Alrighty, I followed everyone's advice and ran through Audyssey per the instructions here and in the AVS thread. One thing that was reassuring was that I double-checked the results for all my speakers against my SPL meter and they were all spot-on. I wasn't happy with the level of my subs so I cranked it +2.5dB on the 3808ci, but other than that, pretty good. FINALLY, I popped in Hellboy II to experience true 7.1 and... wasn't all that impressed. I just think my ears need to adjust to the EQ before I can really appreciate the benefits of calibrated target curve. I'm going to run through a few Blu-ray demos when I get home tonight that I'm pretty familiar with and see how they sound (Batman: Dark Knight, Incredible Hulk, Spider-man 3) and my old U-571 DVD.

Side note- I corrected the LPF to 120hz, but a detail like that still has got me obsessing that there may be something I missed. Not to beat a dead horse, but is there anything else I should double-check in the 3808ci settings?


Panasonic AE3000U
Carada Precision Series 102"
Denon AVR-1082
VP150
M60 x2
QS8 x4
SVS PC12-Plus x2