center channel eq

[cyfman]

this is a silly question i imagine.i have a yamaha 5730(just love it over my old sony)anyway there is a center channel eq.but it says i can adjust it but i don't know what these frequencies are.it lists i can adjust the 100hz,300hz,1khz,3khz,and 10khz. please help this semi newbe.thanks

 

[nibhaz]

It's an equalizer that affects the center channel only. Those are the specific frequencies you can adjust. You can boost or subtract at those frequency points, and the frequencies near them will affected also, but how much depends on the equalizers crossover slope. Unless you know that there is a null or peak at your listening position at one of those frequencies I would not make any adjustments. In other words I would leave the eq flat. That’s just my opinion.

 

[cyfman]

thanks for the quick reply.i guess what i was relly wondering was are the frequencies starting with the highs then end with the lows.like is the 300khz a low?

 

[catacon]

100Hz is the low and 10kHz is the high.

 

[cyfman]

thanks for clearing that up for me.

 

[johnnybon]

I turned down the 100hz and 300hz and it cleared the voices.

 

[jcPanny]

Center EQ

Cyfman,
You should only need the center channels EQ if your center channel is not a good tonal match for the front channels. If all the speakers are from the same manufacturer, product line, Etc. than you should be fine without it.

 

[astrodon]

By the way, "kHz" is a shorthand notation for kilohertz or 1000 hertz. Kilo is the metric system units multiplier meaning 1000 times and the unit Hertz is the unit of frequency (wavecrests per second across a position in space). Note that Hz = 1/s (where "s" is shorthand for seconds). Just a short lesson in physics. (I hate smiley faces, I can believe that I just used one!)