If his is a dedicated room, then removing the door removes the seal also. Means sub has to work harder to pressurise the room because there is an opening now.

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Added on October 11, 2009, 7:58 pmGoogle is your good friend... try searching for Subdude

This post has been edited by jchong: Oct 11 2009, 07:58 PM

that subdude is supposedly quite awesome based on user feedbacks... anyone know where to buy in My? or anything similar?

Many thanks to bro anfieldude who came to my house to helped me calibrated my PB12NSD & my whole system
sound much2 better now, tested with kungfu panda & iron man, can really feel the bass now...
make me wonder if using PB or PC ultra

Yes, it does help to a certain level. Some shops are selling it. Price is abt RM290 range. I have one that is left in the room while waiting for new PC to sit on it

I checked well how much it cost?

buy from where? wonder the nsd can fit

Dont need subdude, buy the AS EQ 1 la, one off solution. Dont need bass trap and whatever.

HTkaki came over my pad yday and help me calibrate my set with the inclusion of my new baby, the AS EQ 1..

Previously i was very sceptical that such product can work magic on the bass as i experienced very loose, muddy and boomy bass.. After setting up the As EQ 1, listening to bass was a different thing.. Tight, solid and clean bass..

As what both Ron and Htkaki say, after flicking the switch on and off a few times, i'm pretty sure my AS EQ 1's switch will be left 'on' AFAIK... Downside is, i'm still trying to adapt to certain scenes where the bass suddenly doesnt have the loud effect anymore (visible in transformers scene, the first scene "helicopter scene" and the airport "explosion scene")... Not boomy, and clean bass but stg's missing and that will be because of the near flat graph i assume..

Another thing to notice is that, after calibrating my set using the SPL meter, all my speakers (LCR, Surr & sub) trim were set to -9db ... Even setting to -12db trim on my AVR but still couldnt achieeve the 75db reference level on the SPL meter.. Probably HTkaki can shed some light on this and the solution..

But nevertheless, i think this AS EQ-1 has solved most of my bass problems

oh..orang kaya..

takda kaya but what to do, have to live on bread and rain water the next few months until bonus comes round

Good for you. I hope to be able to hear the difference of a EQ1 as well and see the difference in the waterfall charts.

That's most ppl will find it to be somewhat less oomph as there isn't any peak or 'artificial' bass anymore.

However, still need to get down to the dB issue. I suspect it could be due to the limited room size for the monstrous setup. Even trim to the lowest, still reading a crazy >80dB. Another headache is the 'ext in' on 876 unlike the easiness in Yamaha, Marantz and Denon.

Nvm, I'll seek help from HQ and we shall see to it soon I bet it should sounds much better when we get it done properly

htkaki,

What is the 'ext in'?

The 876 mics are pretty accurate when setting trims, did u double check with the SPL meter? Shd not have needed much adjustment...

Checked. But strange enough. At 0dB, and at that trim, I can't get it lower. I have just use the SPL meter to calibrate mine a day before.

Could it be the limited room size?

Ext-in = Multi-channel input at the back of avr. I need to Front Left input to get it connected to EQ1 and from there, I can calibrate it. Can't.

No prob bro, ur more than welcome to my home to test the diff.. I can say, the diff was quite huge, to my suprise....

Will keep in touch thru PM when ur coming down to KL bro...

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Added on October 12, 2009, 12:00 pmLol, bro i believe it was due to the room size, perhaps.. Not due to the monstrous setup, me peasant only..

Oh yeah, i shud thank you bro for taking 5 hours of your time yday to calibrate and setup this thingy for me. Even Audyseey we ran it 3-4 times and its a pain in the a55 without the air con on

This post has been edited by hsiengloong: Oct 12 2009, 12:00 PM

the 876 mic can be used with 875 receiver or not?

Wah, glad to know the EQ1 is so effective!

This is testing using the EQ1 test tone or the Onkyo's test tone? I believe hitting 75dB using the Onkyo test tone is possible right?

Maybe the EQ1 test tone is a -20dB signal instead of -30dB like in the Onkyo? Just speculating...

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Added on October 12, 2009, 12:41 pmI read somewhere that they are not interchangeable...

This post has been edited by jchong: Oct 12 2009, 12:41 PM

No. The cal curves used internally by Audyssey are different.

dang!

Yes, using 876's test tone since I can't get it to engage the ext-in.

The variance in test tone's dB won't be that too far off.

I'm still curious to find out about my rear surr speakers when the test tone is being sent to it; the flapping sound..

I wonder if its becaue of my Dali's ribbon tweeter or the driver is faulty..