Let us know how it all goes and you will love the Anthem once it's all up and running..ARC is a must:thumbup:
I agree that the sub sounds to be at fault - even with zero calibration it should just sound "not quite right", not terrible how you're describing it. Did you forget something inside / on the speaker cones?
I did it by "best guess" in the end. First attempt was -8 and the second attempt was +1
There shouldn't be a hiss, does it do it on mute and if everything is disconnected does it still hiss?
Hmm, not sure... how about calibrating with each sub separately, making a note of the gain in ARC and the power amp, then trimming each slightly when you put them back together and then doing one final combined calibration?
On a different note, my 300 pretty much crashed today when I powered it up - it remained stuck on the normal input display, but would not dim nor take any input from the remote or buttons. I unplugged it for a while and tried again, and it did eventually come back to life. Strangely however, it took quite a while to "boot up" and then I had no recognised input from the PC for about a minute (optical).
I've also noticed a hiss coming from some speakers - mostly the front left and both surround speakers' tweeters. It's there the same regardless of volume, input selected (with nothing playing so in theory it should be silent). I can only really hear it when I put my ear near the tweeters.
Are these things normal? Or just my bad luck, or being overly alert?
I did it by "best guess" in the end. First attempt was -8 and the second attempt was +1
There shouldn't be a hiss, does it do it on mute and if everything is disconnected does it still hiss?
By unplugging I just meant leads that go to other electrical devices e.g. TV, projector, in case it's picking up any noise from them via the HDMI cables (or the cables you use). I find if my laptop runs from it's power supply when the laptop is connected to my MRX my speakers make lots of noise.
My subs are under the front left/ right speakers so I'm happy to set channel gain to the same level for each at the moment but got too late to do much more than get the levels right.
What's your mains like? Do you have sudden drops, perhaps the Anthem is sensitive . Just one line of thought.
Is what hissing? Your sub? No there should not be a hiss, you will get some 50hz noise sometimes due to mains and other electrical gubbins, but only if you have your ear jammed up to the tweeter for example.
If you can hear it from a few feet away then you most certainly have a problem and more so if the sub is hissing.
If you have a sat / cable box, unplug it from the amp & wall and try again. Also be on the lookout for any variable resistors like dimmer switches on the same ring.
I think you confused the issue, he was trying to help me with my hissing it's from the tweeters only, mostly on the left and rear channels. I'll check if it's any of the HDMI-connected devices or cable box or Microserver later on. If none of those turn up guilty, I'll have to either lug it to another room (easy) with the speakers (ouch), or maybe one of those Tacima mains conditioners just to try.
Panties still on RD
Rich, lemme know if you're planning any excursions in august, I wanna look at PJ's and screens as the plasma market is just balls and non existent over 65''
"or maybe one of those Tacima mains conditioners just to try"
I've got one not for the amazing clarity it brings to my system (what hifi...lol) but because its a good quality 6 way mains block, I couldn't tell the diffrence when I put mine on, but my mains go through a flux capacitor connected to a wireless voltage intensifier, so my mains is much better than the crap you guys are getting from the national grid
"or maybe one of those Tacima mains conditioners just to try"
I've got one not for the amazing clarity it brings to my system (what hifi...lol) but because its a good quality 6 way mains block, I couldn't tell the diffrence when I put mine on, but my mains go through a flux capacitor connected to a wireless voltage intensifier, so my mains is much better than the crap you guys are getting from the national grid
My flux capacitor has gone in for repair. I tried running it without 1.21gigawatts of power and it seized up