I thought it would be interesting to get some different viewpoints on how people calibrate there system for the optimal "sweet spot" surround field experience.
I have a Yamaha rx-v661 receiver and I use the Yamaha "Parametric Room Acoustic Optimiser" feature... it's basically a sensor that I place where my ears are when sitting in the sweet spot... it detects a series of tones played from each speaker and adjusts the speaker levels automatically. It generally works perfect... when I play a surround mix that sounds wrong, it's usually because it was mixed that way (as reflected by the wave forms using Audacity). Rather than making adjustments to each song as I listen, I usually rip the disc and make permanent changes in Audacity; then I just play the customized flacs.
How do you calibrate a system if you don't have an automatic feature such as this (I'm a novice and would love to know for future receiver purchases)?
I have a Yamaha rx-v661 receiver and I use the Yamaha "Parametric Room Acoustic Optimiser" feature... it's basically a sensor that I place where my ears are when sitting in the sweet spot... it detects a series of tones played from each speaker and adjusts the speaker levels automatically. It generally works perfect... when I play a surround mix that sounds wrong, it's usually because it was mixed that way (as reflected by the wave forms using Audacity). Rather than making adjustments to each song as I listen, I usually rip the disc and make permanent changes in Audacity; then I just play the customized flacs.
How do you calibrate a system if you don't have an automatic feature such as this (I'm a novice and would love to know for future receiver purchases)?