Deep into my 4th week as owner of an axiom surround this system, I still have not calibrated my pb10 sub or my qs8s. Looks like I won't do it any time soon. Why?
I use my system mostly for music, and quite often for dd/dts concerts. But I noticed that different discs are mixed vastly differently and I find myself constantly adjusting to get to the sound I like. Case in point: Diana Krall's Live in Paris and Stevie Ray Vaughan's Live From Austin DVDs. The former has very strong bass and weak treble - setting the SVS at 9 o'clock gives me plenty of bass from John Clayton. In the latter, Tommy Shannon's bass is mostly MIA - dialing the SVS all the way to 3 o'clock helps, but not by much.
The Qs8s work great out of the box after some minor adjustment.
So what's the point of the fancy SPL and DVE and AVIA? Are they perhaps for HT, where the soundtrack mixing is much more consistent? I seriously doubt it.
Prove me wrong
