The Audyssey Pro Installer Kit Thread (FAQ in post #1) - Page 29

Originally Posted by rnrgagne

I just installed Audyssey 3.5 on my laptop to do my upgraded AVP (now XT32 Pro compliant).
When I did, the installer site said you had to install Net Framework 2.0 but when I tried I'd get a "won't run on 64 bit" error and it wouldn't install.
I installed the 3.5 anyways and calibrated the AVP. (It sounds great although I haven't had much time with it yet, plus it's in a different room than I had prior to the upgrade so it's hard to tell how much difference XT32 is making.)

Anyways, the pings seemed to be quicker, but everything else seemed dreadfully slow, the "transferring response" might have taken between 5 to 10 minutes for each position.
Plus the calculating and optimzing filters after seemed really slow as well. It's been a while since I've done a calibration but I don't recall it being anywhere near this slow.

Is this typical with XT32? Or could I be having an issue related to not being able to download Net Framework 2?

Originally Posted by noah katz

How do you get that table of results?

Originally Posted by AustinJerry

To give you a frame of reference, I timed a recent Pro calibration for my system. The results are attached. I have a 9.1 configuration (two subs), and I was using 11 measurement points. As you noted, the chirps are faster, but the data transfer is slower (more data with XT32). It took almost an hour to complete the calibration.

Edit: I forgot to mention, I have a Denon 4311 with the USB-to-Serial connection.

Originally Posted by noah katz

How do you get that table of results?

Originally Posted by BigCoolJesus

I did finish all my acoustic treatments and boy what a difference they made! Excited to see what Pro will do to my room now that it's properly treated, setup, and fine tuned.

Originally Posted by BigCoolJesus

So Keith......any progress on getting your Pro Kit yet?

Originally Posted by BigCoolJesus

I'm just waiting on my W2 so I can file my taxes (electronically) and get my return before going Pro. Wondering which one of us will play guinea pig for the other? lol

Originally Posted by BigCoolJesus

I did finish all my acoustic treatments and boy what a difference they made! Excited to see what Pro will do to my room now that it's properly treated, setup, and fine tuned.

Originally Posted by westmd

What exactly did you do?

Originally Posted by kbarnes701

I think you have made a fantastic journey in a short time - from where you were when you first asked for advice in this thread and the Audyssey thread.

Originally Posted by N8DOGG

Well, I missed the kit for the $200 plus taxes but I did find a kit for $400, save myself a bit anyways. Now all I'll need is the new 80.3 firmware to come out!

Originally Posted by pstrisik

Where are you finding it for $400?

Originally Posted by BigCoolJesus

Went from a room in which there were absolutely no acoustic panels or bass traps (bare drywall) and my subwoofers were placed based on most convenient spots to a room that has heavy acoustic paneling treatment and bass traps in the front corner, along with the subwoofers being placed based on where they interacted best with the room together (using a crude but still effective method, i.e. subwoofer crawl).

The effect was that with Audyssey XT 32 in my room before any treatments/proper placement the sound was awesome but a tad on the harsh side because of uninhibited reflections. This caused a little bit of listening fatigue and a really bad echo (in the 100-300Hz region, like a loud *thwap* sound) off one of my side walls from my center speaker (even though the speaker was almost a foot from the front wall). Before all my room treatments I would rate the sound in my room 7.5/10 with just XT 32 doing all the work.
Now that I am finished getting the room treated and setup properly I would rate the sound as 9.25/10. The overall sound is warm which has zero effects of listening fatigue, bass is tight and punchy without lingering or booming, and absolutely no hints of reverb off the side/back walls (no more *thwap* sound from the center speaker).

Should have listened from everyone from the start because it's true: the best money you could invest in your room is proper treatment and setup. It does wonders! Hence why I am very excited to add Pro now that my room is accounted for one hundred and ten percent.

Originally Posted by westmd


Which receiver / processor are you using?

Originally Posted by BigCoolJesus

Thanks Keith. It's definitely borderline embarrassment when I look at how I used to have my room setup but it's all good now. Would never go back to just "winging" it and putting all the responsibility on Audyssey if I were to ever move into a different room/location in the future. It's just a truly awesome sound now. I find myself skipping movies I haven't even seen in my collection just to watch old ones that I know have a good soundtrack because it's almost like watching them again for the first time now. It has really made watching movies an awesome experience and justifies all I went through learning/trial and error/money/time to get here.

Can't wait to see what Pro will do to put the "icing" on the cake

Originally Posted by pstrisik

Where are you finding it for $400?

Originally Posted by N8DOGG

Ya it's a used kit. I got my quote for $700 with taxes from my dealer
so $400 plus the license is looking pretty good! lol
I was 15 mins to late for the $200 local kit. Damn traffic!!!

Originally Posted by N8DOGG

Ya it's a used kit. I got my quote for $700 with taxes from my dealer
so $400 plus the license is looking pretty good! lol
I was 15 mins to late for the $200 local kit. Damn traffic!!!

Originally Posted by nezff

nice find, but a tad too late. Cant believe he didnt hold it for you.

Originally Posted by spike9876

Hi,

I currently have DHC-80.3 which is not installer ready yet. Audyssey XT32 does a good job but frequency response is no where ruler flat. I wonder if it's worth getting the pro kit ?

Originally Posted by pepar

My money is on "ears."

Originally Posted by kbarnes701

I wondered. But SoM has dug deeper and discovered REW is in the frame. The graphs will be helpful to see where the OP might go next. And, as I am in the learning curve for measuring, any experience from others is currently being avidly consumed by me.

Originally Posted by pepar

Yes, that was probably a premature assessment on my part. I hope he posts his measurements, his interpretation of the measurements and then his expectation on why it should measure ruler flat.

Jeff

Originally Posted by SoundofMind

Hi. Welcome. I see from glancing over your "find more posts by" that you are trying to optimize your HT, just got some new subs, have REW, etc. Great!
Keith (kbarnes701) asks for some graphs and that would be very helpful, along with some more detail about what part of the curve you want flatter. If this is irt LF, describe how you did your sub placement. A pic of the room showing speakers and subs and a gear list would be useful, too.

As to your question, I think of Pro as bringing accuracy and refinement to XT32. Many folks who have invested in the sort of equipment you have and are putting in the time you are seem to appreciate what Pro brings to the equation and I've seen no reports of dissatisfied customers. So to be clear, Pro uses XT32's power more effectively by use of a better mic, more computing power and customization of filters to the xover, ranking xovers for best splice with the sats and allowing custom curves. But it is not a multipliplier of EQ power. If you have room problems that XT32 can't reduce to your satisfaction, those may well have to be addressed by speaker/sub/MLP placement and room treatments to give XT32 (and Pro) .