digregorioj Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 I have am running Klipsch XL-23's as front and center speakers, Klipsch RIC-65 for rear ceiling mounts and have an XW-500D Subwoofer. In my last house it took me about a week to dial it in. However, when we moved I didn't write any of the settings down. I have spent about 6 hours playing around with it and can't figure out what settings I should use with my receiver. Should I set the XL-23's to small or larger - if small what crossover should I set on the sub and receiver. Also the sub volume goes from -38 to +10 - currently I have it set at -6 and it still has too much base for music and not enough for movies - I also have the sub set to +2 db on the receiver. I have tried the automatic calibration but is sounds like crap. I have now had this same setup in 3 houses and this is the most trouble I have had setting it up. Any help would be greatly appreciated 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Hello, I cannot recall your having mentioned your AVR model, as that may come into it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Oh, and a user manual for the receiver and maybe one on the sub. Right now, for the time being we set the sub itself cross at 120 hz. And yes fronts to small. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digregorioj Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 Hey Billybob The receiver is a piece of crap Sony - 770 model - it doesn't have 1/10th the sound fields as my old one. I think I found the issue last night. When I did the calibration I set it to engineered - changing to to front reference yielded much better results. I am still dialing it in but getting closer. The sub is a Klipsch XW-500D. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 1 hour ago, digregorioj said: Hey Billybob The receiver is a piece of crap Sony - 770 model - it doesn't have 1/10th the sound fields as my old one. I think I found the issue last night. When I did the calibration I set it to engineered - changing to to front reference yielded much better results. I am still dialing it in but getting closer. The sub is a Klipsch XW-500D. Lol, whatever works. Like a member said, @willland, sub hits beyond its size. Let know please... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digregorioj Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 Okay - so I finally have it tuned - under calibration on the receiver is engineered and front reference. Selected front reference and it sounds great. I have watched two movies and two concert BluRays over the past week and they all sounded amazing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 1 hour ago, digregorioj said: Okay - so I finally have it tuned - under calibration on the receiver is engineered and front reference. Selected front reference and it sounds great. I have watched two movies and two concert BluRays over the past week and they all sounded amazing Excellent!☕ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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