HT Issues - Please Help

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Originally Posted by blujacket

Did you turn the amp on the sub down to around 9-10 o'clock?

I ran into this with my setup. Big Daddy's sub calibration threads really help to improve these issues. Having the gain on the sub set at 3/4 power is too high. You will find much better performance by lowering the gain at or just below the 1/2 way point.

It's not unusual for the receiver to compensate for the gain being set too high; it does this by lowering the output level in the receiver itself. When you see -15, think of 0 as normal and it is reducing the volume by 15 db to offset the gain on the sub being set so high. Conversely, if you lower the gain, you should find that increasing the output level in the receiver close(r) to that 0 position and will sound more natural.

I initially had my gain set around 3/4 with the receiver set to -5. I was bottoming out on near everything and it sounded awful. I adjusted the gain on the sub, ran the calibration again, and now it is set to -3 and sounds wonderful.

I highly recommend searching for sub calibration in the forums. Big Daddy's got several threads that really explain how everything works and will really help with your tweaking and troubleshooting.