Author Topic: Oldboyracers HT build (Read 202885 times)

Oldboyracer · « **Reply #1320 on:** May 09, 2017 at 09:36 PM »

Quote from: Emorej2015 on May 09, 2017 at 11:47 AM

wow! ganda naman. congrats sir.

Thanks Emorej.

Oldboyracer · « **Reply #1321 on:** May 14, 2017 at 02:17 PM »

I have have now done a proper calibration using all 8 mic positions & the difference is like night & day compared to the 1st calibration where I only used 3 positions. It'll teach me to read all the literature 1st instead of relying on what I've already experienced. The sub seems a bit lacking in volume but will assess the situation once I have watched films with known low end content.

Nelson de Leon · « **Reply #1322 on:** May 14, 2017 at 06:58 PM »

There's always the xover cutoff option from the receiver and the subwoofer gain to compensate for our preferences. You're right. When it comes to movies, there's nothing like a good low end.

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Oldboyracer · « **Reply #1323 on:** May 14, 2017 at 11:59 PM »

Your right Nelson, I've got to do a little experimenting. I will probably use Terminator Salvation for my testing as that has good reference sound.

nerveblocker · « **Reply #1324 on:** May 15, 2017 at 06:17 AM »

Quote from: Oldboyracer on May 14, 2017 at 02:17 PM

I have have now done a proper calibration using all 8 mic positions & the difference is like night & day compared to the 1st calibration where I only used 3 positions. It'll teach me to read all the literature 1st instead of relying on what I've already experienced. The sub seems a bit lacking in volume but will assess the situation once I have watched films with known low end content.

Usually using the mic calibration the sub lacks the output based on our preference. I usually add +6 to the output level of the sub after calibration.

Oldboyracer · « **Reply #1325 on:** May 17, 2017 at 07:31 PM »

Quote from: nerveblocker on May 15, 2017 at 06:17 AM

Usually using the mic calibration the sub lacks the output based on our preference. I usually add +6 to the output level of the sub after calibration.

I've always done that in the past doc. but having done a little reading about Audyssey & the reasons why the sub output may appear to be low I thought I'd wait until I'd listened to a known reference before tweaking it.

nerveblocker · « **Reply #1326 on:** May 17, 2017 at 08:24 PM »

Quote from: Oldboyracer on May 17, 2017 at 07:31 PM

I've always done that in the past doc. but having done a little reading about Audyssey & the reasons why the sub output may appear to be low I thought I'd wait until I'd listened to a known reference before tweaking it.

A toss between REFERENCE and PREFERENCE.

Nelson de Leon · « **Reply #1327 on:** May 17, 2017 at 08:49 PM »

The question is how do you define reference. Hehe!

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Oldboyracer · « **Reply #1328 on:** May 18, 2017 at 11:04 PM »

As doc surmised it's more preference but there are films that the critics class as reference quality audio & having played Terminator Salvation a few times I'll agree with them on that title

nerveblocker · « **Reply #1329 on:** May 18, 2017 at 11:20 PM »

Quote from: Oldboyracer on May 18, 2017 at 11:04 PM

As doc surmised it's more preference but there are films that the critics class as reference quality audio & having played Terminator Salvation a few times I'll agree with them on that title

At the end of the day you will be the one watching and listening. Do the Audyssey calibration for reference or starting point then adjust accordingly to your preference. Lucky after the calibration it already suits your taste.

Case in point, I find the center speaker lacking after calibration so I added 2 more clicks to suit my needs. A also added +4 to my sub levels after calibration. Others are untouched. That's just me though.

ricky · « **Reply #1330 on:** May 19, 2017 at 12:11 AM »

Nothing beats manual calibration whether at 70db or 80db.

Nelson de Leon · « **Reply #1331 on:** May 19, 2017 at 01:13 AM »

Well that sums it all!

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nerveblocker · « **Reply #1332 on:** May 19, 2017 at 07:35 AM »

Quote from: ricky on May 19, 2017 at 12:11 AM

Nothing beats manual calibration whether at 70db or 80db.

Manual calibration is ok for your sweet spot using an SPL meter but using Audyssey is better for large theater rooms with more than one row of seats.

I haven't tried comparing the 2 methods though if it will come up with the same results.

Nelson de Leon · « **Reply #1333 on:** May 19, 2017 at 10:27 AM »

Quote from: nerveblocker on May 19, 2017 at 07:35 AM

Manual calibration is ok for your sweet spot using an SPL meter but using Audyssey is better for large theater rooms with more than one row of seats.

I haven't tried comparing the 2 methods though if it will come up with the same results.

For larger home theatre rooms I toy around with the time delay or speaker distance for manual calibration.

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nerveblocker · « **Reply #1334 on:** May 19, 2017 at 12:56 PM »

Quote from: Nelson de Leon on May 19, 2017 at 10:27 AM

For larger home theatre rooms I toy around with the time delay or speaker distance for manual calibration.

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Is that good enough konsi even without audyssey or SPL meters sir?

Oldboyracer · « **Reply #1335 on:** May 19, 2017 at 03:15 PM »

Quote from: nerveblocker on May 18, 2017 at 11:20 PM

At the end of the day you will be the one watching and listening. Do the Audyssey calibration for reference or starting point then adjust accordingly to your preference. Lucky after the calibration it already suits your taste.

Case in point, I find the center speaker lacking after calibration so I added 2 more clicks to suit my needs. A also added +4 to my sub levels after calibration. Others are untouched. That's just me though.

As you say doc I'm the only one the calibration has to please & in the past I've always lifted the sub but never had to alter the center. The difference is I'm now in a dedicated HT room so conditions are not quite the same. I will probably end up lifting the center & sub but for the time being I'll leave it as it is so I can get used to the sound before I start tweaking. At the moment all my spare time is being taken up completing the house build. After 2 & a half years & precious little having been done from the punch list I'm slowly sorting it all out & hopefully by the end of the year all outstanding work will be complete. Then I will have time to tweak to my hearts content but at the moment it's watching a film or 2 with the family straight after evening meal & then off to bed.

Nelson de Leon · « **Reply #1336 on:** May 19, 2017 at 04:57 PM »

Quote from: nerveblocker on May 19, 2017 at 12:56 PM

Is that good enough konsi even without audyssey or SPL meters sir?

For me it is. Its also basically what the auto calibration will probably do, including additional tweaks sa EQ.

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Oldboyracer · « **Reply #1337 on:** Jun 02, 2019 at 03:32 PM »

Hi guys,
I can't believe that my sabatical from the forum has been just over 2 years, time flies when you're having fun or not. I had to put everything on hold to complete the house, it has been a long haul & still not going to be completed for at least 6 months but that's another story.
I've done a little in the theater, finally got the aircon covered but the LED lighting along the front has failed, I think maybe the psu but it will have to wait until I can get to it.
My server is now up & running with all my CD's archived & slowly going through my DVD's. Found a few with what is commonly known as disc rot but not much of a problem caused.
A bit angry with the way Photobucket tried to basically blackmail users into buying storage plans. Me being me would rather pay extra somewhere else than deal with them so have downloaded all my pics & will re post them. I had a bit of a problem where all the pics I posted in this thread disappeared, having built a highish end gaming PC things went missing when I did the transfer. All seems to be OK now so business as usual from now on & once I've sorted out the pics will be a more frequent visitor to the forum.

Nelson de Leon · « **Reply #1338 on:** Jun 02, 2019 at 05:41 PM »

OBR!!!

Chain · « **Reply #1339 on:** Jun 05, 2019 at 11:51 AM »

hoping to see more of your pics again sir!

Oldboyracer · « **Reply #1340 on:** Jun 24, 2019 at 04:48 PM »

Quote from: Nelson de Leon on Jun 02, 2019 at 05:41 PM

OBR!!!

Hi Nelson, yes it's me, almost a blast from the past.
Still trying to make time to get to the forum as well as a lot of other things.
Wifey decided she wanted the front garden completely redone so in the middle of that now.
Away to Boracay for a 3 day rest tomorrow so hopefully will have some time when we get back.

Oldboyracer · « **Reply #1341 on:** Jun 24, 2019 at 04:50 PM »

Quote from: Chain on Jun 05, 2019 at 11:51 AM

hoping to see more of your pics again sir!

Thanks Chain, hopefully I can get the pics back on this post within the next week or 2.

Oldboyracer · « **Reply #1342 on:** Jul 03, 2019 at 04:03 PM »

Hopefully all the pics will be reposted over the next few weeks. Uploaded the 1st 31, there's just under 400 to do, re posted 4 pics in reply 246 so now I know what I'm doing. Once I've got the old pics re posted I'll give an update to the current situation.

Oldboyracer · « **Reply #1343 on:** Jul 31, 2019 at 06:23 PM »

I have re posted all the photos on the 1st 11 pages, the website is running a bit slow so giving up for today, hopefully will complete over the next couple of days.

Oldboyracer · « **Reply #1344 on:** Aug 05, 2019 at 03:25 PM »

Hi guys, I was doing so well, got up to page 17 re posting photo's but it would appear that some of the pics I downloaded from Photobucket are missing, lost in cyberspace I presume. Checked my old PC, now the wife's & it would appear that the ones I want are still there. In attempting to transfer between PCs the wife's failed with a 'bad system config info' error. I tried all the suggestions I could find to no avail so was thinking of one of the hard drives failing. Fitted them to my PC 1 at a time & decided to do what I should have done a long time ago, transferred all the photos & music. Unfortunately as most of the pics were recovered from a previously erased drive they have lost their original names so a lot of sorting to do. The wife's PC is now up & running, I wan't bore you with the details but how I didn't tear my hair out I don't know. Now after a week I can start re posting & should be finished in a few days.
Then I'll be be able to update this thread.

Oldboyracer · « **Reply #1345 on:** Aug 07, 2019 at 11:01 PM »

All photos have now been re posted & over the next couple of days I will edit some of the posts.
I will do an update with pics before I start on my Audio thread.

guido · « **Reply #1346 on:** Aug 08, 2019 at 03:03 PM »

nice to see the pics again.

Oldboyracer · « **Reply #1347 on:** Aug 13, 2019 at 03:41 PM »

Quote from: guido on Aug 08, 2019 at 03:03 PM

nice to see the pics again.

Thanks guido, it was a bit of a pain & somewhat frustrating but the thread is now back in business.
I've had to do a little job before I can get back to updating so I'll be another couple of days.

Oldboyracer · « **Reply #1348 on:** Aug 23, 2019 at 02:53 PM »

I have just edited reply #1194 on page 40 of this thread, ricky, you may wish to have a look.

Oldboyracer · « **Reply #1349 on:** Aug 23, 2019 at 03:36 PM »

Update :- 1st update was get the network sorted so I could put the NAS into use. The 5 port HT switch was moved to the HT room, router & 8 port gigabit switch moved to our bedroom then installed an Asus RT-AC88U in the control room. Things were getting a little complicated so decided that was the best way to go.

On top, Globe LTE modem, 1st shelf, netgear firewall, 2nd shelf RT-AC88U, bottom CCTV & printer.
Apologies for the pic being lop sided, I took it 4 times, looked OK in the viewfinder so either the camera has a problem or it's my eyes.