Recent content by Jeff

The tweeters of my floor standers are about ear level. Ideally I would want the center speaker the same. But the tv will be above the center speaker. If I place the center speaker at its ideal height the tv will be too high. If I place the tv at its ideal height the center speaker will be...

I downloaded a sound meter app, measured the distant to my speakers, and adjusted the sound level of my center speaker to match the two fronts. The two fronts were already equal. I had to turn the center down a little. Audessey had turned them all down a lot. This sounds good. I am going to...

So you set the sound levels and the distances. Any equalization adjustments?

What did you do with the sound meter? Maybe I would like to do it too.

Maybe it would be instructive to reposition the speakers and run Audessey again to see if I can find a position where Audessey makes fewer corrections, especially at lower frequencies.

When looking at the Audessey results, I can see that the equalization adjustments are primarily additions at various frequencies. There are minor subtractions in a few places. Since Audessey is supposed to compensate for deficiencies in my room I wondered if I could use it as a starting place...

I read on other forums that Direct any crossovers you may have set for various speakers. I haven't been able to verify this with any manufacturer's literature. Do you know if that is true? Also, if you use Direct for movies, how does the system handle me only having a 3.0 system when the...

Disabling the MultEQ XT, Dynamic EQ, and all of the other various features in my receiver is the closest I can come to that. I don't really know how flat my receiver is. But let's say that it adds a little at some frequencies ands subtracts a little at other frequencies. Let's also say that...

What are the functions of Audessey that are still utilized when playing in Direct?

Can you use Direct for movies or is it primarily for two channel stereo?

What does the calibration do that does not alter the sound? I thought, among other things, that Audessey makes equalization adjustments, which in my mind alters the sound.

I guess you could say that a picture of the speaker in a confined space is the equivalent of saying that it is okay. That was the way I took it and the reason I did it. I mentioned that to the B&W rep I spoke to. He acknowledged the picture but reiterated that the speaker would sound much...

I had the good fortune of speaking at length with the Bowers and Wilkins rep. He told me that the worst thing I could do for my HTM61 was putting it in a confined space. Too bad I bought a nice tv stand with a dedicated shelf for the center channel speaker that leaves the speaker enclosed. I...

Does that basically mean that you don't enable any feature on your amp or receiver that would shape the sound and you have all equalization settings for each frequency range set to zero? In these case of my receiver, I would zero out all settings, or I could select Direct or Pure Direct. Is...

since I don't have a rectangular room it would be best if I could upload I diagram. Is there a way to do that?