Hi all,
I have a Yamaha DSP-AX1 (Euro/Asia version of the RX-V1 - identical [as I understand] except for the silkscreen label on the front bezel - even their manuals are identical [I have both]). I picked this receiver up last year while stationed in Korea for only $500. I've been using it for about 8 months and really enjoy it. My recent discovery that it is the same as a RX-V1 has allowed me to use the Yamaha Receiver Editor software to adjust/save presets via my PC and RS232C and use extended IR for discrete access to each preset - very nice!
Anyway, The instructions on how to employ Cinema EQ are not very clear. I understand that it can be used, in conjunction with some other settings, to get the speakers to have better tonal balance. I'm already familiar with using a SPL meter to balance the levels of speakers using the receivers' white noise "test" feature, but I wanted to go a little beyond this and try to get the response of all the speakers a little flatter.
The receiver gives me a front center, and rear center 5-band EQ plus it gives me Cinema EQ for each "set" of speakers (Main, Center, Front Effects, Rear Effects and Rear Center).
How, in layman's terms, do I use this to get a flatter response?
By the way, if any of you Yamaha owners don't know about the resources here:
http://www.yamaha.com/yec/dealers/dealer_download.htm you should give them a look.
EDITOK, A little more research reveals that there is one little difference between the DSP-AX1 and the RX-V1... The RX-V1 includes a tuner and therefore is a receiver, whereas the DSP-AX1 does not include a tuner, and therefore is an integrated amplifies (hence the RX vs AX). The receiver editor software recognizes it as a RX-V1, though and works fine. I use a Yamaha TX-492 as my AM/FM tuner.
