John24ssj
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Hi all, hope you are doing well
So I've just setup my new Q Acoustics 5.1 system with 2 x 3050 front, 3090c center, 2x 3010 surround and 3070s as the sub and Denon AVR-X 1600H. This is my first ever 5.1 setup before I was using a soundbar.
My living room is 4m x 6m or 13ft x 20ft but is also connected to a dining room via an archway which is 3m x 3m (picture below)
I have done the Audyssey setup and it got the distances almost spot on (only off by -+10cm). So we watched couple of movies we have seen in cinema and have them in Dolby Digital via Disney+ app. And surround sound was spot on 3050, 3090c and 3010s performed amazingly, the immersion was lovely but the sub was very underwhelming.
So after doing some reading I tried the 9 clock gain trick and the Audyssey setup again which the sub was set to 0.18M distance at +12dB level but it's actually 2.7m away from the seating position. This helped a bit but was not quite there. So I messed about with the settings and got it sounding alright with gain at 12 clock and level at +8dB, this provided "enough" bass as we could feel it on our chests but didn't quite fill the room (most likely a dead spot, I am not sure). Anything louder (increasing gain on the sub or level in the receiver) my partner was not not happy with as it caused uncomfortable pressure on her ears.
My crossovers are:
-Front: 90Hz
-Center: 110Hz
-Surround: 100Hz
Sadly I am not really able to do a sub crawl as this spot is the only space my partner has given me, took me 2 years to get her to agree to this purchase as it is, so this leaves me with an issue where I can't really get a bigger sub than 3070S (or move it about) as that pretty much is the biggest gap I got between the cabinet and front speakers (30cm).
However, I am able to get another 3070S for £110. Would getting a second 3070s help to fill the room? We don't need louder per se just a bit more presence.
Thank you.
So I've just setup my new Q Acoustics 5.1 system with 2 x 3050 front, 3090c center, 2x 3010 surround and 3070s as the sub and Denon AVR-X 1600H. This is my first ever 5.1 setup before I was using a soundbar.
My living room is 4m x 6m or 13ft x 20ft but is also connected to a dining room via an archway which is 3m x 3m (picture below)
I have done the Audyssey setup and it got the distances almost spot on (only off by -+10cm). So we watched couple of movies we have seen in cinema and have them in Dolby Digital via Disney+ app. And surround sound was spot on 3050, 3090c and 3010s performed amazingly, the immersion was lovely but the sub was very underwhelming.
So after doing some reading I tried the 9 clock gain trick and the Audyssey setup again which the sub was set to 0.18M distance at +12dB level but it's actually 2.7m away from the seating position. This helped a bit but was not quite there. So I messed about with the settings and got it sounding alright with gain at 12 clock and level at +8dB, this provided "enough" bass as we could feel it on our chests but didn't quite fill the room (most likely a dead spot, I am not sure). Anything louder (increasing gain on the sub or level in the receiver) my partner was not not happy with as it caused uncomfortable pressure on her ears.
My crossovers are:
-Front: 90Hz
-Center: 110Hz
-Surround: 100Hz
Sadly I am not really able to do a sub crawl as this spot is the only space my partner has given me, took me 2 years to get her to agree to this purchase as it is, so this leaves me with an issue where I can't really get a bigger sub than 3070S (or move it about) as that pretty much is the biggest gap I got between the cabinet and front speakers (30cm).
However, I am able to get another 3070S for £110. Would getting a second 3070s help to fill the room? We don't need louder per se just a bit more presence.
Thank you.