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Setting speaker levels
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Hi everyone. I've recently ordered a pair of M5HP's. While I'm waiting for them to show up I've been trying to set my speaker sound levels for my current setup which is... Onkyo TX-SR353 Paradigm titan V3 R/L paradigm CC-170 V3 C paradigm Atom V3 S L/R I'm about 11' from the fronts/center, 5' from SR and 5' from SL. The woofer isn't working on my FR so I'm leaving that out of the equation. I just have an app downloaded on my phone for the spl meter but when I try to set the pink noise to 75db i can only reach it when my S L/R and FL are at +10db and my C is at +3db. Why is this?
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Corey, why are you not using the Onk's built in calibration?
Are you saying each of the S L/R and FL can't reach 75dB unless they are set to +10?
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Hey Corey couple things to try.
Turn your receiver volume knob up to -10 or so. Now Try.
Could be your app is using dbA weighting instead of dbC. dbA usually reads 10db lower or so. Make sure to set weighting to dbC.
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I bought the receiver as an open box a while back which didn't come with the setup mic and I've tried to track one down but couldn't find one for that specific model. On the app that I have it has a bunch of different parameters which of none I understand (im a virgin to this whole audiophile thing) I know your supposed to use C weighting slow which i believe i have selected. When I did the manual calibration my volume was at about 50 out of 70.[img] https://photos.app.goo.gl/3NVN8uBTKGx5PBsC7[/img]
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Maybe its app calibration or just shitty speakers? I know they were good in their prime but my F-LR are in pretty rough shape. The foam around the woofers are completely gone and they are also from the late 90's. Maybe ill get ya over sometime when I get the m5hps to give me a quick run-through on some basics trevor.
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A good thing is that the M5HPs don't have anything that will wear away until maybe 4 generations down the line. Lol!
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