Do I need an EQ???

[jcilforever]

Please see the system that I have below. I am really happy with the way it sounds when I play movies and realize that my system is highly weighted towards this. When I play music I would like to cut back on the highs bring out the voice a little and accent the lows a little and do not feel the presets on my receiver do a good job of this. I was wanting to know if it would help to get an external EQ and if it would what is the best one without breaking the bank or would I be better off with a sound processor

I appreciate your help in the past and now to Thank You

 

[agarwalro]

Interesting question. Most people strive for a flat in room frequency response.

Is your system properly calibrated? Maybe, there are room response issues that are causing peaks in the highs and dips in the mids. If this is the case, you need to get acoustic treatments or an eq to level out the peaks and dips before you try enhancing the sound.

Do you listen to music at a very high volume/ is your listening space large? Maybe, the speakers are being driven near capacity. The highs might sound louder than the mids in this case. You will need to get bigger mains to fix this.

 

[lsiberian]

Please see the system that I have below. I am really happy with the way it sounds when I play movies and realize that my system is highly weighted towards this. When I play music I would like to cut back on the highs bring out the voice a little and accent the lows a little and do not feel the presets on my receiver do a good job of this. I was wanting to know if it would help to get an external EQ and if it would what is the best one without breaking the bank or would I be better off with a sound processor

I appreciate your help in the past and now to Thank You

Does your receiver has AS?

If I would try turning the treble down when you area listening to music and then turning up your subs a little.

 

[jostenmeat]

Please see the system that I have below. I am really happy with the way it sounds when I play movies and realize that my system is highly weighted towards this. When I play music I would like to cut back on the highs bring out the voice a little and accent the lows a little and do not feel the presets on my receiver do a good job of this. I was wanting to know if it would help to get an external EQ and if it would what is the best one without breaking the bank or would I be better off with a sound processor

I appreciate your help in the past and now to Thank You

I think of EQ as icing on the cake. I typically think that a lot of folks could do better to begin with, but I have no idea how your setup looks like. Photos might help.

Things that may hurt dialogue intelligibility:

- placing center speaker in an enclosed resonating area.
- placing center speaker too low.
- listening with a considerable off-axis angle to a horiz mtm center speaker.
- listening to considerably lower volumes with movies that normally use the mix designed for a movie theater.

Also, the closer your speakers, or YOU, are to any boundary, the more likely that absorption would help on that area.

So, the things to think about are better speaker placement, better listener placement, perhaps better speaker design, and treatment of the room.

After that I would apply EQ. After all, any EQ processing power you have can be focused on more difficult issues that are not remedied by the "easier" things.

I've never tried it, but there are some folks who swear by Audyssey Dynamic EQ + Volume, for the playback of movies, but at moderate volumes. YMMV.

 

[jcilforever]

Interesting question. Most people strive for a flat in room frequency response.

Is your system properly calibrated? Maybe, there are room response issues that are causing peaks in the highs and dips in the mids. If this is the case, you need to get acoustic treatments or an eq to level out the peaks and dips before you try enhancing the sound.

Do you listen to music at a very high volume/ is your listening space large? Maybe, the speakers are being driven near capacity. The highs might sound louder than the mids in this case. You will need to get bigger mains to fix this.

I have done the AS MACC. No the room is 18' x 12' and the receiver is actually in the -or negative range right now while listening to music because the highs are so pierceing.

 

[lsiberian]

I have done the AS MACC. No the room is 18' x 12' and the receiver is actually in the -or negative range right now while listening to music because the highs are so pierceing.

sitting off axis helps.

I would suggest you turn down the treble tone control on the receiver. This should help some.

 

[lsiberian]

I think of EQ as icing on the cake. I typically think that a lot of folks could do better to begin with, but I have no idea how your setup looks like. Photos might help.

Things that may hurt dialogue intelligibility:

- placing center speaker in an enclosed resonating area.
- placing center speaker too low.
- listening with a considerable off-axis angle to a horiz mtm center speaker.
- listening to considerably lower volumes with movies that normally use the mix designed for a movie theater.

Also, the closer your speakers, or YOU, are to any boundary, the more likely that absorption would help on that area.

So, the things to think about are better speaker placement, better listener placement, perhaps better speaker design, and treatment of the room.

After that I would apply EQ. After all, any EQ processing power you have can be focused on more difficult issues that are not remedied by the "easier" things.

I've never tried it, but there are some folks who swear by Audyssey Dynamic EQ + Volume, for the playback of movies, but at moderate volumes. YMMV.

yes but off axis would likely generate less treble. Since the tweeter is the most directional part of the speaker.

 

[markw]

I'm not even sure you can insert an eq into the circuit. There are two ways to do this and a lot of AVR's allow neither.

1) If you can take the preamp outputs, send them to the equalizer, and return the signal directly to the power amp.

2) Through the "tape monitor loop" circuit. This is not the same as simply having tape outputs and tape inputs. Look for a switch/button that activates this.

Does your unit offer either?

But first, does the system satisfy you fully for HT?