same calibration for SACD as Movies?

jayman_1975
jayman_1975 Posts: 672
edited December 2010 in Speakers
I was wondering what you guys are doing for speaker calibrations as far as SACD vs movies. I have perfectly calibrated my 4.0 system and am wondering if anyone is tweaking or bumping any channels for SACD or DVD-A
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,204
    edited December 2010
    First off 4.0 doesn't get the job done for theater or music especially SACD , it's Stereo or 5.1

    When you calibrate , you calibrate not for a movie or music , you calibrate your system to spec. Bumping just colors what you are listening to.
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  • jayman_1975
    jayman_1975 Posts: 672
    edited December 2010
    Well i have it calibrated to spec with an analog spl meter but for some reason i thought i saw some people talking about bumping the surrounds a little for one or the other.

    And.. my 4.0 channel system is doing just fine thank you :)
    Onkyo TX NR 5008 modified by The Upgrade Company
    Oppo BDP 93 modified by The Upgrade Company
    Arcam CD37
    Monitor Audio Gold GS 60
    Revolver Audio Music 5 towers.(surround)
    Vandersteen V2W
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,019
    edited December 2010
    SACD is 5.1 discrete channels, or it downmixes to stereo,then you can spread it out over 4.0, but your not getting all the glory of SACD that way.
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited December 2010
    Well - call me a 'bumper'....

    I like the way Yamaha's YPAO sets the center level for dialog as it works great for movies & dialog, but I find it is a bit too much for multi-channel SACDs.

    So I have 2 saved settings on my AVR - one for movies which uses the 'as is' calibration values, and another for music where I've turned down the center level setting by about 4 'ticks'. I find, for me, it spreads the front sound stage better across FL, C, and FR.

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