museumsteve
Distinguished Member
I'm hoping for some guidance as I try to recalibrate my room after making some changes recently.
I have a Marantz SR7015, nice and capable in my movie room, but got the chance to pick up a Linn active front end for a great price so jumped at the chance. I removed my Q Acoustic fronts and slipped in Linn Isobariks married to a bank of psu/amps/xover/preamp etc. Was thumping enough for me to remove one of my subs and now I am starting to spend more time enjoying stereo but movies will always be my first priority.
This week, I picked up a Linn Centirk III centre to replace my current centre and thought I should re-run audyssey to see/hear the results...shocking
It changed everything for the worse so I decided to get an SPL meter and set it up manually and try to get a better understanding myself.
My dilemma is understanding the correlation between the Marantz volume and my Wakonda preamp volume, firstly when it comes to test tones and calibration and secondly during playback.
If I set the Marantz to 0db for test tones what do I set the Wakonda to? When I'm done with calibration and watching a movie, do I need to increase the volume on the Wakonda to match the increase on the Marantz?
It may be a stupid question, but any help would be greatly appreciated
I have a Marantz SR7015, nice and capable in my movie room, but got the chance to pick up a Linn active front end for a great price so jumped at the chance. I removed my Q Acoustic fronts and slipped in Linn Isobariks married to a bank of psu/amps/xover/preamp etc. Was thumping enough for me to remove one of my subs and now I am starting to spend more time enjoying stereo but movies will always be my first priority.
This week, I picked up a Linn Centirk III centre to replace my current centre and thought I should re-run audyssey to see/hear the results...shocking
It changed everything for the worse so I decided to get an SPL meter and set it up manually and try to get a better understanding myself.
My dilemma is understanding the correlation between the Marantz volume and my Wakonda preamp volume, firstly when it comes to test tones and calibration and secondly during playback.
If I set the Marantz to 0db for test tones what do I set the Wakonda to? When I'm done with calibration and watching a movie, do I need to increase the volume on the Wakonda to match the increase on the Marantz?
It may be a stupid question, but any help would be greatly appreciated