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In reading Denon's website it takes about this model having THX setup AND Audyssey setup?

Don’t know about Denon, but my Marantz THX set up is not much. You just select the surround back distance apart (wide or close), select the number of SB’s, and then make sure the fronts are set to small. It’s pretty anti-climatic to say the least.

I haven’t decided if I like THX post processing or not. I most definitely would not buy any receiver on the merits of having THX. The THX Ultra cert is worthy I suppose, but not the processing peace.

HomeDad, I essentially use the Audyssey for most of my audio listening. Audyssey does tone down the LFE settings quite a bit though. If you press the "Enter" button on the remote to quickly review the Audyssey settings, you can make changes to any of the channels to see if you like them better. I frequently boost the sub setting about 6db to my liking. When you do this, the Audyssey light on the display will turn red, which can be annoying. To get around the red light issue you can just set the "EQ" to manual. This keeps the remaining Audyssey settings as default with any adjustment you have made intact. That way, you get the best of both worlds and no annoying red light.

Also, you can save a "Custom" setting by making any changes to your default Audyssey settings, then saving them. This is done, after you determine your custom settings, i.e. changing your crossover point, changing your front settings (for M80) to small, and any channel volume settings and possibly using the PLII x Cinema setting for movies to get max LFE. Then, press "setup" on the lower pannel of the remote, select #6-"Option Setup", scroll down to #7-"Setup Memory/Lock", then select "User Memory", select "Save". This, saves your settings for future use.

Then, to reset your Audyssey settings for audio listening, simply select "Setup" on the remote, select "Auto Setup/Room EQ", scroll down to 1-5 "Parameter Check", scroll down to "Restore" then left click "Yes". Your back in buisness.

I mainly use these two modes of listening for music and movies. With my Custom setting I max out all speaker settings, crossover at 80, fronts and center to small etc. Just blows the house down with the EP600... sorry three pigs

The 4806 is similar, but under THX setup, "Boundary Gain Compensation" it has a selection that you can use to enter if you have a THX Ultra2 Sub or a Sub that extends to 20Hz.

Mike , I'll have to look into that update, after playing around until about 4:00 am with the receiver I think I have most of the stuff worked out, when the Denon is using the PCM the front display is different than when using a optical input, it doesn't tell you if it's DTS or Dolby unless you get into the onscreen menu, a little confusing but once you hear the Tru HD sound it's like the old sound formats had a veil over them. The one that had me really stumped for awhile was when I played Crank on BR, I wasn't getting the 6.1 PCM show on the display, then after going into the ps3 sound menu for HDMI I realized there is no linear 6.1 sound option

Randy, there is no THX setup option like Audyssey that I have found, but there are about 5 THX options for sound that do some things that DTS and DD don't, the one I found most intersting that I haven't had any time yet to do any critical listening is that in the THX mode it will Timbre match the speakers for seamless panning.

Thanks Michael,

I just saw this on the Denon website and it confused me as it mentioned THX setup, followed by Audyssey setup in a different section.

HDMI 1080p switching
1080p Upscaling
PlaysForSure Ethernet Connectivity
DDSC-Digital surround circuitry
Pure Direct mode and AL24 Processing Plus
DENON LINK III, enabling high-speed, high-grade digital signal transmission
THX® Ultra2 certified· Auto Set-Up/Room EQ
XM Radio Ready
Audyssey MultEq Auto-Setup/Room Eq
One of two world's first receivers to offer scaling for 480p DVD sources

HomeDad, With regards to the THX setup, if you look under Setup, #2 option is "Speaker Setup", scroll down to #7 it has "THX Audio Setup" as a selection. Not much there though... Might be different on the CI version .

Bud, maybe I was being to optomistic in thinking it would only take me a week to figure this receiver out

Yea, I have had mine a while and I am still learning new things, some good, some disappointing. Overall I am very satisfied with this unit. Do you have the CI version?