Due to unforeseen circumstances, and until I get a new amp, I will be driving my Revel F206 with a Denon X4000 receiver. I haven't hooked them up yet but I wanted to get a feel for what the community thought
The X4000 came out before the Audyssey app came out, which allows you to limit EQ to below the transition frequency (typically 300Hz-500Hz). Ideally, I would just apply XT32 up to this point, but I have no way to apply a low-pass filter or change the target curve without the app. The issue is Audyssey's mid-range compensation which purposely creates a 2 dB dip around 2Khz, also known as the BBC dip - there is no way to turn this off on the X4000 when using Audyssey.
The F206 measures terrifically and is very room friendly. I only worry about the bass which is largely room dependent. My 2 options are a) Leave XT32 on, full-range, which includes MRC or b) turn off EQ entirely, so the mid-range compensation and treble is untouched (an approach promoted by Toole). Of course I will soon test this myself and come up with the answer, but I wanted to broaden the question further.
What would sound better in a generic room with a neutral, well-behaved speaker?
The X4000 came out before the Audyssey app came out, which allows you to limit EQ to below the transition frequency (typically 300Hz-500Hz). Ideally, I would just apply XT32 up to this point, but I have no way to apply a low-pass filter or change the target curve without the app. The issue is Audyssey's mid-range compensation which purposely creates a 2 dB dip around 2Khz, also known as the BBC dip - there is no way to turn this off on the X4000 when using Audyssey.
The F206 measures terrifically and is very room friendly. I only worry about the bass which is largely room dependent. My 2 options are a) Leave XT32 on, full-range, which includes MRC or b) turn off EQ entirely, so the mid-range compensation and treble is untouched (an approach promoted by Toole). Of course I will soon test this myself and come up with the answer, but I wanted to broaden the question further.
What would sound better in a generic room with a neutral, well-behaved speaker?