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fernalfer
02-15-08, 09:24 AM
Ok i am confused. I have a Yamaha RX-V1700 Receiver, RS250 MKii's for fronts, Bigfoot Center and HTD level 3's for rears. And a SVS PCi 20-39 Cylinder Sub.

Now i used to have xl-s's for fronts and X-CS center. When i use the Yamaha's YAPAO setup it set the x-series as. All speakers to SMALL. Front left -6.5 Center -7.0 Front right -6.5 Rear right -4.0 and Left -3.5 and sub -3.0 with a crossover of 80Hz.

Now with the Rockets it was Front left -6.5, Center 4.0, Front right 6.5, Both rears 4.0 and sub -6.5 with a crossover of 200Hz and it set the fronts as SMALL and the Center as Large and the 2 rears as Large.

Why such a difference of setup? Everything was done in the same location. Why is the Center now set as LARGE along with the rears.

To me 200Hz Crossover does not sound as good as 80Hz does. Am i doing something wrong or is there that much of a difference between the X-series line and the Rocket line?

Any suggestions that i could do to know i am getting the best sound out of my speakers.

sivadselim
02-15-08, 05:02 PM
Ok i am confused. I have a Yamaha RX-V1700 Receiver, RS250 MKii's for fronts, Bigfoot Center and HTD level 3's for rears. And a SVS PCi 20-39 Cylinder Sub.

Now i used to have xl-s's for fronts and X-CS center. When i use the Yamaha's YAPAO setup it set the x-series as. All speakers to SMALL. Front left -6.5 Center -7.0 Front right -6.5 Rear right -4.0 and Left -3.5 and sub -3.0 with a crossover of 80Hz.

Now with the Rockets it was Front left -6.5, Center 4.0, Front right 6.5, Both rears 4.0 and sub -6.5 with a crossover of 200Hz and it set the fronts as SMALL and the Center as Large and the 2 rears as Large.

Why such a difference of setup? Everything was done in the same location. Why is the Center now set as LARGE along with the rears.

To me 200Hz Crossover does not sound as good as 80Hz does. Am i doing something wrong or is there that much of a difference between the X-series line and the Rocket line?

Any suggestions that i could do to know i am getting the best sound out of my speakers.
YPAO (and other similar autoEQ programs) often have "issues". If it seems to be mistaken, I would set everything that you think needs to be changed, manually.

BTW, the absolute level trim values can not be compared as your new speakers are completely different and have different relative sensitivities.

rynberg
02-16-08, 02:17 PM
Exactly, all auto setup software has issues, and no offense, but the older Yamaha stuff seems to be the worst of the bunch. Get out a sound level meter and a tape measure and do it yourself. You'll get much better results! Set everything to small with ~80 Hz xover.