Denon 3808

[Jeremy77]

Hi Guys, i bought the Denon 3808 and was wondering if anyone has messed around with Audyssey Calibration tools before. I get it free with my purchase of the 3808. I am worried that it would take away from the punch of the system with the volume leveling software. Please let me know if i should install it or not.

 

[lsiberian]

Yes you should run it.

It will equalize your speakers and flatten your Frequency response. Giving you more of what the mixer intended for you to hear.

Take as many positions as possible.

Usually they go up to 8.

You want to take a grid of measurements such that your head is in the middle of the area. I do this by putting the mic on my couch on the box that came with my UPS lol. (hey it's long enough to get to ear level). If you have a tripod use that.

Then I go the the left couch position.

Then the right.

Then I do the edge of the middle.

edge of the left.

edge of the right

Then I do the back of the couch about half way in between the left/center and right/center.

Hope that helps.

 

[jostenmeat]

Hi Guys, i bought the Denon 3808 and was wondering if anyone has messed around with Audyssey Calibration tools before. I get it free with my purchase of the 3808. I am worried that it would take away from the punch of the system with the volume leveling software. Please let me know if i should install it or not.

There are many Audyssey products. Last I counted, I think there were at least seven. For volume leveling, you can still have that disabled while still having its room correction engaged. When you run calibration, please understand that you need to use the stock mic.

Good luck.

 

[ParadigmDawg]

First and foremost, take the user manual and throw it in the trash. Use this link to help you understand the 3808.
http://batpigworld.com/

Second read this link on Audessy.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14456895#post14456895

Third, read this link.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=12162481&postcount=2

After you have done your homework I just assigned, feel free to ask any questions you may have.

 

[highfigh]

First and foremost, take the user manual and throw it in the trash. Use this link to help you understand the 3808.
http://batpigworld.com/

Second read this link on Audessy.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14456895#post14456895

Third, read this link.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=12162481&postcount=2

After you have done your homework I just assigned, feel free to ask any questions you may have.

I'm baffled by all of the people who hate the Denon manuals. Most people have hte same source units asa what the receivers have marked on the inputs. If not, why is it so hard to use a note pad to list what is plugged in, where, name it whatever they want and finish the assignments? That way, there's a record of the setup, too.

BTW- the first thing that should be done is a hard reset and a firmware update, which is detailed in the manual and is easy to do. Once everything is set up, the configuration can be saved to your computer. I listed the procedure in a thread about the AVR 3808 GUI issues another member was having. If you have a GUI lockup issue, use the master power button to restore it.

 

[highfigh]

First and foremost, take the user manual and throw it in the trash. Use this link to help you understand the 3808.
http://batpigworld.com/

Second read this link on Audessy.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14456895#post14456895

Third, read this link.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=12162481&postcount=2

After you have done your homework I just assigned, feel free to ask any questions you may have.

I'm baffled by all of the people who hate the Denon manuals. Most people have the same source units asa what the receivers have marked on the inputs. If not, why is it so hard to use a note pad to list what is plugged in, where, name it whatever they want and finish the assignments? That way, there's a record of the setup, too. I will agree that it's time for them to be written by people who speak English better but I also have to think that the French, German and Spanish translations must be just as much of a nightmare.

BTW- the first thing that should be done is a hard reset and a firmware update, which is detailed in the manual and is easy to do. Once everything is set up, the configuration can be saved to your computer. I listed the procedure in a thread about the AVR 3808 GUI issues another member was having (who, now that I looked at the name on the previous message is him). If you have a GUI lockup issue, use the master power button to restore it.

 

[ParadigmDawg]

No matter how you look at it, the manual is poorly written. I never said the AVR is difficult to figure out, just that the manual is realy bad.

I'm baffled by all of the people who hate the Denon manuals. Most people have the same source units asa what the receivers have marked on the inputs. If not, why is it so hard to use a note pad to list what is plugged in, where, name it whatever they want and finish the assignments? That way, there's a record of the setup, too. I will agree that it's time for them to be written by people who speak English better but I also have to think that the French, German and Spanish translations must be just as much of a nightmare.

BTW- the first thing that should be done is a hard reset and a firmware update, which is detailed in the manual and is easy to do. Once everything is set up, the configuration can be saved to your computer. I listed the procedure in a thread about the AVR 3808 GUI issues another member was having (who, now that I looked at the name on the previous message is him). If you have a GUI lockup issue, use the master power button to restore it.

 

[highfigh]

No matter how you look at it, the manual is poorly written. I never said the AVR is difficult to figure out, just that the manual is realy bad.

Kind of makes you wonder if they wrote it in one language and translated it a few times before English.

 

[MatthewB.]

I have the Denon 3808 (with the older Audyysey version, never felt the need to upgrade it for a bedroom system) and I also own the Onkyo 805 and have used Audyysey on that also. Audyysey does a first rate job of taking hundreds of sound points in your room and making adjustments to help cancel out null voids, properly adjust the sound levels (although I always go back with a sound meter to tweak just a tad further) and judging speaker distances. It does a far more in depth evaluation of the room and levels than I could ever do myself. A few years ago people would spend over a grand just to use an outboard Audyysey device and the ones built in your receiver trounce those outboard models. I highly recommend using them to get the most out of your speakers and system.