What's with my ears?

[petenad]

On the humorous side have you checked for ear wax build up?? It is possible

[TENSE]

Originally Posted by petenad

On the humorous side have you checked for ear wax build up?? It is possible

+10

[blushiz]

One thing I also noticed was that turning the receiver up to -20 dB made the sound VERY loud, any higher and it sounds like it's blaring at me. However, I read online that people usually keep it at 0dB ~ +10dB.

Originally Posted by crackinhedz

set the crossover at 80Hz.

make sure you have the subwoofer enabled, the Onkyo should not be sending the LFE frequencies to the fronts, if it is then you have a setting incorrect somewhere.

Also, what listening mode are you using?

Definitely check for this.

Dynamic Range Control is found in the PS3 settings. Turn it OFF.

Night Mode is found in the Receiver settings, turn that off as well.

LFE frequencies?

Also, yeah Dynamic range was set to auto. I turned it off. Also, I tried looking for night mode, but I couldn't find it anywhere in the Onkyo menu. I don't even know how to adjust the Onkyo EQ.

Originally Posted by petenad

On the humorous side have you checked for ear wax build up?? It is possible

You really think that using cuetips would improve the acoustics and highs? Do you think they make floor spikes for ears?

EDIT: I used Ratatouille to test the difference between uncompressed and regular dolby. Er, it sounded `exactly` the same. Something's not right.

[crackinhedz]

LFE frequencies?

This is the subwoofer channel. Its the '.1' in 5.1 and 7.1

This channel is not intended to be playing through the front speakers unless you have extremely efficient/powerful fronts (which you don't and not many do). That is why you set the fronts to "small" or set a crossover such as 80Hz. Your Monitor 50's should handle 80Hz and higher just fine.

Also, what listening mode are you using?