Onkyo 7.1 Speaker Systems - any good? - Blu-ray Forum

fighthefutureofhd · 02-06-2009, 02:15 PM

i got an onkyo 7.1 surround system for christmas and i don't regret it one bit. i haven't had a problem per se with them having to take more power to push them to the volume levels i may be looking for. i don't want it any higher. sure, some of the dialog is spotty in some movies, but 98% of the time my ears are literally hurting from the sound these speakers produce. headache inducing in fact. i can't turn them up very high without getting sick. i love it.

Steve · 02-06-2009, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by fighthefutureofhd

i got an onkyo 7.1 surround system for christmas and i don't regret it one bit. i haven't had a problem per se with them having to take more power to push them to the volume levels i may be looking for. i don't want it any higher. sure, some of the dialog is spotty in some movies, but 98% of the time my ears are literally hurting from the sound these speakers produce. headache inducing in fact. i can't turn them up very high without getting sick. i love it.

It's not that you'll necessarily want it to be louder with new speakers, but rather that you won't have to turn the volume setting up so high to get the same volume or more. With my Onkyo speakers, I had intellivolume set at +3 and every speaker channel set at +3 or +5 and listened to blu-rays with the volume set at about 75 (out of 99). Now I have everything set at 0 and listen to blu-ray's at about 65 and it's still louder than it was before because the new speakers are so much more efficient.

fighthefutureofhd · 02-06-2009, 06:27 PM

ok. i don't know what intellivolume is, but i've never had to adjust my speaker volumes and didn't even know one could. i don't even think i can on my system, as i haven't seen any individual knobs for the speakers or anything. the only thing i adjust is the main volume on the receiver and the volume on the tv. and the only reason i do that is because the sound is so loud that i can only take it for so long. music, especially, is the worst culprit. the bass just hurts too much.

gearyt · 02-06-2009, 06:45 PM

I am guessing you received the 605 / 606 receiver
have you run the Audyssey ??
check your menu's in set-up for the intellvolume and turn off

Steve · 02-06-2009, 07:48 PM

Some receivers (mine is an Onkyo 605-guessed correctly above) allow you to adjust the volume level to each individual speaker. There are no knobs for this, it's all done in the receiver's setup menu. My Onkyo also has a setting called intellivolume that allows you to boost the overall output without having to turn the volume up as loud. Supposedly, this reduces strain on your receiver somehow, but I'm not sure about this.

And yes I used the Audyssey, but didn't care for it's settings too much. I kept the distance settings, but changed about everything else, and the settings listed in my post above were the settings I ended up with before I upgraded my speakers. After I got all the new speakers in place, I re-ran Audyssey, and then tweaked a little to my liking. I set all my individual speaker levels at 0 though, because everything is pretty evenly spaced in relation to the main seating position (being the sofa). I'm sure it's not a perfect calibration, but I don't have an SPL meter and it sounds really good to me.

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02-06-2009, 02:15 PM	#1
fighthefutureofhd Blu-ray Baron Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Dry County	i got an onkyo 7.1 surround system for christmas and i don't regret it one bit. i haven't had a problem per se with them having to take more power to push them to the volume levels i may be looking for. i don't want it any higher. sure, some of the dialog is spotty in some movies, but 98% of the time my ears are literally hurting from the sound these speakers produce. headache inducing in fact. i can't turn them up very high without getting sick. i love it.

02-06-2009, 06:27 PM	#3
fighthefutureofhd Blu-ray Baron Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Dry County	ok. i don't know what intellivolume is, but i've never had to adjust my speaker volumes and didn't even know one could. i don't even think i can on my system, as i haven't seen any individual knobs for the speakers or anything. the only thing i adjust is the main volume on the receiver and the volume on the tv. and the only reason i do that is because the sound is so loud that i can only take it for so long. music, especially, is the worst culprit. the bass just hurts too much.

02-06-2009, 06:45 PM	#4
gearyt Power Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Henderson, NV Home Theater Gallery:8 Blu-ray collection:33	I am guessing you received the 605 / 606 receiver have you run the Audyssey ?? check your menu's in set-up for the intellvolume and turn off

02-06-2009, 07:48 PM	#5
Steve Blu-ray Knight Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:May 2008 Location:Anna, TX 4K collection:128 Blu-ray collection:416 Trading Score:41	Some receivers (mine is an Onkyo 605-guessed correctly above) allow you to adjust the volume level to each individual speaker. There are no knobs for this, it's all done in the receiver's setup menu. My Onkyo also has a setting called intellivolume that allows you to boost the overall output without having to turn the volume up as loud. Supposedly, this reduces strain on your receiver somehow, but I'm not sure about this. And yes I used the Audyssey, but didn't care for it's settings too much. I kept the distance settings, but changed about everything else, and the settings listed in my post above were the settings I ended up with before I upgraded my speakers. After I got all the new speakers in place, I re-ran Audyssey, and then tweaked a little to my liking. I set all my individual speaker levels at 0 though, because everything is pretty evenly spaced in relation to the main seating position (being the sofa). I'm sure it's not a perfect calibration, but I don't have an SPL meter and it sounds really good to me.

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