Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater receivers? Sherwood, Denon, Yamaha?

Hi aspicer1,

As SirQuack well knows, I'd be remiss if I didn't fulfill my role as official Audyssey naysayer. Don't expect Audyssey multi-EQ to be an electronic band-aid to compensate for poor setup.

It may help smooth out problems with standing waves (bass boom) but in the case of already neutral speakers like Axioms it has the potential to degrade sound quality. A measurement microphone in a room is like a single ear with no brain and all rooms are different. I'll acknowledge that Audyssey may help in some situations or with poor quality speakers.

So try and do your speaker setup and crossover settings as well as possible and then you can experiment with turning Audyssey on and off to see if there is an audible improvement. Keep in mind that sometimes our ears and brain may perceive a difference in sound quality as an "improvement", just because there is a difference.

Regards,
Alan