Rodmylon
Novice Member
I bouht a Denon AVC-X3700H yesterday replacing a working but aging Denon 2113. The rest of the 5.1 system consists of Tannoy Mercury V4, Vc, V1 + SVS-SB1000. Audyssey executed with both.
Observations
Still feeling constructive I went all in today and replaced the SVS-SB1000 with dual SVS-SB2000 pros (dual subs was one of the reasons to upgrade the amp).
So my two initial questions are:
1) is it a known issue that the low end bass level pf the 3700 is rolling off early even though you use Audyssey? I was expecting a flat response in the room after corrections.
2) Is it known that the stereo image of the 3700 in stereo audio mode is bad? Or should I expect a stereo image with distinguishable and pinpointable instruments and voices between the front speakers? I did tripple check the polarity of the cables as my "high end" friend pointed out. They were correct.
Picture quality and 5.2 audio is otherwise good with the 3700, a bit surround speaker -heavy but that is adjustable.
I was expecting an improvement, or at least the same level of audio quality as before.. Any insight would be highly appreciated!
Observations
- 3700 Low end bass slope/roll-off was significantly earlier and level lower starting ffom ~35Hz, while continued quite flat until 25Hz.
- 3700 Stereoimage (in Stereo audio mode) is worse. I hear music coming from the front speakers, while with the 2113 I had a nice stereoimage making it ddifficult to say if the center soeakr was on or not. Now with 3700 there is nothing "in the middle".
Still feeling constructive I went all in today and replaced the SVS-SB1000 with dual SVS-SB2000 pros (dual subs was one of the reasons to upgrade the amp).
- The weak performance of the bass continued after rerunning Audassay twice. ~15dB drop below 35dB (according to some free mobile app, but it corresponds to what I hear).
- Adding paramtric EQ curves (quick attemot without deeper study)in the SVS app - 2 for each sub with ~5dB each curve gives decent performance.
- Stereo image got even worse after rerunnig Audyssey. Left front speaker is back against a small open dining area and side against wall while the right speaker is back against a wall. So not ideal. But it worked fine with the old 2113. The right speaker is dominant now and Audassy raised the left speaker, but not enough. Vocals are mainly heard from the right speaker. I raised the left even more to 3,5dB higher level (it is also ~50cm further away from the main listening position).
So my two initial questions are:
1) is it a known issue that the low end bass level pf the 3700 is rolling off early even though you use Audyssey? I was expecting a flat response in the room after corrections.
2) Is it known that the stereo image of the 3700 in stereo audio mode is bad? Or should I expect a stereo image with distinguishable and pinpointable instruments and voices between the front speakers? I did tripple check the polarity of the cables as my "high end" friend pointed out. They were correct.
Picture quality and 5.2 audio is otherwise good with the 3700, a bit surround speaker -heavy but that is adjustable.
I was expecting an improvement, or at least the same level of audio quality as before.. Any insight would be highly appreciated!