Secrets of Audyssey

Calibrate Audyssey and get remarkable results! Transform Your Home Cinema into a THX-calibrated Theatre. In this comprehensive manual, owner and editor of Simple Home Cinema shares his tips and tricks to getting exceptional Audyssey results including: 1. Improved sound quality and speech intelligibility 2. Maximised subwoofer performance with smoother and tighter bass! 3. The walls literally disappear and the sound comes from beyond the walls! 4. Gorgeous natural reverberations like in a purpose-built multiplex! This guide reveals the secrets to getting amazing results with Audyssey including: • How to set up your speakers and your room for optimum results • The 5 Pillars of Reference Playback – an overview map with detailed diagrams for each 5 major areas to serve as a map for the guide. • The 5 mic patterns that work best with Audyssey: o 1 tight, 1 medium and 2 wide patterns o 1 restricted pattern (new in v3.0) o 3D colour coded diagrams and YouTube videos (new in v3.0) • Configuration changes that will make Dynamic EQ and Dynamic Volume work without custom curves • Troubleshooting Audyssey – how to troubleshoot harshness with Audyssey – step by step • A full MultEQ-X Guide incorporated into Secrets of Audyssey • A section on Volume and Amplification helping you decide whether external amplification is needed for your speakers • Audyssey Curve Editor Excel Tool now available – linked from Appendix B. (requires Microsoft Excel and Audyssey phone app): o Edit the default Reference curve by editing the Audyssey App file directly. o De-emphasise the mid-range region to troubleshoot harshness o Move midrange compensation and create 2-3 dips for 3 and 4-way speakers respectively. o Change the shape of midrange compensation o See the changes as you go with graphs. o Apply custom curves of your choosing – create your own using precision editing • 120+ pages of dense but easy to understand material based on 100s of hours of research and testing • Lots of diagrams explaining the concepts in a visual manner • Lots of easy to understand explanations to guide you through each step of the process.