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Thanks Jason, I'll give this a go over the weekend as I will need longer cables. I'd be keen to see how it performs with the sub on the rear left. As for the Bands 1-3 above, does that effectively cut off/reduce the db at those specific frequencies? I think this is what @zobsky was referring to before which in my case, eliminated the boominess? Therefore in theory I could still return to the "Through" EQ by going "Manual" and only altering what was in Bands 1-3 to return to my current setup, without the boominess? Thanks everyone!

I haven't had a chance to move the subs around but I did take a look in the Yamaha's Parametric EQ settings. I currently have it set to Through. Then when I had a look at YPAO: Natural, I noticed something veryyyy interesting. It had the following set for the subwoofer: Band #1 Frequency 31.3Hz Q 2.000 Gain -3.5db Band #2 Frequency 31.3Hz Q 1.587 Gain -1.0db Band #3 Frequency 39.4Hz Q 2.000 Gain -0.5db Low and behold, upon switching this over and listening to my test tracks again, the boominess is completely gone! The general output for non-LFE frequencies also sounds like it had "opened up" more with an added clarity and smoother bass overall. In comparison before, it sounds like the lower frequencies were muddied (hence the fullness) and have smoothened out a bit but I'm not quite sure I like it completely. Perhaps it is just a matter of getting used to it now. I'm still not sure if this is the right path to eliminate boominess but it appears the YPAO calibration from before identified those frequencies above and altered the db output accordingly? Very keen to hear what everyone's thoughts are now!

I just tested dropping the crossover to 60Hz (not much difference in boominess but less "fill") and down to 40Hz, which did reduce the boomy sound a tad but also way less "fill" and the output isn't as pleasant anymore. 60Hz I can live with I suppose but it didn't make much of a difference. I have tried turning off either subs and the boominess goes away but there is less "fill" again and isn't as immersive. I'm not sure what the dimensions are but the area is a shared living and dining area so kinda like a rectangle, with the HT on the left side and dining area on the right (as per the pic). I'm starting to think the issue is possibly bass echoing, if there is such a thing, where certain frequencies meet and combined, creates the boomy effect.

Thanks for all the replies and suggestion guys. So it looks like the boominess is purely due to the subwoofer location? I may be able to leave the front right sub as is, then move the front left sub behind my seating position, although I may be limited by the cable length now. As far as crossovers go, the lowest I have set are for the towers at 80Hz. I'll try tweaking this to see if it helps. I do have "Extra Bass" already on as I like the extra "fullness" it adds to the output. I just checked my EQ and I have this set as "Through", which I believe does not alter the output? As for the subwoofer crawl, I came across this while researching setups but unfortunately given my current living area, furniture placement, etc, I'm quite limited with what I can change so I skipped this. That being said, I have crawled around the living area and the boominess is still apparent everywhere I'll try to move the front left sub and place it as far back on the left and report back. Thanks again guys!

Nothing below 80Hz. Towers at 80Hz, center 90Hz, surrounds and in ceiling 110Hz. On the sub I just max out the crossover since the receiver is handling it. These were set pretty early on since I got this setup. Haven’t tweaked much around it though.

Hey guys! About 6 months ago, I finally bit the bullet and upgraded from my puny Yamaha entry level HT system. I've had this system for over 10 years now from when I was a student, renting a 1 bedroom unit. I now have Klipsch RP-280Fs, RP-450C, RP-250Ss, two R-110SW 10" subwoofers and Yamaha NS-IC800 in ceiling speakers connected to a Yamaha Adventage RX-A1070 to complete my 5.2.2 setup. I love my movies and music and to this day, I'm still in awe with this system and am slowly rewatching everything from my collection especially those now available in 4K and Atmos or DTS-X audio. In the past 6 months, I have been tweaking on and off and I think I have it now at a level I am truly satisfied with. I recently rewatched "Hans Zimmer - Live in Prague" and I had tears running down my cheeks If you love his work, please do yourself a favor and go get the Bluray. Now the issue. With certain tunes at certain volumes, I get a somewhat unpleasant boomy sound with a bit of a rumble with it. Unfortunately, that's the best way I can think of to describe it. If I increase the listening volume, this boomy sound is more pronounced too. It also tends to come on and off abruptly. A few things I have tried to mitigate this with varying success: 1) Switch the phase on one sub to the opposite. This helps reduce the boominess but takes a significant punch out of the bass. Increasing the gain helps but I lose the punchy, tight bass. 2) Swapped cables. Swapped left sub to right - no difference. 3) Reduce the bass trim in AVR, increase gain in subwoofer. No discernible difference either. 4) Added sound treatments for both high and low frequency. I had pretty bad echoing before and got same bass traps while I was at it. Echoing is gone but can't tell if bass traps helped. 5) Tried SVS sound isolation feet and regular rubber foam from the cushion store. I have floorboards and this seems to have helped reduce overall vibration but not the boominess. 6) Currently I have the subs flanking the front left and right speaker on the outside. Angling them inwards towards the center seat seems to have a very slight difference. Could it be bass bouncing off the walls at certain frequencies causing the boominess? 7) I'm thinking of replacing the entertainment console with a narrower one, so I can place the subs on the inside instead, next to the center speaker. Angled inwards. I'm thinking due to the relative position of the subs being closer to the center seat, I can drop the gain a little and perhaps eliminate the boominess? This is of course going to cost more but I'm keen to hear everyone's thoughts first before I make this change. EDIT: Almost forgot to mention that turning off one sub completely eliminates the boominess. Then again this of course defeats the purpose of going dual Other than this boomy sound, I am extremely happy with everything so far. If I could get rid of this one niggling sound/issue, I would have the perfect setup - to my ears at least Added a picture for context and who doesn't love setup pics! Thanks in advance everyone!