I did check. Nothing out of the ordinary. The front speakers are at -4db setting.Ouch - have you looked at some of the gain / level settings?
I did check. Nothing out of the ordinary. The front speakers are at -4db setting.Ouch - have you looked at some of the gain / level settings?
Nah!! I have the 4400H which is very old.Thanks, that's very interesting, it probably is a new feature then, for the 22/23 models.
Nah!! I have the 4400H which is very old.
If you have a relatively high sensitivity speaker you could try this too. Keep the volume high with no music playing and go sufficiently close to the tweeter, turn off and then on audyssey and /or tone control and you may be able to hear the hiss/buzz. Warning though: once you hear it it’s very difficult to unhear it and may keep bugging youNow I realized I was confused. For some reason I thought you were referring to the graphic EQ.
If you have a relatively high sensitivity speaker you could try this too. Keep the volume high with no music playing and go sufficiently close to the tweeter, turn off and then on audyssey and /or tone control and you may be able to hear the hiss/buzz. Warning though: once you hear it it’s very difficult to unhear it and may keep bugging you
Congratulations on your purchase! Thank you for the informative journey you performed to get to this purchase. I have been very pleased with my 4800 purchase and curious to hear from you when you add Dirac.Picked up this receiver yesterday to replace a terrible NAD T777v3. The Denon is working flawlessly so far. Without calibration I can't distinguish a sound quality difference between the Denon and the Dirac tuned NAD. And the software implementation on the Denon is so much better than the 777 it's shocking NAD can sell any products at all. Coming from that unit, it was just a joy to set up and start using the 4800. Also, some months back I tried (unsuccessfully) to replace the NAD with an Anthem MRX740 8K. Another poorly executed piece of ... um ... technology. The Anthem was returned.
The Denon's video quality is great. The sound is fine. It's not in the same room with me so I'll likely buy the Dirac license to make calibration easier. I have it driving B&W 70x speakers, a couple of Definitive Tech in ceiling speakers, and a PSA 18" sub for a 5.1.2 setup.
Sorry that the pic isn't all that glamorous. I have an IT closet near my home theater room and all the tech shares space in a 19" rack.
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Congratulations on your purchase! Thank you for the informative journey you performed to get to this purchase. I have been very pleased with my 4800 purchase and curious to hear from you when you add Dirac.
Question, have you used the Onboard Audyssey for Room Set-Up? I would be curious to know your impression with both the Audyssey and Dirac settings.
I did not try Audyssey. I did, however, buy the full Dirac license and did a quick 3 position calibration with the cheap microphone that came with the NAD. I can't really report anything meaningful there. I have a poor ear for these things and mostly just need Dirac to set speaker levels. The majority of the content playing in this room is streamed with DD+ audio ... which isn't great quality. I'll need to do some A/B comparisons with TRUEHD down the road a bit and see if I can hear the difference.
I second the request! Please and thank you.Congratulations on your purchase! Thank you for the informative journey you performed to get to this purchase. I have been very pleased with my 4800 purchase and curious to hear from you when you add Dirac.
Question, have you used the Onboard Audyssey for Room Set-Up? I would be curious to know your impression with both the Audyssey and Dirac settings.
I am a little confused here. I think Dirac demands a halfway decent mic like the UMIK-1 or -2, which do come with a calibration file. The Audyssey mic is more of an unknown, but is (to my tiny knowledge) not compatible with Dirac. ?Wherethefugarwe?You should invest in a better mic. When using a bad mic and without calibration file Dirac will maybe do things worse than without calibration and definetly worse than Audyssey with the included mic because the receiver will use a calibration file for that mic when doing Audyssey calibration.
Just to be clear, I didn't use the Audyssey mic. I used a puck-like mic that came with my NAD receiver. The NAD has out of the box support for limited Dirac - It's not worth it. I'll report back here in a few days with some on/off comparisons while playing TrueHD content.I am a little confused here. I think Dirac demands a halfway decent mic like the UMIK-1 or -2, which do come with a calibration file. The Audyssey mic is more of an unknown, but is (to my tiny knowledge) not compatible with Dirac. ?Wherethefugarwe?
Like I said, such a cheap mic and without calibration file will make things worse when using that setup for Dirac.Just to be clear, I didn't use the Audyssey mic. I used a puck-like mic that came with my NAD receiver. The NAD has out of the box support for limited Dirac - It's not worth it. I'll report back here in a few days with some on/off comparisons while playing TrueHD content.
Mythology - on what basis do you make this contention?Like I said, such a cheap mic and without calibration file will make things worse when using that setup for Dirac.
Thank you for the clarification....looking forward to any future reports!Just to be clear, I didn't use the Audyssey mic. I used a puck-like mic that came with my NAD receiver. The NAD has out of the box support for limited Dirac - It's not worth it. I'll report back here in a few days with some on/off comparisons while playing TrueHD content.
Just wondering, did you also use same mic measurement points for Audyssey & Dirac?So I don't think this info will be very helpful. Sorry in advance.
I did some A/B comparisons with a Dolby TrueHD movie track between the Dirac tuned 4800 (setup via that suboptimal microphone) and the 'out of the box' Denon experience. I did change the default Denon speaker level settings to match the Dirac levels. I don't have the best ear for these things, but I wouldn't care which version I'm listening to. In a blind test I wouldn't be able to tell one from the other. Perhaps that's good news as they both sound quite good. One thing worth mentioning is that without adjusting the default speaker levels the Dirac tuned 4800 is SUBSTANTIALLY better. The main reason is that the default level for the LFE seems pretty hot. If you have a big sub, the bass will be overpowering and some adjustment is necessary. That's probably obvious to everyone. My LFE level after Dirac is at -5.5dB with the mains at +2.5.
Also worth mentioning, possibly, is that I'm in a mostly enclosed rectangular room and all my speakers are positioned in a way that would make Dolby happy.
That's actually usually more due to location, location, location....If you have a big sub, the bass will be overpowering... That's probably obvious to everyone.