on my Marantz?

In advance, thanks for the help!

 

[Midcow2]

It will work fine!

It will work fine! Audyssey is a good starting point for good sound.

You might also consider purchasing a $50 SPL(Sound pressure levle) meter from Radio Shack. http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103667 you set the SPL from all speakers equal from the listening point.

Very easy to use and sets levels better than Audyssey

Good Luck,

MidCow2

 

[Adam]

Is Audyssey bad at setting levels? The auto routine on my Pioneer (not Audyssey) nails them.

 

[lsiberian]

Is Audyssey bad at setting levels? The auto routine on my Pioneer (not Audyssey) nails them.

Audyssey can be superior in certain circumstances. IMO. But you must make sure you use a tripod and take as many readings as you can.

 

[edmcanuck]

The mics are calibrated specific to the machine. They are not interchangeable and you will not get the correct results.

 

[Exit]

The mics are calibrated specific to the machine. They are not interchangeable and you will not get the correct results.

I agree with the above statement based on comments from the Audyessy inventor on the AVS Forum.

http://www.avsforum.com/avsvb/showthread.php?t=795421

 

[Adam]

The above information is news to me, and I appreciate it being shared.

My advice would still be to go ahead and use the mic from the Onkyo if it's all that you have. It might not give "correct" results, but you can try it and decide if it yields pleasing or acceptable results. Non-optimal results are not necessarily non-value added results.

 

[browninggold]

You would not want to use a diffrent mic. See if you can get one from the manufacturer. I have a Denon 3808ci and audyssey did a excellent job on all the settings. Distance, volume, x-overs. Sounds awesome.

 

[jostenmeat]

Very easy to use and sets levels better than Audyssey

Not true.

The mics are calibrated specific to the machine. They are not interchangeable and you will not get the correct results.

You would not want to use a diffrent mic. See if you can get one from the manufacturer. I have a Denon 3808ci and audyssey did a excellent job on all the settings. Distance, volume, x-overs. Sounds awesome.

^^ Correct.

My refurbed 805 was missing the mic. It cost $13 for the mic, + $5 shipping. Well worth it. Don't even think about it, order the mic.

 

[Ito]

Upon quick looking, It looks like the mic is about 50 bucks, though I found one cheaper on ebay.

I'll give the Onkyo mic a try, I have it up at my dorm right now anyways, so it's worth a try. I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[bandphan]

Did some say REW?

 

[Midcow2]

Sorry for bad advice about interchangeable mikes.

Not true.





^^ Correct.

My refurbed 805 was missing the mic. It cost $13 for the mic, + $5 shipping. Well worth it. Don't even think about it, order the mic.

Okay, I used the Audyssey that came with the Marantz and it measure distance levels and you could do calibrations from multple positions. Okay, it sounded very good.

However, I have also set it from one listening postion later with an SPL meter so that the sound level from the listening position was equal and I liked the sound a lot better tahn the Audyssey setting; maybe it was just me ?

I am sorry if i gave bad advice about intechangeable mikes. However, the reason I said what I said was because I used the Marantz Audyssey mike to setup my older Pioneer Elite AVR in the media room and at least for that intercahnge of mikes it worked very well. Sorry, I made a general empirical assumption.

Take care,

MidCow2

 

[Ito]

Okay, I used the Audyssey that came with the Marantz and it measure distance levels and you could do calibrations from multple positions. Okay, it sounded very good.

However, I have also set it from one listening postion later with an SPL meter so that the sound level from the listening position was equal and I liked the sound a lot better tahn the Audyssey setting; maybe it was just me ?

I am sorry if i gave bad advice about intechangeable mikes. However, the reason I said what I said was because I used the Marantz Audyssey mike to setup my older Pioneer Elite AVR in the media room and at least for that intercahnge of mikes it worked very well. Sorry, I made a general empirical assumption.

Take care,

MidCow2

It seems that you were correct in that assumption, at least for my case. It worked great. It still needed a bit of adjustment yet, but it did a fairly good job.
I generally feel like Audyssey is pretty useful, but doesn't do much outside of things that I could do myself. Ir does it do more than I realize that it is doing.

 

[browninggold]

This may help
Go to avs forum and audyssey thread

 

[Ito]

Ok, so maybe it didn't calibrate everything perfectly. O feel it did a good job on the sound levels, and the distances are pretty accurate, but there is still a problem. The rear speakers feel a but delayed, by like a fraction of a second. It gives it an echo-y feeling and is not very pleasant, lol. Anyone know what I could do to get rid of the or if I can tweak some settings myself to get better results?

 

[Adam]

Yep, you can adjust those delays manually. On your Marantz, you do that by specifying the distance from the speakers to your listening position.

Check out page 31 of the owner's manual to get started on that (available in PDF form here).