Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater Emotiva LPA-1 vs Do-all recievers in $$$ class

I haven't heard any good U2 recordings.

Drew, the additional details that you've given indicate even more strongly that what you describe isn't something that can be helped by replacing the 2600 with the Emotiva or anything else.

As to the harshness on some program material(poor?)the first thing that comes to mind is the treble tone control, which is there to be used in such situations. Your 2600 can set variable turnover frequencies for this and you might experiment by applying a 3-4dB treble cut on the offending material.

Another point is that although you haven't made clear whether you're using the YPAO room equalization feature, if you are you might find that setting it to "Natural" rather than "Flat" would give you a more pleasing overall treble balance.

Since you don't have the issue with all program material, it may not be a good idea to use the resistors which permanently reduce the treble output for all sources, regardless of whether they need it.

I didn't use the YPAO feature in the yammie. I simply did the level checks, distance etc...and I left the rest alone. I've toyed around with both treble and bass settings recently and it hasn't produced much of a difference except to make dialog sound hollow.

**The yammie didn't come with the necessary microphone to utilize the YPAO feature, but people warned me against using it anyway.