I didn't have much experience with the Audyssey room correction set up ( done only twice with the Onkyo 805) but I did not like the way the Audyssey sets up my crossover of on of my NHT M5, so I manually set them all at 60Hz as the M5 manual recommended . My room is an empty bedroom 14x16. There is not much correction done after the Audyssey was performed, not to say the room is perfect acoustically. With the MACC (PIO SC05), all my speakers while they are seven (7) of the Def Tech SM450s. They were set as Large and crossover at 80Hz which is fine with me as I am watching the movies as in "MACC memory 1" but when I am listening to DD/DTS music, I manually have changed the setting to Small ( all 7 of them) and have the cross-over at 50Hz as recommended by Def Tech and I have these data store in "MACC memory 2" . I do not listen 2 channel audio thru the receiver since I prefer no sub-woofer involved. I may or may not have the MACC done correctly but I have it done twice with the same results. Yes, the micro-phone was on the 24" speaker stand at level of my ears with no obstruction within the measurement boundary except the equipment rack itself against the front wall and I was on the floor away from the microphone. The Radio Shack SPL meter came handy to verify the channel level calibration after the MACC was performed. While it is a hi-tech and impressed method of room correction and speaker set up but I believe either the Audyssey or the MACC , one will need to verify for accuracy after its performance was conducted. There is nothing as fool-proof technology. So have the Audyssey or Macc set up but then verifying the data before having the data stored in memory set up. Any advice is welcome.
Audacy room correction. Corrected?
has anyone tried using the auto room correction feature on their receiver with out board amps attached?
I saw another thread recently about someone who bought an Audacy audio room correction/equalizer component as their gear did not have that facility built into their receiver. The person was quite impressed with the benefits once all the position testing and correction process was completed.
My Onkyo TX SR 805 has this auto room correction feature on board.
However, when I called to ask Onkyo about using the Audacy room correction feature in my own application, were I to use outboard amps, the tech (s) I spoke with said
"The Audacy (Audessey) feature does not work with auxilliary amps. Only when the 805 is connected directly to the speakers."
Hearing this info from a couple of Onkyo techs early on in my ownership, and prior to adding those amps, I dismissed the use of that benefit entirely, and never tried to use it.
So I was curious and emailed Audacy after perusing their website for more info on one of their room corection devices for myself. I told them of my situation, gear, and the info Onkyo tech support had provided me and was surprised to see them reply with this info:
“The Audessy feature on your 805 will work with or without outboard amps being connected to it. They also apologized for the misinformation.
Really? Whoa!?
Lovely. My problem now is having mislaid my micI can’t even find out for myself. lol
Audacy also said the mic supplied with the recievers was specific to the room correction system, therefore obtaining a better aftermarket mic would not perform as well. Their process is calibrated to the supplied mic. Further, they said the mic wire itself could be extended up to 25ft. Past that overall length they could not assure the results would be predictable.
Hmmm.
Do Other owners of Onkyo, Marantz, etc., receivers with this Audacy benefit built in, also hear such misinfomation about their Audacy supplied units not being capable of room correction in conjunction with out board amps too?
Has anyone tried to use the feature while amps were connected to their receiver?
Neither have I seen mention of this in any reviews on such featured receivers.
Now, if I can just find my mic!
Thanks. Hope this helps.
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