Energy Encores and Audyssey issue... (1 Viewer)

[Madhatter]

Hi folks,

Updated and upgraded/paid for the new Denon 3808ci features which I think is a revolution in home theater receivers to be able to do this and i love this receiver and the abilities of Audyssey

However...

After running Audyssey after the update/upgrade the results were... not good.

I am running Energy Encores, 2 energy encore subs, sitting about 12 feet from front speakers, 10 foot wide space, 1 rear center speaker at ear level behind couch ( although i guess Audyssey does not have a selection for 1 rear center 6.1 setup ), rears are ear level beside couch snout 5ft from center seating, ( so i guess 6.1 which Audyssey does not have a selection for ) and subs with xover input, LFE set on 3808, volume set at 12 o'clock on the sub

After re-running the test 3 times I get this ( which is has to be wrong )

front left 4.7ft, 200hz crossover, and -12 for vol.
front right .7ft (NOT 4.7ft ), 200hz crossover, and -12 for vol.
rears .2 and 2ft , 200hz, -12 vol
sub .1 ft, 110hz (and would not turn on with bass passages after)
front center .1ft, 120hz , -12 vol
rear center, ??? won't work for 6.1 and a single speaker

Sounds bad as you can imagine... I set the mic at main seating, left 2 ft, right 2 ft, right chair half way to tv, right of tv 4ft from main sitting, left chair half way to tv, 4 ft from main sitting , last middle tv hlaf way to screen... so 6 spots all at ear level, ALL speakers set to small and LFE in the Denon menu. I don't think this would be a hard room to calibrate ??? Ideas ???

 

[Madhatter]

I should maybe post this in the Audyssey threads as well as Chris hangs out there I believe

 

[JohnRice]

A couple suggestions on speaker placement. I would put the surrounds higher than ear level and I would try to put the side ones further away, if you can. 5ft is awfully close. I would also try them a bit behind the listening position, if they are direct radiating speakers. That doesn't help with the Audyssey issues, but are just some general suggestions.

 

[David Willow]

I've heard about a few problems with firmware updates on the Denon's. Try updating to the latest firmware and run Audyssey again. Use a wired connection to the internet to run the update (wireless has been reported to have problems).