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MatrixDweller wrote:
 Initially I didn't think anything of the level being set at -12dB. It was that I couldn't hear any base. It was like taking a bass knob and turning it down all the way. The fact that Audyssey set the distance differently I can understand as it probably has to do with my room layout and sub placement.
The fact that it set it at -12dB and that it is barely audible should have nothing to do with how loud I had the sub while testing. Audyssey should adjust it accordingly no matter what volume it's at. Again it's probably because my room is less than ideal. I made sure to set the subwoofer to 0 dB increase on my RW12d when testing. The RW12d, not the best sub I admit, goes down to -40dB and up to +11dB. Would having it 0dB be correct?
I'm sure a closed rectangular room with somewhat ideal measurements is probably going to give test measurements that yield better over results. Little anomalies in room acoustics are probably fixed easily by Audyssey but large ones are probably a more difficult and might skew things for the worst. My sub is in a corner, and I can't place it anywhere else due to room layout, so that is probably why things are messed up. |
Well there's a lot of reasons that it could have your sub too low, but 12db is a huge cut which just seems to indicate that it's too loud to begin with. Audyssey no doubt has to compute how many db it has to work with for the entire system and then adjust accordingly. Whether it be Audyssey or any room EQ you want to get everything as close to right as possible before running it.
Generally the subs' volume should be set about halfway. That will allow enough headroom if the Audyssey decides to boost any frequencies. Also corner loading a sub produces the most amount of bass, but can also produce that "boomyness" that Kal reiterated to. You could be very used to bloated bass.
You're right Audyssey isn't the fix-all for a really bad room but usually it will do more good than harm and its strength IMO is the bass.
Maybe you could post some pics of your room taken from the first measurement position and from the center channel back to the listening position. There night be some simple things you could do to get better results.