Onkyo 805 and Audyssey

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by aramis109

Ok, so I got the 805 in tonight. Some things I really like about it. Got it all set up and ran Audyssey and didn't like the results. Read some on it, ran it again and got better results. However, it just feels like a couple things are off/different from my 605:

1. I feel like I'm turning it up quite a bit more than before.
2. The levels are set a lot lower- instead of 0, -1 I have as low as -7db.
3. The sub feels like it's overpowering everything. I've turned it down a bit but it's still way up there. This is the biggie for me.

So- why is it so different from the 605's Audyssey results (which I loved and tweaked very little)? What can I do? I've got my speakers all crossed over at 80hz. Before I had the LPF of LFE at 120hz but I've since brought it down to 80hz in the hopes of taming the bass a bit. The sub responds great, but it's not balanced to me.

Thoughts/help?

I had the same thing happen to me with my 805. However, my attitude going into the setup was that I would use Audyssey strictly as a foundation upon which to make my own personal adjustments. It still took me a good hour and a half after the Audyssey setup to tweak the settings to how I liked them.

[Audiophile_At_Birth]

How do you tweak the Audyssey settings? I've tried, but I don't want to mess anything up really.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by Audiophile_At_Birth

How do you tweak the Audyssey settings? I've tried, but I don't want to mess anything up really.

You just adjust volumes and frequencies according to what sounds best to your ears. I believe that it will technically turn off the "Audyssey" light on the display since you changed it from the Audyseey settings. But, if I remember correctly, all of its settings remain unless you change them each individually.

[Big Daddy]

If you are not happy with the results of Audyssey, get a $50 Radio Shack SPL Meter and TWEAK it yourself.

[aramis109]

Originally Posted by Big Daddy

If you are not happy with the results of Audyssey, get a $50 Radio Shack SPL Meter and TWEAK it yourself.

I really have the feeling like I would be lost doing this. Never done it before or seen it done. I am interested in trying it. Might try and see if I can find a Radio Shack this weekend.

I feel like 80hz is a good crossover point for my system. In actuality all of them are rated lower than that, so setting surrounds to 100hz doesn't make sense. I'm running what's in my sig- Def Tech BP6b fronts, CLR2002 center, Polk Monitor 40 surrounds, and a PA-120 250watt RMS sub.

I think I'll try and adjust it some more, but it's weird because previously I really liked how Audyssey set me up (once I changed the crossover points, that is).

*edi* After reading the SPL meter again, I think I can do this. Question though- "set the db range to 75 or 80"- is this like a dial setting or something?

[JasonR]

100Hz doesn't make sense. I know with my speakers, anything 80 or above made them sound very light and lacking midbass. This was especially apparent with dialog on the center channel. I now keep my front soundstage at 60Hz and my rear at 70Hz. I tried following the maufacturers specs on the speakers, going about 10Hz over on the settings, as well as tuning it by ear.

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by aramis109

After reading the SPL meter again, I think I can do this. Question though- "set the db range to 75 or 80"- is this like a dial setting or something?

On the SPL meter, you can set the dial to either 80 or 70. When you set it to 70, it can give you readings up to higher 70's and lower 60's. If your sound volume goes up beyond 80db or lower than 60db, it will give you an error message. The same with 80 setting, 90 setting, or ....

Set the SPL dial to 70 or 80 and calibrate your level for 75db. The digital SPL meter is easier to use than the analog meter.

[Audiophile_At_Birth]

I'm really curious about doint this also