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watching fellowship of the ring last night, there was a scene when the ring dropped onto the floor, i had an amazing pinging noise on my speakers, but also the subwoofer kicked in, you still could hear the ping, but the sub kicked in, and it sounded if a brick fell to the floor and not a ring. now is this part of the audio of the film, or have i got my sub set up wrong.
My room is roughly 12ft square.
centre speaker +10db
left surround speaker +8db
right surround speaker +8db
subwoofer -8db.....volume 2/3 way on back of sub and auto stand by switch is set to high.
also what about delay times? center 1, wtf does this mean
Your centre & surround settings look awfully high mate are you sure that's right..?
The delay settings are for the centre & surrounds and it's calculated by the difference in distance between the mains and the other speakers..
eg: Say, the front l/r speakers are 8ft away & the centre is 7ft away - you'd put 1ms of delay on the centre to fool your ears into thinking they were the same distance away from you. Same with the rears - if they were 5ft away from you, then you'd stick 3ms of delay on those..
As to the booming ring drop in LOTR, I *think* that's how it was in the movie - but I'm not sure..
cheers, the manual i have is not the best, i will have to mess abot it with it i think.
my l/r speakers are slightly in front of the centre, i have no choice, as i haven't got any stands yet, did try getting the ones that attach to the side of the TV, but yamaha told me that they only sell them in Japan.
my rears are roughly 8ft away, so perhaps 6ms delay would do?
my rears are set at 2m from the floor, they recommeded 1.8m, if i did that my kids could try and wreck them, doubt it, but taking no chances.
my l/r speakers are slightly in front of the centre, i have no choice,
You mean closer to you than the centre speaker or placed directly in front..?
my rears are roughly 8ft away, so perhaps 6ms delay would do?
6ms..?
If they are 6ft closer to you than your front l/r speakers then, sure 6ms delay - but I doubt that they are. Remember it's the *difference* in distance..
eg. If your fronts are 8ft away from your listening position and the rears are 8ft away as well, then you need no delay at all..
my rears are set at 2m from the floor, they recommeded 1.8m,
It's all guidelines mate, no-one has the perfect enviroment and anyway 8 inches is hardly gonna make any difference, despite what the women say.. :norty:
You mean closer to you than the centre speaker or placed directly in front..?
closer
eg. If your fronts are 8ft away from your listening position and the rears are 8ft away as well, then you need no delay at all..
LOL!!
me and the wife sit on totally different settes when viewing films
the rear right is abot 8ft
the rear left is about 10-11ft away from me
the fronts are 7ft away
Right, forget the delay then - you don't need any.. :nuts:
You just need to equalise the volumes from each speaker - +10db for the centre seems way to high, to me - but if it sounds OK to you then that's all that matters..
As there's a 3 ft difference in distance between each rear, +8db for each one just looks wrong - but again if it sounds good to you...
Just enjoy the system mate, you can spend forever worrying about decibels, bitrates etc.. - just sit back and watch the movie..
no problems, its just me trying to be perfect, cheers :thumbs:
You just need to equalise the volumes from each speaker - +10db for the centre seems way to high, to me - but if it sounds OK to you then that's all that matters..
went through the test, made sure each speaker sounded the same, centre speaker is now +3db
rears +3db too
:nuts: :nuts:
no doubt it will change ;)
My db levels are +6 for all speakers and +7 for the sub.
Might start messing with it again, it shouldn't be this high :nuts:
Can anyone tell me what the recommened db levels are for headphones. I bought new sennheisers HD495 but I have to turn the volumne up much highter than when I used my old JVC phones. My system is the Yamaha HTib40
Thanks Linda
on the subject of speaker height ideally all speakers should be at ear height, but obviously this can be difficult(especially with the centre) as everyone sits differently and sofa's are different heights etc.. . If you can get the speakers that hang on the side of your TV then they are ideal to use as twin centres rather than main as they are ideal height.
on the subject of speaker height ideally all speakers should be at ear height
The front array - sure.. but, not the surrounds..
And your 'twin centres hanging off the TV', I don't fancy doing that with my 17kg one... :nuts:
Anyway, it's more important to match the centre to the tone of the mains rather than worry about the height - under or over the TV is fine, especially if you tilt it slightly..
Fronts should be around TV height, surrounds a metre above listener, though, it might not work in every situation. Surround placed low don't work as well in my opinion.
My room is roughly 12ft square.
centre speaker +10db
left surround speaker +8db
right surround speaker +8db
subwoofer -8db.....volume 2/3 way on back of sub and auto stand by switch is set to high.
also what about delay times? center 1, wtf does this mean
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Your centre & surround settings look awfully high mate are you sure that's right..?
The delay settings are for the centre & surrounds and it's calculated by the difference in distance between the mains and the other speakers..
eg: Say, the front l/r speakers are 8ft away & the centre is 7ft away - you'd put 1ms of delay on the centre to fool your ears into thinking they were the same distance away from you. Same with the rears - if they were 5ft away from you, then you'd stick 3ms of delay on those..
As to the booming ring drop in LOTR, I *think* that's how it was in the movie - but I'm not sure..
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cheers, the manual i have is not the best, i will have to mess abot it with it i think.
my l/r speakers are slightly in front of the centre, i have no choice, as i haven't got any stands yet, did try getting the ones that attach to the side of the TV, but yamaha told me that they only sell them in Japan.
my rears are roughly 8ft away, so perhaps 6ms delay would do?
my rears are set at 2m from the floor, they recommeded 1.8m, if i did that my kids could try and wreck them, doubt it, but taking no chances.
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my l/r speakers are slightly in front of the centre, i have no choice,
You mean closer to you than the centre speaker or placed directly in front..?
my rears are roughly 8ft away, so perhaps 6ms delay would do?
6ms..?
If they are 6ft closer to you than your front l/r speakers then, sure 6ms delay - but I doubt that they are. Remember it's the *difference* in distance..
eg. If your fronts are 8ft away from your listening position and the rears are 8ft away as well, then you need no delay at all..
my rears are set at 2m from the floor, they recommeded 1.8m,
It's all guidelines mate, no-one has the perfect enviroment and anyway 8 inches is hardly gonna make any difference, despite what the women say.. :norty:
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You mean closer to you than the centre speaker or placed directly in front..?
closer
eg. If your fronts are 8ft away from your listening position and the rears are 8ft away as well, then you need no delay at all..
LOL!!
me and the wife sit on totally different settes when viewing films
the rear right is abot 8ft
the rear left is about 10-11ft away from me
the fronts are 7ft away
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Right, forget the delay then - you don't need any.. :nuts:
You just need to equalise the volumes from each speaker - +10db for the centre seems way to high, to me - but if it sounds OK to you then that's all that matters..
As there's a 3 ft difference in distance between each rear, +8db for each one just looks wrong - but again if it sounds good to you...
Just enjoy the system mate, you can spend forever worrying about decibels, bitrates etc.. - just sit back and watch the movie..
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no problems, its just me trying to be perfect, cheers :thumbs:
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You just need to equalise the volumes from each speaker - +10db for the centre seems way to high, to me - but if it sounds OK to you then that's all that matters..
went through the test, made sure each speaker sounded the same, centre speaker is now +3db
rears +3db too
:nuts: :nuts:
no doubt it will change ;)
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My db levels are +6 for all speakers and +7 for the sub.
Might start messing with it again, it shouldn't be this high :nuts:
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Can anyone tell me what the recommened db levels are for headphones. I bought new sennheisers HD495 but I have to turn the volumne up much highter than when I used my old JVC phones. My system is the Yamaha HTib40
Thanks Linda
Answers:
on the subject of speaker height ideally all speakers should be at ear height, but obviously this can be difficult(especially with the centre) as everyone sits differently and sofa's are different heights etc.. . If you can get the speakers that hang on the side of your TV then they are ideal to use as twin centres rather than main as they are ideal height.
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on the subject of speaker height ideally all speakers should be at ear height
The front array - sure.. but, not the surrounds..
And your 'twin centres hanging off the TV', I don't fancy doing that with my 17kg one... :nuts:
Anyway, it's more important to match the centre to the tone of the mains rather than worry about the height - under or over the TV is fine, especially if you tilt it slightly..
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Fronts should be around TV height, surrounds a metre above listener, though, it might not work in every situation. Surround placed low don't work as well in my opinion.
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