Speaker levels, delays and crossovers (Warm up)

[Audio _Obsessed]

I recently purchased the Onkyo TX SR805 (130 x 7) and used the Audyssey MultiEQ XT during the set up. It did a pretty good job of judging the speaker distances, and made some minor corrections to the speaker levels. It also set each of my speakers (5.1) up to "Full Band"??? Not sure if there if this is optimal. The speakers I am using are Klipsch RF-82's for the front (bi-amped), RC-62 for the Center, Powered RW-12d Sub and Klipsch CDT 3800 8" in-ceiling for the surrounds. So at this point I have the flat Audyssey set up, some minor adjustments to the levels and the spearker crossovers are set up at full band. The powered sub has three modes Flat, Punch and Depth, Volume Control and Phase. What is Phase used for and what would be be the best way to "Warm up the Sound a bit"?

 

[Adam]

Welcome to the forum!

Those auto-setup routines very often set all speakers to "large" (or "full band"), even if they are bookshelf speakers. For a lot of people, it's better to manually go in and set them to "small." I'd say experiment with your setup to see which is best for you.

Phase on a subwoofer adjusts the timing of the sound waves relative to the input signal. I believe that it's used to help adjust for room effects. You can move it and see what sort of difference it makes. If you have an SPL meter and a tone source (like a setup CD), that's even better to find out how it's affecting everything.

 

[Audio _Obsessed]

Thanks, I definitely need to play around it a bit more…I’ve had the speakers for about a year and just got the new receiver. The 805 has a totally different sound out of the box and sets everything flat …but I think the saving grace may be that it has separate tone (bass/treble) settings for all channels including the sub. It also has separate EQ settings for every channel so I should be able to dial it in eventually and get the sub right. You’d think it would be easier but the 1980’s onscreen display and audio cut out when making adjustments adds a level of difficulty.

 

[no. 5]

...and what would be be the best way to "Warm up the Sound a bit"?

Either slightly role off the high frequencies with the EQ or tone control, or give the EQ a slight boost between 100Hz and 200Hz.