Onkyo 605 Speaker Configuration

[Eduard]

Hi guys hope you could help me, I just got my Onkyo 605 receiver and Polk RM6750 5.1 speaker.

This is my current settings:

Subwoofer: YES
Front: 120Hz
Center: 120Hz
Surround: 120Hz
Surr Back: None
Surr Back Ch: ---
LPF of LFE: 120Hz
Double Bass: Off

Is this correct or I need to change it?

Thanks in advance!

[X-Ninja]

Not even sure what any of it is... but i'll be setting my 605 to your settings right now since im an idiot and... im not even gonna go into what i did.

[408royalty]

Originally Posted by X-Ninja

Not even sure what any of it is... but i'll be setting my 605 to your settings right now since im an idiot and... im not even gonna go into what i did.

me too!!! Only I'll be doing it with the 805

[allstar780]

You should be safe setting your Center/Fronts/Surrounds to 100Hz or maybe even 80Hz without any dropout or whatever... just toy with it and see what sounds best... also I'd set the low pass filter lower than that... but thats just from the bit of tinkering i've done at work... haven't gotten mine in yet so i cant say for sure...

[topher90]

Originally Posted by Eduard

Hi guys hope you could help me, I just got my Onkyo 605 receiver and Polk RM6750 5.1 speaker.

This is my current settings:

Subwoofer: YES
Front: 120Hz
Center: 120Hz
Surround: 120Hz
Surr Back: None
Surr Back Ch: ---
LPF of LFE: 120Hz
Double Bass: Off

Is this correct or I need to change it?

Thanks in advance!

Have you set the receiver up with the mic? mine is set up as this

Subwoofer: YES
Front: Full Band
Center: Full Band
Surround: 100Hz
Surr Back: None
Surr Back Ch: ---
LPF of LFE: 100Hz
Double Bass: On

[crackinhedz]

Originally Posted by topher90

Front: Full Band
Center: Full Band

you probably should not have these on 'full band' as they will not handle the low frequency bass.

[crackinhedz]

Originally Posted by Eduard

Hi guys hope you could help me, I just got my Onkyo 605 receiver and Polk RM6750 5.1 speaker.

This is my current settings:

Subwoofer: YES
Front: 120Hz
Center: 120Hz
Surround: 120Hz
Surr Back: None
Surr Back Ch: ---
LPF of LFE: 120Hz
Double Bass: Off

Is this correct or I need to change it?

Thanks in advance!

since the specs say the speakers handle 100Hz, it may be best to keep around 110Hz-120Hz. (the speaker user manual pg.6 says use 120Hz)

...so I think you're ok.

[Wreck]

how do you know which form of audio your outputting on the 605, I got one recently and hooked it up, it works, and ive been lazy to fool with it yet lol...

IE: How do I know itsputting out HD audio or dolby digital and so forth, or does it just automatically just output the best possibility?

[topher90]

Originally Posted by crackinhedz

you probably should not have these on 'full band' as they will not handle the low frequency bass.

I have mordaunt short 306i and it is set up with the mic, should i change the setting's manually for the front speakers and if so what to?

They are also wired bi-polar
Thank's

[aramis109]

After running Audessey (and having the exact same setup as you) and tweaking it mine came out to be 100hz for all the speakers and 120hz for the LPF of LFE for the sub. 100hz is where the Audessey put the speakers and I played with sub settings until I found what I liked. I tried 80hz and found that the surround wasn't as "deep" and "full" as I liked. 100hz seemed perfect to me with these speakers.

I have double bass off. It sounds quite good to my ears. Originally I think the sub's LPF of LFE was set to 80hz and it rarely ever kicked on that I could tell.

Note- I'm not super knowledgable on the subject either as I just got mine set up this weekend. Crackin should start making commission on this setup! I may try and set mine to 120hz after looking closer at the manual.

Originally Posted by BigBLUballz

how do you know which form of audio your outputting on the 605, I got one recently and hooked it up, it works, and ive been lazy to fool with it yet lol...

IE: How do I know itsputting out HD audio or dolby digital and so forth, or does it just automatically just output the best possibility?

What player do you have? If it's the PS3 make sure you're set to PCM via HDMI. Then, while in a movie, hit the display button and it will show you what audio it is outputting. For example on DH4 mine now says DTS-HD MA instead of just the core DTS track.

If it's a different player and can bitstream it, do so and it'll say right on the display of your Onk.

Originally Posted by topher90

I have mordaunt short 306i and it is set up with the mic, should i change the setting's manually for the front speakers and if so what to?

They are also wired bi-polar
Thank's

If you have different speakers the settings will be different. Your fronts may be able to do the full band, and if you have your sub wired in with the center it may read it as full range and send the LFE to the sub. The way you phrased your post made it sound like you had the same speakers as the OP.

[topher90]

Yes sorry about that. i've looked all over the net and the instructions that came with them but can't find what frequency the speaker can handle. All it says is Frequency response (Hz) 45-22k

[prerich]

Originally Posted by topher90

Have you set the receiver up with the mic? mine is set up as this

Subwoofer: YES
Front: Full Band
Center: Full Band
Surround: 100Hz
Surr Back: None
Surr Back Ch: ---
LPF of LFE: 100Hz
Double Bass: On

You should not run these particular MS speakers at full range. They can't handle it, if they were 900 series speakers that would be different.

[sinister184]

i dont know why but when i run the audssey it sounds like shit. so i leave the custom EQ settings off cause normally they change to audssey when you have modes other than direct. but its only Direct 99% of the time anyway cause thats what sounds best.

[aramis109]

Well after digging in the manual more (just got my speakers this weekend) I set it just like the OP's. It does state to set 'em at 120hz just like Crackin says. Does it sound better? Hard to tell yet. It certainly doesn't sound worse.

*Edit* Update- yes, after playing a LOT of movies, it sounds better. Things are more crisp and clean than before.