Well over the passed month or so I have been looking to upgrade my receiver but ended up going with the Velodyne SMS-1 subwoofer eq. Over the weekend I was able to spend some time with some good friends I used to work with and trust one of which use to work at Dolby. We discussed my situation and they both felt an independent sub eq would yield the biggest upgrade in sound to my system. Along with some room treatments I have planned. While I knew this already there was something very appealing about a new receiver. I think you guys know what I mean.
I figured the upgraded Audyssey MultEQ or XT would do the trick with my sub.
They pointed out that while Audyssey is an impressive system it will not smooth out and eq my sub the way an independent eq would. Which is one of the main reasons I was looking to upgrade. I would have liked the other goodies with the new receiver but I think they are correct. The power increase would not have been noticeable since my speakers are already pretty efficient and don't need much power to get loud enough in my current room. The only upsides would have been the video processing to upconvert the Wii picture and the more advanced Audyssey which would help but not like a good sub eq would. Since I was able to get the SMS-1 for 429.00 I decided to go this route and wait a little longer for a new receiver.
So if anyone has any good info on the SMS-1 please feel free to share. I'm excited to hear well eq'd bass with my HSU STF-2.
