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I installed my M5HPOW LCR speaker set up yesterday. I ran the system for a few hours on the receivers old settings. Then before retiring for the evening I ran the Onkyo (TX-NR757) calibration with the remote mic located in the centre listening position. The new settings had all three front speakers crossing over at 40Hz, the old satellites at 80Hz and the sub at 110Hz. I watched Harry Potter and the deathly hallows part 2 today and felt that there was issues with hearing the higher frequencies. In the second scene inside the cottage Luna is admiring a wind chime made of sea shells, I couldn't hear a thing. I continued to watch and felt some voices were hard to make out. I changed the crossover to 80Hz for everything and it made some improvement. however I still cant hear the chimes in the second scene. When I look at the speaker settings I see no equalization changes, just dB level changes.
Could someone try this same scene and let me know if they hear chimes? Suggestions for calibration? I don't know much about equalizer settings Perhaps a link to a setup instructions.
Thanks
Bill
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Bill, before doing anything else, develop a reference sound. Set the left and right to play full range and turn off the sub. Turn off EQ too. Listen to some favourite music in two channel. How does it sound?
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set to 2.1 and turned off the sub. when you say to turn off eq? all eq settings are at 0. do you mean to play directly no processing? the left and right are playing and sounds like its coming from the centre.
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Yes, turn off processing. Play some familiar music and tell us what you think. It sounds like it's coming from the centre because that's the centre image in stereo. So that's a good start!
Last edited by Mojo; 01/18/21 03:25 AM.
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I couldn't find the scene. Do you have an approximate time?
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Hi Cork, 2 minutes 30 seconds in.
Mojo; It seemed that it was muffled through most of the higher range, I remember that we left the grilles on, so they were removed. The higher range like violin strings are still a bit dull. The AT screen is two layers of millskin spandex.
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It was distinct, but faint; it may not have been what you were expecting. I heard it clearly in both 5.1 and 2.1; and it was very short (it was even more faint 7 seconds before she touched them). I have the DVD version of the movie. I have M5s up front and a Yamaha receiver, LR are set to small and crossed at 60 hz; center is crossed at 80 hz.
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Thank you Cork.
I'm checking the Onkyo's setting under the quick menu and found the Tone levels : Bass+10 and Treble -10 for some reason. I think I need to reset everything to zero and try the AccuEQ room calibration again.
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Good idea, recalibration never hurts. Treble -10 would definitely affect this situation. Also, if you have a decent set of headphones maybe try them on the scene to get another perspective.
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Just do factory reset. Start scratch and manual calibrate. https://youtu.be/smII59oK08g
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