Dynamic Eq which I started using is a couple of weeks ago is off again and stays off. Was playing Resident evil 4 remake during the rainy parts of the game and was wondering why my surrounds sounded tonally a bit different. The rain was coming from all the speakers. Turned Dynamic Eq off and every speaker sounded tonally the same again. There was also, don't know how to say it in another way, more rain noticeable, and extra layer, more transparent so to speak, with dynamic eq off. I used a - 3,5 dB setting for dynamic eq to get the surround levels equal to the front stage. What a mess. So off for me.
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The problem with Audyssey Dynamic EQ
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I guess this never came to pass? It seems like it would be trivial to allow using DEQ without mucking with the surround levels. It's way over the top with the surround boost and is legitimately uncomfortable when gaming.
It's possible to tame Dynamic EQ boosts with just the Multeq Editor app at least for the level you generally listen to your system:
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Quick and dirty Home Assistant script to adjust rear channels levels to compensate DynEQ volume boost.
Script
UI Buttons
This solution helps to adjust the channels levels for all rear speakers with one button.
Of course, it could be tied with the master volume level via automation
Script
alias: Denon Rear Volume
mode: restart
icon: mdi:volume-source
sequence:
- repeat:
for_each:
- SL
- SR
- SBL
- SBR
- TRL
- TRR
sequence:
- service: denonavr.get_command
data:
command: /goform/formiPhoneAppDirect.xml?CV{{ repeat.item }}%20{{ adjvol }}
target:
entity_id: media_player.avr_4500
UI Buttons
type: horizontal-stack
title: Rear Channels Volume
cards:
- show_name: true
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.denon_rear_volume
data:
adjvol: DOWN
name: Down
icon: mdi:volume-minus
- show_name: true
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: denonavr.get_command
target:
entity_id: media_player.avr_4500
data:
command: /goform/formiPhoneAppDirect.xml?CVZRL
name: Reset
icon: mdi:volume-equal
- show_name: true
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.denon_rear_volume
data:
adjvol: UP
name: Up
icon: mdi:volume-plus
This solution helps to adjust the channels levels for all rear speakers with one button.
Of course, it could be tied with the master volume level via automation
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This is brilliant. The boost for top speakers and surrounds are different. Can you implement that, too?
Yeah.. I also noticed difference as soon as I started to adjust values.
Anyway, I don't have dedicated setup and enough experience with REW to do a proper measurements. I use DTS-X Callout demo, interactive DTS Unbound app on Xbox, my ears and published measurements, like the one in the first post, to make an assumptions.
I think boost applied something like I painted.
Measurements from 0db to -50db MLV with 5db steps would grately help to understand the pattern, but it will take a tremendous amount of time to gather such data.
Split Tops and Surrounds? Sure, why not
alias: Denon Levels Volume
mode: restart
icon: mdi:volume-source
sequence:
- repeat:
for_each: "{{ avr_speakers }}"
sequence:
- service: denonavr.get_command
data:
command: /goform/formiPhoneAppDirect.xml?CV{{ repeat.item }}%20{{ adjvol }}
target:
entity_id: media_player.avr_4500
type: horizontal-stack
title: Rear Channels Volume
cards:
- show_name: true
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.denon_levels_volume
data:
adjvol: DOWN
avr_speakers:
- SL
- SR
- SBL
- SBR
- TRL
- TRR
target: {}
name: All Down
icon: mdi:volume-minus
- show_name: true
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.denon_levels_volume
data:
adjvol: 45
avr_speakers:
- SL
- SR
- SBL
- SBR
- TRL
- TRR
target: {}
name: All -5db
icon: mdi:volume-equal
- show_name: true
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: denonavr.get_command
target:
entity_id: media_player.avr_4500
data:
command: /goform/formiPhoneAppDirect.xml?CVZRL
name: All 0db
icon: mdi:volume-equal
- show_name: true
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.denon_levels_volume
data:
adjvol: UP
avr_speakers:
- SL
- SR
- SBL
- SBR
- TRL
- TRR
target: {}
name: All Up
icon: mdi:volume-plus
type: horizontal-stack
cards:
- show_name: true
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.denon_levels_volume
data:
adjvol: DOWN
avr_speakers:
- SL
- SR
- SBL
- SBR
target: {}
name: Surr Down
icon: mdi:volume-minus
- show_name: true
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.denon_levels_volume
data:
adjvol: UP
avr_speakers:
- SL
- SR
- SBL
- SBR
target: {}
name: Surr Up
icon: mdi:volume-plus
- show_name: true
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.denon_levels_volume
data:
adjvol: DOWN
avr_speakers:
- TRL
- TRR
target: {}
name: Top Down
icon: mdi:volume-minus
- show_name: true
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: script.denon_levels_volume
data:
adjvol: UP
avr_speakers:
- TRL
- TRR
target: {}
name: Top Up
icon: mdi:volume-plus
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Based on your measurements, setting the offset to 15dB gets you to closest to volume levels with DEQ turned off. I've done that sometimes, as it comes in handy when I want to also use DVol to tame sounds spikes in some movies (I'm looking at you, Christopher Nolan).
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