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So I'm going to provide some personal information here not because I am trying to garner sympathy but rather just so people who take the time to respond understand where I'm coming from.
Here's the story . . .
I have cancer, but after radiation, chemo, and surgery my latest scan shows me in full remission. Unfortunately the last surgery left my insides somewhat compromised and as a result I am tied to home and a bathroom. As such I am looking for fun projects to occupy my mind at home. Lucky me I also happen to have financial resources enough that I can play around with my home theater even if it costs me a few dollars. About a month ago I began by wanting to improve my Klipsch Reference Premiere 5.1.2 system using REW, but quickly realized I was better off just buying better speakers first. As a result I now have a home theater system with Revel speakers as primary including Revel Performa F226Be towers and Revel Concerta M16 bookshelf speakers. Presently I am running them through a Sony STR AZ7000ES and I have added 2 additional subs plus 2 additional rear heights so my system is now 5.3.4.
Now comes the REW part. Currently I am very impressed with Sony's Auto Calibration and the 360 Spatial Sound Mapping. It really brings the sound stage alive in my home theater, BUT now I'm simply curious. Can I use REW + Audyssey to manually adjust my system to the Harman Room Curve and would that result in improved sound?
Obviously this is not a hardcore serious endeavor for me. It's more about having fun and learning to use the tools necessary, but I have a ton of resulting questions. Below I link the tutorial I watched that has gotten me pretty far along, but now I have many questions. Also I should note that I have not as of yet purchased an AVR that can handle Audyssey. I actually was originally thinking of buying a Trinnov Altitude16 and then Amir of ASR convinced me to consider an Anthem instead, but ultimately when I found out Audyssey would allow me to use EQ files from REW to manually adjust to a specific room curve, I think I've decided that the Marantz Cinema 30 will be my next purchase so I have an AVR that can handle Audyssey.
So now my questions:
1) Below are readings I have taken so far. I realize it would be preferable to take multiple readings in variable locations, but for a first pass at achieving the goal of outputting an REW file to Audyssey are those readings acceptable for creating a file I can export to Audyssey?
2) Is there a video that goes through how to use Audyssey with REW output files?
3) I did use REW to optimize my subs and the result is shown below. From what I have read online that response seems pretty good. Am I correct or am I missing something important regarding my subs?
4) Is the Marantz Cinema 30 + Audyssey MultiEQ a good choice to reach my goal of manually EQing my home theater using REW?
Here's the video that I watched to get me up to where I am now:
Here's the story . . .
I have cancer, but after radiation, chemo, and surgery my latest scan shows me in full remission. Unfortunately the last surgery left my insides somewhat compromised and as a result I am tied to home and a bathroom. As such I am looking for fun projects to occupy my mind at home. Lucky me I also happen to have financial resources enough that I can play around with my home theater even if it costs me a few dollars. About a month ago I began by wanting to improve my Klipsch Reference Premiere 5.1.2 system using REW, but quickly realized I was better off just buying better speakers first. As a result I now have a home theater system with Revel speakers as primary including Revel Performa F226Be towers and Revel Concerta M16 bookshelf speakers. Presently I am running them through a Sony STR AZ7000ES and I have added 2 additional subs plus 2 additional rear heights so my system is now 5.3.4.
Now comes the REW part. Currently I am very impressed with Sony's Auto Calibration and the 360 Spatial Sound Mapping. It really brings the sound stage alive in my home theater, BUT now I'm simply curious. Can I use REW + Audyssey to manually adjust my system to the Harman Room Curve and would that result in improved sound?
Obviously this is not a hardcore serious endeavor for me. It's more about having fun and learning to use the tools necessary, but I have a ton of resulting questions. Below I link the tutorial I watched that has gotten me pretty far along, but now I have many questions. Also I should note that I have not as of yet purchased an AVR that can handle Audyssey. I actually was originally thinking of buying a Trinnov Altitude16 and then Amir of ASR convinced me to consider an Anthem instead, but ultimately when I found out Audyssey would allow me to use EQ files from REW to manually adjust to a specific room curve, I think I've decided that the Marantz Cinema 30 will be my next purchase so I have an AVR that can handle Audyssey.
So now my questions:
1) Below are readings I have taken so far. I realize it would be preferable to take multiple readings in variable locations, but for a first pass at achieving the goal of outputting an REW file to Audyssey are those readings acceptable for creating a file I can export to Audyssey?
2) Is there a video that goes through how to use Audyssey with REW output files?
3) I did use REW to optimize my subs and the result is shown below. From what I have read online that response seems pretty good. Am I correct or am I missing something important regarding my subs?
4) Is the Marantz Cinema 30 + Audyssey MultiEQ a good choice to reach my goal of manually EQing my home theater using REW?
Here's the video that I watched to get me up to where I am now:
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