On a brighter note - 09/24/03 03:43 AM
Through all this Yamaha 1400 stuff I'm dealing with, the bottom line is I got my M22's and 150 today. I gotta say that the center is a damn monster. It looks so good on a WEGA. They sound great. This is the first time I ever had my whole setup the same brand of speaker and what a difference it is having all the speakers timbre matched. The left-to-right panning is seamless. As far as the possible lack of midbass, there may be some truth to that. I didn't play them flat, but YPAO adjusted 125Hz by +5, 315Hz by +6 and 4.5 for the M22's and 160Hz -5.5 & 250Hz + 5.5 for the 150. As far as the upper frequencies go, it adjusted 6.3kHz to +4.5, +5.5 and +4 and 10kHz to -4, -4 and -2.5. From what I've read about these speakers I guess it's fairly expected. This is one reason I really like the Yamaha. I think I should just exchange mine and if the preout performance doesn't change I'll just have to deal with it. But for my room size I think the M22's were the right size. Whadya all think about just buying a multi-band EQ and adjusting all of the channels using an SPL meter. I know it's not as easy as MCAAC and YPAO, but buying an external EQ would offer you many more bands of equalization. I know buying a minimum of three two-channel EQ's would cost a bit, but wouldn't that be the best solution to equalizing the sound to match the acoustic characteristics of your room?