Marantz SR5004 and SR6004 Receiver Thread

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Originally Posted by CasualKiller

I'm the opposite, I turn Audyssey off on my SR8002 , the adjustments it makes are just not pleasing to me. I turn the EQ off, use a tape measure and an SPL to manually set up the speakers and I'm done.

the problem i'm referring to does not affect the speaker distance or channel level, it's just the acoustic EQ. The receiver has 4 types of acoustic EQ, Audyssey, Audyssey Front, Audyssey Flat, and a manually adjustable EQ called "preset". All four are disabled when you bitstream HD audio.
Audyssey calibrated my front speakers to -8.0 at 16kHz and the surrounds to -5.0 at 16kHz. I much prefer this because is sounds more natural and when i turn the EQ off it still sounds good but when I listen to movies or concerts at high volume the high frequency's can be uncomfortable on the ears.