DennisRS
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Thanks Russell and Selden I'll reset my mains to small and
recalibrate. Dennis
recalibrate. Dennis
Yeah- common mistake. Again- get a real calibration disc. You might find that you have to reduce the amplifier level on your sub (see my post earlier in this thread). Most people set their sub way too loud when dialing by ear-- it is very common.[I said:A Different control[/I]]Quote:
When a sub is used properly, you do not realize it is there. It will call virtually no attention to itself, and you shouldn't even be able to locate it in the room. You should just experience more smooth sound- from highest highs, to the lowest lows
Ryan, to properly calibrate to ref, choose what level you want ref to be on your receiver (0db, for example), then turn your receiver to that volume and set each speaker including the sub to the same volume using the SPL meter and the receiver's speaker controls. What volume you set them to (75db or 85db, etc) depends on what you are using to set them. The AVIA disk uses 85db. The VE disk uses 75db. I do not know what you are supposed to set them to using the Toy Story 2 disk. You might want to buy the AVIA disk anyway, there is a lot of useful info there.
To complicate things further I have a Panny RP91k DVD. I ran the 6 ch outputs to the Denons 6 ch inputs for DVD-Audio and the coax digital for DD/DTS decoding on the Denon (bitstream out of the RP91). My confusion is how the xover and speaker settings in the Panny might conflict with the Denons settings and the Sub xover settings for DVD movie playback vs DVD-Audio playback. In other words with 2 sets of decoders and 3 sets of xovers I am confused as to how all the settings need to be.
Dunno about the xover settings in the Panasonic specifically because I don't own one (to be honest, I didn't think they had internal crossovers)- but the general concepts are simple--
Basically:
1) Bypass the sub xover. Since it isn't even connected to the main speakers- it cannot serve as a "xover"- instead it would serve as only a high pass filter- and you'd filtering material that is already filtered and creating holes in the signal (see above). The signal is already split when it reaches the sub- so keep its x-over out of the formula.
2) The majority of receivers bypass bass management on the 6 channel input. You should consult your manual or other posts on the forum to determine if yours does/does not.
However, if it does bypass bass mgmnt on 6 channel analog in, this means that the only crossover settings that will effect the 6 channel ins will have to come from the source (in your case the panasonic, if it offers a x-over as you have indicated). So, essentially, you don't need to worry about the crossover settings inside the receiver when doing DVD-audio- just set the settings in the source, and they will be absolute and will only apply to signal coming from the analog sends on the player.
3) The digital output for the DVD players will be subject to receiver's bass management-- but won't be affected by the settings in the player. So, the receiver settings will be absolute in the case of dd/dts signal coming from the digital output on the player.
So, bottom line: get the sub xover out of the equation. Set the crossover settings how you want them for DVD-A sources inside the source. Set the crossover settings how you want them for DD/DTS sources inside the receiver.
Done.
Hope that helps
Vince