SteveBachman Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 I am getting very strange Audyssey readings. Front, center, and rear speakers are Klipsch RF-82II, RC-62II, and RS-52II respectively. My subwoofer is a HSU VTF 3MK3. My receiver is a Denon AVR 3312CI. My rear surround speakers are on the left and right side of my couch. My center speaker sits on a plate that hooks over the top of the TV. The floor speakers are to the left and right of the TV. My subwoofer volume is set to 9:00 o'clock, crossover is out, using LFE cable, bass extension is 1 port open, phase set to 0. Microphone is taped to a tripod. I cannot get my center or surround speaker channel readings to go above -12dB no matter where I set the microphone / tripod on my couch, which is about 9 feet from the TV against the back wall of the living room. Subwoofer readings ranges from -7dB to -9.5 dB and my front left and right speaker readings are around -9.5 to -10.5 dB. There is a piece of felt on top of the microphone. I assume it is suppose to be there. Should it be there? Could the microphone be defective? I have seen questions where the sub has a very low dB reading and the volume on the sub needs to be turned down to get a good reading, but I could not find any post where the other speaker readings were too low and the sub reading was okay. Please help. I have spent way too much time on this already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Make sure the mic is at least 18" from the wall. Sounds like you are getting reflection... The mic should not be on the headrest of the sofa. Use a boom or a tripod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveBachman Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share Posted November 20, 2011 I used a tripod. Set it in on the couch where I normally sit. Tripod was 24" from wall. This does not explain why the center speaker is also at -12dB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I used a tripod. Set it in on the couch where I normally sit. Tripod was 24" from wall. This does not explain why the center speaker is also at -12dB. Is the center speaker set as a full range and the others as small or with a high pass filter like 80Hz? Also, the microphone should be pointing absolutely straight up at the ceiling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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