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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?

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?

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.

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]

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.

Yessir

A good thing is that the M5HPs don't have anything that will wear away until maybe 4 generations down the line. Lol!