Audyssey's Next Generation of Room Correction (MultEQ-X)

[Lbstyling]

I'm looking to get a second and third sub.

What does MEQX do with multiple subs? Does it delay/advance the timing of each to improve the response?

What happens if I manually change the phase of one of the subs before calibration?

 

[Acerun]

Umm definitely not. Something’s amiss here.

I think I figured out what happened. I've been using very strong duct tape to tape the microphone to the boom and I think what has happened it has pulled off the registration sticker and under the registration sticker it says void. So actually nothing wrong with the microphone. Something to watch out for.

 

[Loupy]

Hello Everyone, this is my first post,
I am looking to buy Audyssey MultEQ-X,
The question i have is, when the program is downloaded to my pc, can I use it on my lap top as well as my desktop, (the latter has a much bigger screen to work with)

 

[LeoB]

You can install it on as many PCs as you want. The license is tied to your AVR.

 

[prerich]

Hello Everyone, this is my first post,
I am looking to buy Audyssey MultEQ-X,
The question i have is, when the program is downloaded to my pc, can I use it on my lap top as well as my desktop, (the latter has a much bigger screen to work with)

That's a negative on the desktop ghostrider...if it's connected to the receiver/prepro. What will happen (if your HTPC is connected to the receiver) is that you will only see the Audyssey logo - telling you that the app is in control. You should use the laptop (I bought a cheap one exclusively for this purpose). Now if your PC is not connected to your receiver - is a go, call the ball.

 

[Acerun]

Upon further listening I think it's really good for TV and movies but I need to tone down the bass for music but this was a great experiment!

I've got everything now on a -0.1 tilt and 100db low shelf at +3.0 except subs. The trick was to knock the dual subs down 2db and boy did it lock in. Probably unique to my room but I don't know... I just know that +3 db at 100 gives beautiful energy to the music and knocking the subs down took away all the boom. Happy boy.

 

[unknownbeef]

With an older AVR that didn’t support this app, I used to adjust the crossover for my center speaker manually after audyssey would run.

Switching to multeq-x, what’s the best way to do this?

Should I change the “bass management frequency” on the “calibration settings” screen? It looks like you have to set all speakers’ bass management manually if you use this, is that correct? Or is there a way to let it use auto for all speakers except one?

 

[Times]

Hi guys,

I have a brief question I couldn't find the answer to and hope you can help me out:

I currently own a SR6012 where unfortunately the display is defective and the remote control is no longer recognized, and the potential repair costs are way too high for that being an valid option... It still works using the mobile remote app, but knowing myself I know I can't live with it for long...

Now the new Cinema 70s comes into question as a replacement, because I like the small form factor and also the featureset, as well as in- and outputs would be sufficient for my needs. However, I do not want to do without the functionality of Audyssey MultEQ XT32, but the 70s brings only MultEQ XT.

So my question is:
If I now buy the Cinema 70s and a license for MultEQ-X, I could then make the measurements in combination with a PC to the full extent and then put the measurement results on the AVR, so I would have the same grade of optimization or even better ones, compared to XT32?

thanks,
Timo

 

[FrantzM]

Hi

I hope Audyssey's people are watching this thread ...
I love MultEQ-X to the extent that I cannot fathom an audio system without it.. A few things I would like to see:

• More flexible licensing. I am planning to purchase another (Denon, or Marantz, of course) AVR but am annoyed to pay for the new license...
• Independent Subwoofers adjustments. so far it seems the subs are configured as one .. One has to resort to MSO to properly integrate multiple subwoofers. That makes for a unwieldy set-up: AVR s(one sub) out to o miniDSP 2x4 HD, then each subwoofer connected to one output of the mniDSP 2x4. Configuring this is not straightforward: I need to measure the subs with REW, And if you want to linearize for 4 subs and 4 seating positions, you run into 16 measurements> That in turn increase the probability of mistakes, thus the time it takes to measure/configure .

If they manage to have the configuration /parameters of each sub to be independent, they will have a serious competitor tot DLBC (I suppose it works well but haven't experienced it)
I am currently utterly frustrated having to re-measure for MSO. I recently went to better windows.. The room acoustics did change dramatically as the new windows contained the bass much better.. The main resonance of the room ( a nasty peak at 45 Hz, morphed into a nastier peak at 37 Hz) concurrently some nulls moved from 90 Hz down to 65 Hz and another came up at 105 Hz.. The acoustics characteristics of the room have changed dramatically! I have to reconfigure and it took me the entire morning (since 2 AM) I am not yet finished ...
I believe this is something they can and must do. They have a real gem in their hands. Time to market it properly.


Peace.

 

[chych7]

So my question is:
If I now buy the Cinema 70s and a license for MultEQ-X, I could then make the measurements in combination with a PC to the full extent and then put the measurement results on the AVR, so I would have the same grade of optimization or even better ones, compared to XT32?

thanks,
Timo

Unfortunately no. XT32 receivers have better DSP hardware and filter resolution. MultEQ-X cannot fix that.

 

[ypaul123]

Hi,

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I just purchased the MultEQ-X because it can actually 'talk' to my AVR ( Denon x4500h).

I was wondering if I could use my UMIK-1 for the calibration phase of the process ? if not, can I use the microphone that came with the AVR ?

thanks in advance,

Paul.

 

[HarmonicTHD]

Hi,

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I just purchased the MultEQ-X because it can actually 'talk' to my AVR ( Denon x4500h).

I was wondering if I could use my UMIK-1 for the calibration phase of the process ? if not, can I use the microphone that came with the AVR ?

thanks in advance,

Paul.

Yes, use the mic which came with your AVR.

The UMIK can not be directly used as you can’t hook it up to the AVR nor tell the AVR it’s calibration. Use the UMIK with REW.

 

[ypaul123]

Yes, use the mic which came with your AVR.

The UMIK can not be directly used as you can’t hook it up to the AVR nor tell the AVR it’s calibration. Use the UMIK with REW.

yeah but I bought the multieq-x

 

[Times]

Doesn’t matter, your AVR only supports the original mic that came with it.

You can take measurements with REW and the UMIK-1 and use the results with MultEQ-X though.

 

[pmar4015]

Doesn’t matter, your AVR only supports the original mic that came with it.

You can take measurements with REW and the UMIK-1 and use the results with MultEQ-X though.

There is the following option one may want to consider depending on the user’s level of OCD (haha)…….marginal improvement over stock microphone

https://a.co/d/fbEk5QS

 

[HarmonicTHD]

yeah but I bought the multieq-x

So? MultiEQX still needs the mic from Denon.

You can double check your results from Denon mic and MultiQX with REWvand UMIK. Two separate processes.

That’s what I do.

 

[chych7]

I did get the calibrated ACM-1X mic; stock mics are not guaranteed to be well calibrated. My stock mic resulted in a treble boost and bass decrease, which the calibrated mic resolved. One could also just measure the response with UMIK-1/REW and add in any adjustments to the target curve to compensate any miscalibration of the stock mic.

See my results:

Big news coming from Sound United in 2023!

Also, minor correction - JBL Synthesis includes a DLBC license on their 4-figure processor. Which model is that? Sir, please pay attention to context. It matters. The context for the statement you quoted out of context was a structured comparison of room correction systems. You didn't answer...

www.audiosciencereview.com

 

[FrantzM]

Hi

After fussing with MSO, I got this response with plenty of headroom..

IME a very good response... I checked it several times and it is consistent .. The results are from MSO entered in to the miniDSP 2x4 HD.
This "subwoofer" is then presented to the AVR...
I assumed that the response measured by Audyssey would be the one as seen aboove... Uh THis is what seems to be "seen " by Audyssey:

That, to me is very strange, It should measure a curve at least vaguely similar to the one from REW, this is after all the response of the sub after MSO.
And Audyssey added this correction:

I am not sure I understand what is going on...
Why would Audyssey, subwoofer measurements be so different from REW's? The "subwoofer" is supposed to be flat, as seen from the REW graph , thus Audyssey should have measured it as such , since the effect of the room are mitigated by MSO... By the way, exact same position from both microphones.



It sounds good to me.. Very similar to my reference the HifiMan HE6SEv2, Harman-Equ-ed.

I will later disable Dynamic EQ and measure to "see" what gives... In the meantime, any explanation? From the collective?

Repeating this. MultEQ-X is a very powerful software, the risks of misuse are considerable, when not fully understood or improperly used.

Peace.

Peace

 

[ypaul123]

Hi,

Can I ask you guys who own the MultiEQ-X for a favor ? if I sent you my measurements, could you please apply the best suitable filters etc. ? I am a total noob at this and don't understand anything shown to me by the software.

Willing to pay for your efforts.

PM me if viable.

 

[Hayabusa]

I am not sure I understand what is going on...
Why would Audyssey, subwoofer measurements be so different from REW's? The "subwoofer" is supposed to be flat, as seen from the REW graph , thus Audyssey should have measured it as such , since the effect of the room are mitigated by MSO... By the way, exact same position from both microphones.

You are right, something is very wrong.. I almost looks like MSO is disabled when you run Audyssey...
Do you also have a REW measurement without MSO?