Ken45140
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First, being new, I have tried searching for this specific question and have not found anything to help--although there is obviously a lot of related material (does the Search facility allow boolean search operators--it does not seem to which makes it harder).
Anyway, new Onkyo HTS907 set up with six speakers along with new Samsung 52" LCD. Great visual experience but problems with the speaker calibration has made it less than fun.
I have to crank up the main volume in order to hear and understand the dialog sections, then crank the volume down for the very loud action sequences. This continues throughout movie and is no way to watch and enjoy said movie.
Here is what I have tried. If you can add or emphasize steps taken or which need to be taken, I would be very grateful.
I have set speaker levels "by ear", but am willing to get a SPL meter (but am not sure how this will help).
I have set Center speaker levels higher and sub levels lower (tried various level differences). One friend suggested centering levels around 0 rather than putting center way up to +9 with sub around +2 and surrounds at +6; sort of subtract a constant amount from all (like center at +2, sub at -5, surrounds at -1). I perhaps need a more systematic way to record settings and results but so far not much improvement.
I have tried taking the center out of the system (turned to off). This seemed to improve things slightly, but obviously the regular scenes lack something.
I have experimented with positioning (but not recording sound levels at different positions as suggested in another thread I found). Plus I still need to buy the SPL meter.
The fronts and center are located within a large cabinet but I have carefully positioned them as far forward as possible (not set deep within the cabinet).
Finally, I tried using the "Late Night" setting on the receiver and this helped the most. I understand it to reduce the highs and lows at a given volume setting, and it does do that. Some movies have not required the constant volume tweaking but others are not helped as much.
Maybe I am seeking something that is not obtainable, but the expertise here seems so high that surely there is a solution to this issue. Can anyone point me to a specific thread where this has already been discussed? Or can you offer me specific advice on how to improve this problem?
Thanks very much for any advice,
Ken
Anyway, new Onkyo HTS907 set up with six speakers along with new Samsung 52" LCD. Great visual experience but problems with the speaker calibration has made it less than fun.
I have to crank up the main volume in order to hear and understand the dialog sections, then crank the volume down for the very loud action sequences. This continues throughout movie and is no way to watch and enjoy said movie.
Here is what I have tried. If you can add or emphasize steps taken or which need to be taken, I would be very grateful.
I have set speaker levels "by ear", but am willing to get a SPL meter (but am not sure how this will help).
I have set Center speaker levels higher and sub levels lower (tried various level differences). One friend suggested centering levels around 0 rather than putting center way up to +9 with sub around +2 and surrounds at +6; sort of subtract a constant amount from all (like center at +2, sub at -5, surrounds at -1). I perhaps need a more systematic way to record settings and results but so far not much improvement.
I have tried taking the center out of the system (turned to off). This seemed to improve things slightly, but obviously the regular scenes lack something.
I have experimented with positioning (but not recording sound levels at different positions as suggested in another thread I found). Plus I still need to buy the SPL meter.
The fronts and center are located within a large cabinet but I have carefully positioned them as far forward as possible (not set deep within the cabinet).
Finally, I tried using the "Late Night" setting on the receiver and this helped the most. I understand it to reduce the highs and lows at a given volume setting, and it does do that. Some movies have not required the constant volume tweaking but others are not helped as much.
Maybe I am seeking something that is not obtainable, but the expertise here seems so high that surely there is a solution to this issue. Can anyone point me to a specific thread where this has already been discussed? Or can you offer me specific advice on how to improve this problem?
Thanks very much for any advice,
Ken