No, sorry, I did not have a question and, no, I am not hearing distortion. I ran Audyssey but did not like the results, so I adjusted on my own, and yes, I can cover the basic manual setups. It was suggested that I run Audyssey again, and I intend to, but right now I am still becoming familiar with this receiver I just got. As this thread was a Polk Audio owners thread, I did not wish to get too deep into the receiver end. Thank you for asking, fokakis1. What I really meant was that I was willing to accept constructive criticism on my speakers if anyone saw a glaring misfit of any sort. I do not understand how everything internal to a sound system works, so I appreciate suggestion. It would help me to get the sound I want. As an example, I have only one speaker (actual speaker, not enclosure) that is over 6 1/2" in diameter. That one is a 12" powered subwoofer. I notice a lot of others have pairs and fours of towers containing 8" or 10" subwoofers, such as the LSi15 or LSi25 units, and I wonder if that makes a big difference, or if it is simply a different path to the same door. As I have never been associated with others who have this kind of equipment, I was hoping this forum would fill in that gap. My associates and myself are not typically audio/video people, but more machinery people. I have always had audio and video equipment, but never before have I attempted to really improve on what I have or the sound I am receiving. Perhaps that is the fault of my having joined an Audio Video forum :dontknow:
You said your sub is crossed at 80. I would be curious as to your impressions if you were to switch the A1s to the front and cross them at 80, esp. for music. It seems counterintuitive, but it may give you some new ideas.
Another layer of drywall on top of the current drywall isn't going to help. Bass traps and acoustic treatments would... there's a ton of info on the net about building your own. Or you could contact a company (such as one of our sponsors, GIK Acoustics) and discuss options with them!:T
Lets see a photo after you upgraded your mains....:bigsmile:![]()
This was before I upgraded my mains.
VERY nice, fok! Thanks!![]()
This was before I upgraded my mains.
No sweat; I set my receivers up manually/myself as well.
I didn't see where he said he crossed his sub at 80, but if this is all in reference to that "LPF of LFE" setting so common on modern Onkyo AVRs/processors, this setting (for the sub) should always be set to 120Hz.
RTi A9s.
He did not, however, mention what any of his high pass settings were.
Oh, okay...I'm running the predecessor to those, the RTi12s...:T
If his sub is connected via the LFE output of the receiver, this will internally defeat his sub's crossover knob (the AVR will be controlling it) but he should still leave that knob turned all the way up or on BYPASS if available just to make sure it's completely out of the path -- inside the receiver, he needs to adjust for the front, center and surround channel crossovers and under the SUB's LOW PASS FILTER setting in the AVR (Onkyo calls this "LPF of LFE" but it shouldn't even be an option to be honest with you) this setting should be 120Hz because the LFE channel of film soundtracks brickwalls at this frequency. By setting this to 120Hz, a sub is receiving all the low frequency effects information without, so to speak, "losing" any...
Yeah, the sub is crossed at 80, due to the LFE setting requirement. I will change that to 120 the next time I turn the receiver on (in about a half hour, lol) And you have me thanking you once again...
If I understand this correctly, then they are all set at 80.
Okay, then. Well, the crossover knob is all the way up, and the AVR is controlling the crossover. The AVR crossover settings for all speakers is at 80 HZ, but I will change the sub to 120 HZ. Should I leave the rest at 80? allowing an overlap? or should I cross them all over at 120? I think prior to doing this, I shall run the Audyssey again and see where it leaves them. That sound like a plan?
Hello Viking, and glad I could be of help once more...
