Individual Channel Equilization

[ACsGreens]

So I was messing around with the eq in the Yamaha Aventage xx20 line this weekend and realized I may not know exactly what I am looking for. I admittedly have never gone in to tweak gain levels and such and was in a bit over my head. I would like to find out more, and if any of you have suggestions I would greatly appreciate that, open for discussion.

Thanks,

ac

 

[ACsGreens]

Was this a stupid question or was I not being clear enough?

 

[jcl]

Your question is a bit ambiguous. Are you asking how to adjust levels in your avr, or what is the effect of doing so?

 

[Cygnus]

Furthermore, are you asking about equalization of the speakers, as in changing the way they sound? Or are you referring to the gain of the speakers, as in how loud or quiet they are?

There's no such thing as a stupid question - only stupid answers.

 

[WaynePflughaupt]

I believe the Aventage line, at least the upper-tier models, have fairly powerful per-channel parametric equalization. It can be pretty tricky adjusting an equalizer like this, but extremely effective if you know what you’re doing. If you don’t, then it’s probably best left to the auto-EQ function. I used REW’s RTA function to help set mine manually, and the result was pretty remarkable.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

 

[ACsGreens]

I'm an Idiot

Like the title says....but really I guess I was referring to equalization. I never, whether it's laziness or what, go in and use the eq in the receiver, any of them. What am I missing? Like I said, I know it is a rediculous questions but I was listening with a friend who had changed a lot of gains and eq'd to what he felt sounded incredible, I thought it sounded boring and lifeless.

 

[Cygnus]

Like the title says....but really I guess I was referring to equalization. I never, whether it's laziness or what, go in and use the eq in the receiver, any of them. What am I missing? Like I said, I know it is a rediculous questions but I was listening with a friend who had changed a lot of gains and eq'd to what he felt sounded incredible, I thought it sounded boring and lifeless.

I use the EQ on my receiver (which is per channel, but not parametric), as I prefer the sound I can get with it to what I get with the EQ just flat. You can tonally shape it any way you want. Of course, it's a good idea to start with good speakers already.

 

[avnetguy]

I used REW’s RTA function to help set mine manually, and the result was pretty remarkable.

Yup, that's the way I did it as well with maybe just *a little* ear tweaking at the end.

Steve

 

[Send Margaritas]

I've got two (got another this weekend) A2010's. Pretty much the same thing, but Yamaha (to my understanding) tweaked some of the network functions, and added RSC (reflected sound control) to YPAO in the Ax020(s).

New receiver eh? There is a lot you can tweak. I'd start with YPAO, if I were you. Then you'll likely want to do the onscreen manual tweaks. I
- Copied the YPAO config to manual.
- Set the subs (I chose left-right, over front-back, or Mono)
- review the speaker size (Setup/Manual Speaker Setup/Configuration) and cross-over settings. (YPAO figured all my speakers are large
- I adjusted the levels a bit, to suit my taste.
- You can see your individual speakers, as EQ'ed by YPAO via the Parametric EQ, and adjust if you deem appropriate.

On a new receiver, you'll also want to:
- Rename the inputs (Change 'HDMI3' to 'Xbox' or 'Blue Ray', or 'Cable TV' for example.)
- Set the default volume when powered on.
- Define your network access accounts (Pandora, etc.) Or Sirius/XM

This is the fun part, you have that to play with. Learn that remote