blowndc Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Greetings all, My current system consist of RF-82 front speakers, RC-3 Center, RF-3 rears, and a SVS PC-12Plus subwoofer. All powered by an older Yamaha DSP-A1. I have the bass gain set on the receiver set at 0, and the gain at the subwoofer's amp at 1/2 way. Watching movies are great. Plenty of bass, the subwoofer goes real low and shakes everything. When listening to music in two channel stereo, is a different story. I feel as though my bass is very boomy and the bass also overpowers everything else. This is my first real powered subwoofer, it has all sorts of settings on the back. Everything is set at factory settings. I don't even know where to start playing with these settings. I've read up on isolation pads for subwoofers to help relieve some boomyness. I'll be building one this weekend. In the meantime, does anybody here have this subwoofer and can recommend settings to help out? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sivadselim Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Assuming your "older Yamaha" doesn't have any sort of auto-calibration, you really need to calibrate your speakers' and sub's relative levels properly. This usually requires an SPL meter, and if your procesor doesn't include some internal test tones for doing this, some proper test tones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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