babadono Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Hi All, I am relatively new to HT having just set my first one up over the past year and a half and I have a question. I currently have a Marantz AVR which I got as part of a package deal when I bought my speakers. I run Audyssey and it supposedly sets everything up. But what if i don't want the crowd noise in the stadium of Superbowl to be so loud? As far as I can figure the only way to turn down the volume of the rear or side surrounds is to go back into setup and play test tones through the speakers and adjust. This is inconvenient to do on the fly when you have guests. It would never have occurred to me that I would not be able to turn certain speakers up or down in a system like this. Does anybody's AVR let them adjust levels on the fly with actual program material going through? babadono 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted February 5, 2014 Moderators Share Posted February 5, 2014 My Emotiva UMC-1 could (butters were on the remote and were temporary settings) and my HK AVR 3600 can but you have to use the menu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 A lot of avr's will let you adjust the speakers volume on the fly. What model do you have? This info may help others advise you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 (edited) As far as I can figure the only way to turn down the volume of the rear or side surrounds is to go back into setup and play test tones through the speakers and adjust. This is inconvenient to do on the fly when you have guests. It would never have occurred to me that I would not be able to turn certain speakers up or down in a system like this. Does anybody's AVR let them adjust levels on the fly with actual program material going through? My NAD pre/pro remote allows for "on the fly" volume adjusting of my surrounds, center, and sub. Controls are at bottom of remote. Bill Edited February 5, 2014 by willland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 A lot of avr's will let you adjust the speakers volume on the fly. What model do you have? This info may help others advise you. It's a SR7007. Thanks Derrick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 As far as I can figure the only way to turn down the volume of the rear or side surrounds is to go back into setup and play test tones through the speakers and adjust. This is inconvenient to do on the fly when you have guests. It would never have occurred to me that I would not be able to turn certain speakers up or down in a system like this. Does anybody's AVR let them adjust levels on the fly with actual program material going through? My NAD pre/pro remote allows for "on the fly" volume adjusting of my surrounds, center, and sub. Controls are at bottom of remote. Bill Kinda what I would have expected, or at least a menu selectable volume control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappydue Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 My old onkyo has on the fly controls. Most newer ones all have to go into the menu. I'd say your best bet is just to adjust before company arrives or tell them to deal with it. Shouldn't take more than 10 seconds of test tones to adjust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Listen to the game in stereo mode when it gets too annoying. For that matter, just cycle through the listening modes available in your AVR, and settle on one that doesn't have all the immersion surrounds. Can you tell me how to mute the sportscasters but leave the game sounds on? That's what somebody needs to invent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Listen to the game in stereo mode when it gets too annoying. For that matter, just cycle through the listening modes available in your AVR, and settle on one that doesn't have all the immersion surrounds. Can you tell me how to mute the sportscasters but leave the game sounds on? That's what somebody needs to invent. No, but I used to watch NASCAR while listening to Country music. Drove the guests crazy, but what the heck. I didn't invite em. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Disconnect the Center channel speaker! Listen to the game in stereo mode when it gets too annoying. For that matter, just cycle through the listening modes available in your AVR, and settle on one that doesn't have all the immersion surrounds. Can you tell me how to mute the sportscasters but leave the game sounds on? That's what somebody needs to invent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolz Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Some AVR's have different surround modes which allows the user to change the effect of the surround to mimic the acoustics of different venues. One of the modes may present less backround sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 A lot of avr's will let you adjust the speakers volume on the fly. What model do you have? This info may help others advise you. It's a SR7007. Thanks Derrick. I looked thru the manual and all I found were the different modes. That may be your best options. It is a nice avr with every feature you could want except changing the channel levels easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 my Denon 3312 has a Channel Level Button, which would likely work on your model; if you have a Programmable Remote, you can program it for the 3312 & try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 A little late to the party but I strongly suspect that if you change the listening modes, you will get the results you seek. I know it is true for my Yamaha setup, there are many modes such as stadium, arena, concert hall etc which all change the amient sound levels such as crowd noises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Disconnect the Center channel speaker! Listen to the game in stereo mode when it gets too annoying. For that matter, just cycle through the listening modes available in your AVR, and settle on one that doesn't have all the immersion surrounds. Can you tell me how to mute the sportscasters but leave the game sounds on? That's what somebody needs to invent. You get a beer if that works. I'm serious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Works on my 3 AVRs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Disconnect the Center channel speaker! Listen to the game in stereo mode when it gets too annoying. For that matter, just cycle through the listening modes available in your AVR, and settle on one that doesn't have all the immersion surrounds. Can you tell me how to mute the sportscasters but leave the game sounds on? That's what somebody needs to invent. You get a beer if that works. I'm serious. Mustang Guy, I would think that would cut out at least 90% of the announcer's voices out of the mix. I was going to suggest it if Sancho hadn't beat me to it. Now where's my beer? But seriously thanks to all for all the replies. I was only using the SuperBlow(out) as an example. Sometimes I find the effects channels on movies a bit too much also. I do like the ambience and effects otherwise why would I have set up a 7.2 system? But to my way of thinking control of the volume of individual channels is fundamental and how this gets lost in a manufacturers development of a product is curious to me. Of course maybe there is a way to do what i am trying to do but it sure is not intuitive. In the future this will be on my list of features to look out for when it comes time to upgrade/replace. babadono Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 MG, did that work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajoker2c Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 On my old Pioneer 9130 there was a surround mode called "all stereo" that worked well for sports as it had the game action prominent and the announcers over center channel, but diminished ambient crowd noise mixed into the rear channels were removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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