rebuy Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 I reset my Marantz late last night. Too late to run the Audyssey Program. Gee, I think my speakers sound better without this. I have a mixture of soft & hard surfaces in the room so it seems to be OK as far as I'm concerned. Without the Audyssey, the highs and bass are much cleaner. I also think the dynamics are better. I'm using no tone controls at all. These 5 speakers are Rocking Baby. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 I always disable everything like that. It's a useful tool for balancing speaker levels but I like my ears to determine what sounds best. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebuy Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 We're watching a 4K movie, "The House with A Clock in it's Walls" with Jack Black, No Sound Processing. It sounds awesome. I'm gonna keep it this way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Since going active 3-way i've stopped using Audyssey. But I'm also only running stereo at this point and my subs are integrated as part of each full range speaker. I tried running Audyssey to further refine things after I spent a bunch of time with REW and my Yamaha processor, but Audyssey never could get off the ground during the speaker check phase, so I just abandoned it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Whitlow Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 I reset my Marantz late last night. Too late to run the Audyssey Program. Gee, I think my speakers sound better without this. I have a mixture of soft & hard surfaces in the room so it seems to be OK as far as I'm concerned. Without the Audyssey, the highs and bass are much cleaner. I also think the dynamics are better. I'm using no tone controls at all. These 5 speakers are Rocking Baby.I don’t even know what Audyssey is. I use the pink noise generator in my receiver and an analog SPL meter. I love how it sounds.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 It's a brand of room corrections software found included with certain brands of of receivers over the last 15 years or so. (Denon, Marantz, onkyo, etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, Thaddeus Smith said: It's a brand of room corrections software found included with certain brands of of receivers over the last 15 years or so. (Denon, Marantz, onkyo, etc) "But that's not important right now." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, oldtimer said: "But that's not important right now." Eh, twice was enough today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwc Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Audyssey has not worked out for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frzninvt Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 I don't let a computer algorithm determine how my system is supposed to sound. I use my good old ears. Especially when it tries to set things flat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitrofan Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 I've been saying this same thing for years but always get told "oh you're wrong you don't know what you're talking about" audyssey sucks all the dynamics out of your speakers. It does guarantee mediocre to poor sound at every seat though lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWL Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Exactly. Does Audessy know how old you are and how shot your hearing is? Does Audessy know how you like to hear certain types of music?I appreciate the effort that goes into something like this but it's a benchmark.....not the icing on the cake. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 54 minutes ago, SWL said: Exactly. Does Audessy know how old you are and how shot your hearing is? Does Audessy know how you like to hear certain types of music? I appreciate the effort that goes into something like this but it's a benchmark.....not the icing on the cake. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk Never have considered that. May get you close, but no cigar. We may have to wait until AI catches up with our hearing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave A Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Audessey did not work for me either. Integra 7.1 was the receiver. I had a DBX Drive Rack which could analyze the room too and it worked better than Audessey. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 I usually run 'Direct' anyway... for 5.1 music. HT is slightly different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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