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Poor bass and treble.

I’ve owned a 5.1 set of Klipsch Synergy 2 (sf-2 floor standers, and a ksw-12 subwoofer) for about 10 years. I’ve always been very pleased how they sound, until I upgraded my receiver (Yamaha to-v377. Now the bass is either way too strong or way too weak. Often it’s not there when you want it (gun shots and explosions) and overbearing when you don’t want it (dialogue, and ambiance). I’ve been fiddling with settings for a long time, but can’t seem to make more than minor improvements. Any tweaking I can do or is the receiver I have just known to have anemic bass response?
pcieluck
pcieluck OP
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When i got the new receiver? No. But I have tried moving it since to try and get better results. It’s currently about 12 ft from my favorite place to sit. 
erik_squires
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So you describe the typical sub integration problem. 

What you need to do first is kill the worst offenders. What EQ options do you have? Did you use the room correction with the recommended measurements? 

Best,

E
erik_squires
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Also, make sure you let the receiver do all the crossover work. If your sub has a low pass filter and adjustment, set it as high as you can. 
pcieluck OP
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The sub volume and crossover knobs are at max. The Only EQ options this receiver has are for one speaker at a time (and not the sub). So it doesn’t really help boost the sub what-so-ever. I don’t think it has any room correction feature either. It does have a menu where you I put the distance from each speaker, which I have done. The is a “extra bass” option, but that doesn’t fix everything. We still don’t seem to have bass in a lot of places we’d like to hear it. Then it seems kind of one note. Like I’m Always getting a hum when I need a boom or a rumble. Rock music sounds like you’re watching MTV on standard TV speakers.

sometimes it sounds better to turn the sub off, and let my Klipsch floorstanders do all the bass, but even that, not nearly as good as it should.

Ps by EQ options I assume you mean the sliders for various frequency ranges. I do have things like “DTS: Music” but I usually keep it on “STRAIGHT”
erik_squires
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Could you have meant RX-377?

You need to run the YPAO feature. :)
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