HT has been my hobby since the late 90’s. I’ve noticed as the years go on I spend more time messing with my system than I do enjoying it. Back in the DVD days life was simpler, I would place my speakers, adjust levels to 75db and call it day, not thinking twice about it. I would just enjoy my movies. Then I purchased a Yamaha AVR which featured YPAO and the rabbit hole I was in. I bought my first AVR that featured Audyssey over 10 years ago and continued ever since with an Onkyo, Denon, then Marantz then back to Denon with a 4300. I’ve been using DEQ exclusively since but last January I started thinking about abandoning room correction all together, going back to basics. I was fussing too much. I could never get things to sound right. Going through different speakers etc. I started reading up on Toole and the Schroeder frequency which led me to invest in room treatments for my dedicated Theatre and try my hand at the Denon Editor app. When I purchased my Klipsch RP’s I was never floored by them, they sounded an awful like my previous Paradigm Monitors. Well after calibrating with the Editor app, limiting MultiEQ to 300hz and turning off DEQ my theatre sounds much, much better. I admit I was going back and fourth over the last few months spending a few weeks limiting MultiEQ then a few weeks full range with DEQ. Limited is the way to go in my room. Everything sounds more balanced with greater detail in the midrange and treble. The clarity is almost startling. The biggest thing I had to get used to was the bass without DEQ. It took some time getting used to a Flat bass response. At first I felt that I was missing out but it’s the opposite. It’s more controlled and natural now. XT32 does a very good job taming the bass. It’s no longer the focal point. Even my wife thinks it sounded better.
