I told you to try MCACC...
I've used MCACC for years with various Pioneer Elite receivers - currently an SC-LX801. I found this MCACC workflow many years ago on AVSForum and it works very well:
MCACC Work Flow:
1) Set Receiver to MCACC preset 1 (M1). Now Run
Auto MCACC with mic in your listening position (I taped the mic to the top of a two foot long shoe horn, and stuck the shoe horn in between the couch cushions, so the mic is right where my ears are during listening).
2) Go into
Manual Sp Setup and change the
SP settings if necessary (crossover & speaker size)
3) Now re-run
Auto MCACC but select custom, and then select
Keep Sp settings. You will also be given the options to have MCACC calibrate for symmetry, all ch adjust and front align. You may save each calibration to separate presets or run just one of them, or run two of them. You will see these options after you select Keep Sp settings.
4) Now you have an Auto MCACC calibration(s) saved to M1 (or to multiple presets if you chose more than one EQ calibration type in previous step: symmetry, front align, and all ch adjust) (....note: you must select which preset you want Auto MCACC to save calibration data to before you enter the audio setup menu.) Now go into
Data Management->Data Copy and copy M1's data to as many other free presets as you like.
5) Now go into
Manual MCACC->EQ Professional->Reverb Measurement and get a reading on the frequency response characteristics of your room. Be sure to select EQ OFF(standing waves not controlled for via MCACC filters) in the
Reverb Measurement menu because you don't want the standing wave adjustments (EQ on) to be factored in to the room reverb measurements. Also make sure you haven't moved the mic.
6) After test tones are done, go into
Manual MCACC->EQ Professional->Reverb View, and you can analyze the frequency response of individual channels at various frequencies. Based upon that data, you would select the appropriate capture delay time for MCACC to capture data during for the upcoming EQ calibration.
Change that time frame under
Manual MCACC->EQ Professional->Advanced EQ Setup to whatever you decide is the appropriate capture delay time ....(Pioneer recommends 30-50 ms, but they encourage you to analyze the data under reverb view first and refer to the advanced MCACC software manual for analysis purposes). Note: the default capture delay time is than 80-160 ms.
7) Change to the appropriate MCACC preset before you run the new advanced EQ calibration with the new capture time. You choose which preset, but I would recommend a preset that is a carbon copy of an auto MCACC calibration so that you can do an A-B comparison between auto EQ and advanced EQ. Go under
Manual MCACC->EQ Professional->Advanced EQ Setup to start the advanced EQ calibration, and MCACC should make a more accurate calibration since it will now capture sonic information sooner after the speakers output sound, and get a read on what the frequency response is of the speakers themselves, and not the speakers and all the reverb which accumulates as time passes. (Default capture time is 80-160 ms and thus collects more reverb and less true speaker reading)
Now you should have an accurate calibration. Also, now you can easily compare the Auto MCACC EQ effects that are stored in a preset with the advanced EQ effects in other presets while listening to content with a simple button press on the remote. You could also juice the base a few db in a preset, and also compare running the base a bit hot to a flat calibration that you have in other presets.
Martin
