AV receiver with multiple room correction settings memory

[Krist]

Hello all,

I want to install a good audio/home cinema system in my living room. My problem however is that my room is a bit difficult, and that it has a completely different acoustic character depending on whether the curtains are open or closed.
The living room is large ( 50 sqm), has hardwood floors, has concrete walls on the long sides, and full height glass on the short ends. With curtains open the room sounds very different as when they are closed.

So I am looking for an AV receiver where I can do the whole room calibration twice, storing it somehow. Reading through specs of the usual suspects from Denon or Yamaha I can't really figure out which model would have this. So therefore I am asking it here. What should I get? Which make/model of receiver allows me to switch the whole system from "curtains open" to "curtains closed" in the evenings?

 

[Nomo]

I'm sure there are other receivers that have this feature but the Yamaha RX-V1800 has 8 memory settings that hold most of the setting such as YPAO and other preferences that can be recalled easily.

 

[bandphan]

Are you going to have your setup professionaly installed?

 

[Krist]

Are you going to have your setup professionaly installed?

Probably not.

 

[bandphan]

Aside from audio issues you will also have video issues with the window. Yamaha has presets, but im not sure that those include eq and filter. Pioneer offers multiple MCACC settings. You could also use an external crossover like the dcx 2496 which can store boat loads of configs(but you need to run external amps on all the chanels). It could turn out that the "sound" will be acceptable without using different presets. Start with your speakers first, then adapt the power and features you need after that.

 

[GlocksRock]

Ditto on the RX-V1800, I have mine setup using the different type of room corrections, but I still just leave all the eq'ing off.

 

[jcPanny]

Room acoustics

If you are concerned about audio quality, then use and EQ the system with the curtains closed. The EQ feature on a receiver cannon compensate for really bad acoustics. It sounds like you have a highly reflective room w/ concrete, large windows etc. Try to minimize the reflections with strategically places furniture or acoustic room treatments.

 

[Krist]

If you are concerned about audio quality, then use and EQ the system with the curtains closed. The EQ feature on a receiver cannon compensate for really bad acoustics. It sounds like you have a highly reflective room w/ concrete, large windows etc. Try to minimize the reflections with strategically places furniture or acoustic room treatments.

Changing the room isn't really an option. The idea is also not to create the perfect listening room, but to get the best possible result with the room as it is. The only change I am planning is getting a rug on the floor, but apart from that the rooms remains as is.
With the curtains closed the room becomes acoustically very different, as they completely cover the two short walls, and mostt of the bad acoustics are gone. In the evenings, when watching movies etc. these will be closed, but during daytime they are open (you would keep them open too if you had a view of the Swiss Alps).
Modern equipment can compensate for a lot (not everything) but I do want to take advantage of that. Hence my question.

 

[mike c]

swiss alps? where do you live?

will installing acoustic panels be acceptable? there are some options that are less of an eyesore than ordinary panels.

perhaps an external EQ will help you e.g. Behringer DEQ2496