Optimizer best results

[zumbo]

<font color='#000000'>After several careful auto set-up procedures, best results were achieved with this set-up.
In manual set-up, I set the speaker size to small for frnt, cntr, &amp; surr. My front &amp; surround speakers have 2x6&amp;1/2's, &amp; center has 2x5&amp;1/4's. I set LFE/BASS OUT to both &amp; set crossover to 80. I then performed auto set-up, set eq option to HIGH &amp; set speaker size to SKIP.
Would like to hear opinions on this &amp; other set-ups people have performed to achieve best sound. Please be sure to tell speaker size with set-up.</font>

 

[Guest]

<font color='#000000'>I beleive you made a good choice in setting your speakers to small, especially the mains. &nbsp;I don't know of too many dual 6.5 tower speakers that can hit 20 hz with low distortion... &nbsp;Even though many would like to consider their mains as &quot;large&quot;, they are not. &nbsp;By having a capable sub, the balanced blending between your mains and it should be sought. &nbsp;To do this, I have my mains crossed over at 60, my sub to yes, and LFE to sub only. &nbsp;For proper blending, I have the crossover set to the next higher octave above my subs peak spl level in my room. &nbsp;This way, things don't get boomy between the sub and the mains. &nbsp;The natural roll-off in LFE between the sub and mains is crucial for a smooth low end transition. &nbsp;I dialed in the distances and spl levels manually, but the YPAO came up with almost identical results. &nbsp;I just had to be sure!</font>

 

[zumbo]

<font color='#000000'>I am pushing it on the bass now. That is why I chose to keep it at 80. I was worried if I set it to 60, It would kill my little 6&amp;1/2's. Speakers are rated@4ohms in a power range of 110-180. Receiver is 110@8ohms. I feel it was a perfect match. I would guess my actual power@4ohms is about 132.</font>

 

[RX-V2400]

<font color='#000000'>Ross will you clarify what is big and small. My RXV2400 classes my NS777's as big and my NS 333's as small. Are you saying there is a case to set the 777's to small also despite what YPAO said? If so can you explain why and what has it to do with frequency responce?

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[zumbo]

<font color='#000000'>I would leave those 8's set to large. Mine are 6&amp;1/2's. This is where I would say the line should be drawn. The YPOA did set mine to large though. I just went into manual set-up &amp; changed them back to small &amp; set the sub output to both so the mains would be crossed over at 80hz. It might be a good idea to try this, just to see. Set the mains to small &amp; go into the manual set-up &amp; set the crossover to 60hz &amp; set the bass out to both. It may sound better this way! Can't hurt to try.

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[Guest]

<font color='#000000'>First off, I don't personally believe in using large speakers with a high number of drivers and cross-overs. &nbsp;This means an amp will make an attempt to properly power multiple drivers and mulitple sets of passive electronics and hopefully sound like something pleasing to one's ear. &nbsp;To buy large, full-range, or near full-range speakers, I believe you must spend a pretty penny to get high quality componentry and design, to make it worth your while. &nbsp;Many large speakers are meant for one thing, to sound large. &nbsp;

However, I do not find many large speakers to be very accurate, those that fall under a certain price ceiling. &nbsp;Thats not to say that there aren't many large &quot;high performance&quot; speakers out there, rather those that I could afford just don't do justice to what they should. &nbsp;So basically I just look the other way when it comes to full-range or large speakers, because I can't afford any that I could fully exploit. &nbsp;

Most people don't use high caliber amps to push these supposed &quot;full-range&quot; speakers. &nbsp;Bass is a very hungry portion of the audio spectrum we can hear and experience. &nbsp;One must have a highly capable amp to properly control, blend, and transition this critical portion of audio. &nbsp;While most of these larger speakers can produce an honest tone down in the 40's, they are still not full-range. &nbsp;Full-range is 20-20,000hz. &nbsp;Also, most natural music recordings don't even call for full-range speakers anyway. &nbsp;

In most scenarios, people hook up inadequate amps to push inadequate speakers and the result is far from ideal. &nbsp;I don't know anyone who has really good amps matched up with mediocre or sub-par speakers. &nbsp;I believe speakers are the most crucial point in any system. &nbsp;To expect them to amaze you while only pushing them with inadequate electronics will get one nowhere. &nbsp;

2400,
You must remember, you'll have to take any wiz-bang equalizer's results with a grain of salt and always perform the necessary tweaking or fine tuning yourself. &nbsp;YPAO is basically joe six pack's method of setting up his system without having to exert much effort. &nbsp;Its a nice feature, but not and end all in system calibration. &nbsp;Like most everyone with these units has experienced, at the very least the sub level will probably need to be re-adjusted. &nbsp;

YPAO classified my mains as large also, but a few simple corrections made them sound like they should. &nbsp;

Please excuse my long-winded ramblings above. &nbsp;Did I answer your original questions in any way? &nbsp;Its late, so you'll have to get me back on track!</font>

 

[zumbo]

<font color='#000000'>You can either use the &quot;wiz-bang&quot; PEQ that the YPOA sets for you, or try to set the GEQ yourself. You will soon find out that the PEQ is far better. Find out for yourself! Set the GEQ to what you think sounds good &amp; then switch BTW the GEQ &amp; PEQ &amp; see which one sounds the best. I bet that so called &quot;wiz-bang&quot; YPOA PEQ will be the choice!

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[Guest]

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