It is funny how these things get started some times. The official statement is that the A1400 does not care what you use for an auto EQ. I think this may have gotten confused with a comment I made to a customer once about the dangers of reducing sound quality by using EQ devices in general. This customer did complain that his A1400 shut down during the set up process with his Audyssey. We brought that amp back to the lab and the 2 main fuses were blown. We changed the fuses and Tom played that amp in his system for awhile and now it has been running the music in the factory ever since. We don’t know what caused the main fuses to blow but it would not be related to the Audyssey. We asked around and found no other people who had any issue with using Audyssey or any other EQ device on the A1400.
Thank you very much, Ian, for the reassurance that the A1400-8 should not have any issues with Audyssey (famous last words before ihifi rings Axiom Service next day with a non-functioning amp :))
As I mentioned I never used Audyssey and have no plans to do so. In fact, after watching your video on the use of multiple subs and how they improve FR across the whole listening area, I bought myself another EP-500. The FR is indeed much improved as seen by the curve on my SMS-1. It is very reassuring, nevertheless, that the amp will be ok if any room EQ is applied. Thanks again for your input.
John
