Some testings for my AV amp

mightyatoms

After the heart breaking comments by my friend, I made up my mind to fine tune my system tonight.

I did 3 tests finally. Both tests played Transformer 2 Ch 1 (Shanghai scene).
My original setting is - Crossover at 150Hz, Front = Large, Center = Small, Rear = Small

Here are my findings:
1) Crossover at 100Hz, set all speakers as small
More bass can be heard, but it seems not clear enough, and the dialogue (voice) seems to be softer, maybe this is due to the overwhelming by the subwoofer bass. Less dynamic feeling when firing the guns.....

2) Crossover at 80Hz, set all speakers as small
Dialogue seems to be clearer & louder, more bass can be heard compared to original setting. More dynamic and punchy feeling during explosions. Can slightly feel the direction of bass moving from left to right & vice versa (i.e. Better clarity).

3) Crossover at 80Hz, Front = Large, the rest = Small
Similar to 2) but less bass can be heard, still good in dynamic but less punchy feeling.

So finally I picked 2) as my final setting

For playing 2ch music, I found that turning off EQ and setting front speakers at 0dB can bring different feeling to me. Seems like more details I can hear and the sound is more "out of the box", but it seems like the sound is bit "out of focus".
So up to now I have no conclusion how to handle it......

micma

Congratulation for having improvement.  

jasonbiker

如果你覺得D聲 "out of focus", 試吓toe in對喇叭就有幫助!

ricoy288

if u hv sub, then it's better to set front spk as small I think.
let the sub handle the bass. u will find the sound more clear.

hkbomberman

Good approach... Try different settings and pick the one you like most!  

sk555

good to hear that u had improvement

mightyatoms

BTW, what sub cable you are using?
cyberken 發表於 2009-11-26 00:11

Im using cheap cheap AQ Sub A only.....

hkbomberman

Cyberken back again to poison us?   Seems away for some time... Where have you been?

mightyatoms

For playing 2ch music, I found that turning off EQ and setting front speakers at 0dB

Lets try pure mode of your AV amp, same function but more convenience
MarkMak 發表於 2009-11-26 00:30

MarkMak hing....
That was what I thought too, but......
Pure Direct will not neglect your CH level..... my FL was -6dB and FR was -8dB....
So when I listen 2ch music, i will use 0dB by now....

MarkMak

Pure Direct will not neglect your CH level