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AJ,
Awaiting delivery on Thursday, will probably not have time to reconfigure until this weekend.
Awaiting delivery on Thursday, will probably not have time to reconfigure until this weekend.
AJ,You shouldn't have to adjust anything yet, those settings are fine for now. The remote is handy for setting the level of the surrounds while listening from seat.
Once you set the volume level on 146 (while listening with Logic7), the 3485 will be you normal volume control. Turning it up/down will adjust the 146 accordingly.
The surrounds will be connected to 146 rear speaker terminals. You can use the CD input as "source", usually default in menu is analog.
Where are the Wharfdales?
AJ,There is no other recommendation other than upwards. You could try different orientations, perhaps even pointed directly away (yes, firing into sidewall). The idea is to make them unlocalizable. The Logic7 processing does this to a large extent, further diffusion by having a lot of reflected energy is desired.
Remember, you don't want to hear them. Only way to know they were on, is turn off.
It's to give the front channels a sense of more envelopment/ immersion, something entirely impossible with 2ch stereo frontal soundfields (synopsis here if interested)
cheers
BTW, thanks for your extensive patience and advice!Yes, try that with the Wharfdales first before considering new speakers. The "quality" of the surrounds is largely immaterial here, as long as they don't distort, etc.
You just want to avoid any leading edge waveforms (which would give direction cues), so indirect/more diffuse is helpful, the idea is to make as unlocalizable as possible.
Pointing away should be good.
cheers
This tells me you've done it correctly. The best part about Dr Greisingers handiwork (present in countless concert halls around the world), is you can't hear it!In short, Logic7 is VERY IMPRESSIVE. My musically talented wife (better ears/perfect pitch) and I (not so much) have just finished testing the various settings to best dial in the Logic7 "surrounds" and then listened to a wide variety of music for over 4 hours. Sonic bliss IMHO.
- The sound stage is wider than the mains or room edges, but does not have the "fakey" sound of hall, club, or stadium DSPs I have tried in the past on other systems.
We both much prefered the sound with the Logic7 engaged.