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
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ill give it a try when I get home and let you know how it goes

This kind of diagnosis is extremely hard to do, unless we are there with you listening and configuration.

Can you tell us what your previous receiver was? 

Is the Yamaha brand new?  It may need to be broken in. 

Could be a speaker/crossover configuration issue. 

It's so difficult to tell.

I dont remember the model, but it was a yamaha as well, the v377 is nearly identical with HDMI 1.4 ports.  the v377 is two years old at this point. was brand new to me though.  I dont use the subwoofer passthrough, i use the subwoof out from the receiver.