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Re: Audyssey Set my m60s to full band, leave it?
jakewash #362922 01/06/12 07:21 PM
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I've got my sub blended with M60s around 55Hz. The 60Hz point is probably fairly reasonable.


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Re: Audyssey Set my m60s to full band, leave it?
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Chess, did you try 54Hz and 56Hz just to make sure?


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Re: Audyssey Set my m60s to full band, leave it?
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Personally, I'd be worried about 53.7 Hz, myself.


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Re: Audyssey Set my m60s to full band, leave it?
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I'd be worried about Marks suggestion, just because it Mark.


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Re: Audyssey Set my m60s to full band, leave it?
sotwell #366705 02/15/12 06:56 PM
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I have an audyseey question for you guys. I have an Onkyo RC260 and it has audyssey 2EQ on it. I ran the program last night and it set my M22's crossover at 120HZ. I know that the M22s dont have a lot of low end power, but I was thinking to set them to around 100HZ or 90Hz to overlap a bit with the powered sub. I was just surprised to see that so high, it set the VP150 crossover at 90Hz which I thought was more reasonable. Any thoughts?

Re: Audyssey Set my m60s to full band, leave it?
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A lot depends on your room characteristics, speaker position, proper mic location when running setup, other noises in the house (needs to be dead quiet even after the chirps). Audyssey reports the -3dB point of each speaker in your room and reports that back to the receiver, which then sets all the settings (small/large, freq response, etc. ) If you have saved all the settings you never want to lower the crossover freq, ok to raise it, but lowering it will create a gap that won't get corrected.

You could try rerunning setup, look at your speaker positions in regards to toe-in, how close to wall, etc... Also make sure the mic is at close to ear level, and not on top of a couch/chair but use a stand or tripod. It can pick up reflections if to close to furniture.

Here is a nice video descibing some important things to think about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okyNlhJ3Hvo


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Re: Audyssey Set my m60s to full band, leave it?
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Dan, something doesn't appear to be in order. As I've commented several times, my M22s(when used without a sub)have strong in-room response to below 60Hz. If you're not hearing something similar are you certain that all the mid-woofers are actually operating? Audyssey measurements resulted in the receiver setting my M22s to 60Hz, which I manually changed to 80Hz, so that the EP500 would carry more of the load.

As Randy pointed out, the receiver takes the Audyssey result for the frequency which was 3dB down and then sets the crossover to the nearest available setting above that. Although room reinforcement is an important factor in the bass extension, almost any M22 positioning should give a result way below 120Hz. Try different speaker positioning and run the calibration more times to see if you get a more reasonable result.


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Re: Audyssey Set my m60s to full band, leave it?
sotwell #366826 02/16/12 06:27 AM
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the audyssey set my M60 at 40hz and VP150 at 120Hz, I've change the VP150 to 100Hz and keep the M60's 40Hz.

I set my Onkyo to output the LFE to both L/R and the sub. I like the weight and dynamic with this setting but make sure your amp got enough juice to push the front at lower crossover at loud volume.

am using XPA3 to power my M60,so there's no power drain from my Onky.

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JohnK #366898 02/16/12 08:16 PM
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Hmm, Im going to check some things out. The room is about 18' by 12' but it does open up to the dining room. The M22s are toed intowards the left and righ positions on the couch, not all the way towards center position. They are about 18" off the back wall and around 2' on either side of the TV. They are on FMS16 stands so the tweet is close to ear level, and the woofers(is that what they are called) have no obstructions as the are higher than the coffee table. I did place the mic on top of the sofa, but with my old speakers, the audyssey set the crossover at full band. Would have the polarity mixed up do this, I did just recently do a in wall speaker wire set up, and I will check that tongiht and redo the audessey.

Re: Audyssey Set my m60s to full band, leave it?
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Before thinking about trying out any room correction system, I would strongly suggest setting up the system yourself using your ears and possibly a sound level meter. Then live with the system for a while and ask yourself what you are trying to "improve" by engaging an algorithm like Audyssey.

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