I have the Pioneer vsx 52tx elite receiver. I notice when setting up the auto mcacc that the rear right doesnt "white noise" or "pop" or whatever the noise is as loud as the other speakers.

THEN when I looked afterwards at the volume of each speaker, the right rear was all the way up and the left rear was at like 4.5. I had the mic pretty close to the same distance so it should have been the same..OR at least closer than 4.5 and 10

NOW..keep in mind that my rears are in front of me when I turn around to mess on my pc...SO when I listen to music from my pc I turn the rears into Bi-AMP mode so the sound is more matched with the fronts. When I do that they both seem to be the same loudness.

I hope everyone understands so I dont have to try and reword..lol..And can get some help.

I have the Pioneer vsx 52tx elite receiver. I notice when setting up the auto mcacc that the rear right doesnt "white noise" or "pop" or whatever the noise is as loud as the other speakers.

THEN when I looked afterwards at the volume of each speaker, the right rear was all the way up and the left rear was at like 4.5. I had the mic pretty close to the same distance so it should have been the same..OR at least closer than 4.5 and 10

NOW..keep in mind that my rears are in front of me when I turn around to mess on my pc...SO when I listen to music from my pc I turn the rears into Bi-AMP mode so the sound is more matched with the fronts. When I do that they both seem to be the same loudness.

I hope everyone understands so I dont have to try and reword..lol..And can get some help.I understand. You use the biamp setting to listen with the rears in "multichannel stereo". You know your AVR probably has a setting (5CH STEREO, or something like that) that will accomplish something similar, don't you? Anyway..................

When you say you "had the mic pretty close to the same distance" what do you mean? That the rear speakers are equidistant from your sweet spot? Or not? If that speaker is further away or is located in a recess, near a curtain, etc., it won't be as loud, relatively,and the receiver will adjust its level accordingly. Is that what is happening, maybe?

I can go in there and turn each speaker up individually. I can turn it up to 10 and its still not as loud as the left rear.

I can go in there and turn each speaker up individually. I can turn it up to 10 and its still not as loud as the left rear.




Swap the two speakers and see of one of them is defective.

Hey, mikieson

Just realized something. Do you have a 5.1 or a 7.1 setup? If 5.1, do you have your surround speakers connected to the side surround or rear surround channels? They should be connected to the side surround (probably just called surround) channels. If you have a 5.1 setup and your surround speakers still operate when you switch your rear surround channel amps to bi-amp mode, then you have your surround speakers connected to the wrong outputs.

Hey, mikieson

Just realized something. Do you have a 5.1 or a 7.1 setup? If 5.1, do you have your surround speakers connected to the side surround or rear surround channels? They should be connected to the side surround (probably just called surround) channels. If you have a 5.1 setup and your surround speakers still operate when you switch your rear surround channel amps to bi-amp mode, then you have your surround speakers connected to the wrong outputs.

Thanks for the reply. I have 7.1 setup. I have yet to try switching the 2 speakers to see if its the speaker but Im betting it isnt. I will check back in soon with my findings...thanks much people..

I have yet to try switching the 2 speakers to see if its the speaker but Im betting it isnt.Based upon the fact that you say the correct relative volume seems to be restored when you switch the rear amps to biamping mode, you are probably correct. Still, your ears CAN play tricks on you. But there is not really too much that could be wrong with a speaker that would simply make it play softer that it should. If the woofer is blown then obviously it will not be as loud, but I would think you have ruled this out. But it's simple enough to swap the speakers, so you might as well.