Hate To Do It, Yamaha 3070 Vs Marantz SR7012 Vs Denon 4500 Vs Other

[Zega]

How do you determine what’s a good match?

Your own ears are the masters of knowing what you like!
Through personal trial and error is the best way. So it is "your ears" that are doing the listening, not someone else's.

For quite awhile, I kept an eye out locally for great deals on used speakers and receivers. Picking up several varieties of each, over time. And comparing the results of the various combinations. Then I would resell the ones that did not match my personal tastes.

If this is not an option for you, then finding individuals that have the items that you are looking at or interested in and asking their opinion on it/them.

It all comes down to what you like and how exactly you like to hear things.
Always hear the combo for yourself first, if you have the chance!

If its a good match, you will know it!
Hitting the sweet spot, as some may call it.

 

[PENG]

How do you determine what’s a good match?

I bet most people think it's their ears, though in reality, more likely it's their eyes that do the trick for them. In some cases it's about power output vs power required, and impedance is obviously a factor.

 

[Phase 2]

I use the Yamaha 3060 and most of the time, for music and movies I use the "Through" mode, which is no Eq. I did run YPAO and listened extensively. I ruled out the "Flat" mode because it sounds too bright for me. The "Front" mode was meh. There are SOME recordings that seem to benefit from the "Natural" setting however. But most of the time I seem to gravitate to using "Through" I have not really tried to manually Eq the subwoofer, so I don't know if any improvement is to be had there.

Same here I use through also, but I do tweek some EQ settings, cause well I don't like tone flat never did.

 

[Ponzio]

May I ask if you used any room correction?

Yes I did, the built-in Yamaha YPAO room correction in "Straight" mode, and it's amazing how well it sounds in this acoustically challenged 14'x14' room.

 

[little wing]

Same here I use through also, but I do tweek some EQ settings, cause well I don't like tone flat never did.

Hey man. I hear you, a little tweaking can yield improvements in sound, and can also be a lot of fun. I moved my speakers a little farther apart this weekend, and my system sounds better. The overall sound doesn't collapse to the center like it used to. I'm curious, did you tweak the parametric EQ?

 

[Phase 2]

Hey man. I hear you, a little tweaking can yield improvements in sound, and can also be a lot of fun. I moved my speakers a little farther apart this weekend, and my system sounds better. The overall sound doesn't collapse to the center like it used to. I'm curious, did you tweak the parametric EQ?

Yes, love using Yamaha's EQ still learning cause one lil change will slope into or out of a EQ change. Gene is absolutely correct on speaker placement the further apart the better. Like you I moved my L/R mains further apart didn't toe in as much. The closer I had my mains the soundstage would collapse the higher I went up with the volume. Now that my mains are at 10 ft apart and only toed in about 10 degrees stereo separation is killer!!