nheather
Distinguished Member
Appreciate some advice setting up 5.1 speaker levels.
I have an SPL meter so prefer to do things manually but I have tried the Audyssey.
To be honest running Audyssey comes up with pretty much the same results as when I do it manually.
My problem is that if I set each of the fronts and centre to 70 or 75dB then when I watch a movie I find that either
(i) With the volume set reasonable I can't hear the dialogue from the centre.
(ii) With the volume set so I can hear the dialogue from the centre, the effects from the fronts are deafening.
My fronts and centre use the same type of speaker (Canton CD50).
Obviously, I can manually turn down the fronts but if you end up setting the speaker levels manually by ear then what is the point of the auto-setup or SPL.
Wonder if I'm doing something wrong - any ideas?
Cheers,
Nigel
I have an SPL meter so prefer to do things manually but I have tried the Audyssey.
To be honest running Audyssey comes up with pretty much the same results as when I do it manually.
My problem is that if I set each of the fronts and centre to 70 or 75dB then when I watch a movie I find that either
(i) With the volume set reasonable I can't hear the dialogue from the centre.
(ii) With the volume set so I can hear the dialogue from the centre, the effects from the fronts are deafening.
My fronts and centre use the same type of speaker (Canton CD50).
Obviously, I can manually turn down the fronts but if you end up setting the speaker levels manually by ear then what is the point of the auto-setup or SPL.
Wonder if I'm doing something wrong - any ideas?
Cheers,
Nigel