CHASLS2 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Just got it today. Needed a smaller sub than my SVS PB12 NSD. Looks nice and is not a space hog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K5SS Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Congrats! How's she sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHASLS2 Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 Thanks! A first it was pretty bad. Seems my Pioneer Elite SC61 AVR sets the sub way too low when doing a auto cal. I had to go into speaker setup and change the setting myself. My older Pioneer Elite SC35 did the same thing with my SVS PB12 NSD. I am making changes to my bedroom setup and was forced to go with a smaller sub. So far the new sub seems to rock away very well in my 12x14 room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K5SS Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 How did you go in and manually adjust your subwoofer level with your SC-35? I set the crossover to 80hz and it set my sub at +8db. That doesn't seem right to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHASLS2 Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 I have the SC61, my SC35 died on me. I went into speaker setup and changed the subs setting to -3.0dB on my SC61. The auto cal had it set to -12dB. Also the auto cal sets my Paradigm Signature 2's to large and i have to change them to small. The sub seems to belt out nice tight bass since i changed the setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 The auto cal had it set to -12dB. That -12 mean that the gain on the sub is to high(hot) and autocalibration had to attenuated to the max. Set the gain at 10 O'clock and adjust it to beteew 9-12 o'clock as need. This will ensure a good voltage to the sub for movies and wiggle room to adjust the sub volume up on down in the avr. With good subs, rarely will the sub gain need to be greater than 12 o'clock. Ideally after auto calibration a sub level near 0 is the best. Strong sub will be in the negative numbers which is ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHASLS2 Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 You were right. I turned the gain down in the sub to 11o clock and redid the auto cal. Much better now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Just a side note, many people use to recommend setting the LFE to -10 or -5 in the avr. Most new movies in DTS and Dolby True HD are mixed properly so the attenuation of the .1 or LFE channel is not needed. Pioneer recommends setting the LFE to 0, this will make sure you are not missing any LFE's and getting the most out of your sub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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