oh and forgot to mention, i use to change the distances of the speakers - making them equidistant. i did not this time and just let it do its thing. the only thing i changed is the crossover of the highs. i realized that that is because of the several listening positions.
voila! super really!!!
D dapat equidistant ang speakers sa AVR kasi d naman sila equidistant sa room mo. The effect of the distance parameter for speakers in the AVR is to ensure that the sound from the various speakers arrives at the listening position at the same time.
With regard to the subwoofer, you may notice that the distance set by Audyssey is farther than the actual. That's normal because subs usually have some electronic circuitry which introduces a delay in the sound. To compensate for this, the AVR should set the sub at a farther distance. In other words, Audyssey is not testing for physical distance but acoustic distance. I suspect this is a reason why many people say that a particular sub is "fast" or "slow". The reason is the added delay in the sub's electronic circuitry. Without Audyssey, it's very difficult to determine the "acoustic" distance of the sub to the main listening position.
The other usual mistake is that the AVR (not Audyssey actually) sets the speakers to "full-range" or "large". Speakers should be set to "small" (Denon) or have a crossover (Onkyo). The crossovers should typically be one notch higher than what is recommended by the AVR. This sends the bass signals to the sub, which is able to handle these better and this also provides more headroom for the speakers. Furthermore, the filter of Audyssey MultEQ for the sub is 8x more than for the main speakers so the bass will be more accurate when sent to the sub.
