Calibrating New System

KLD2246 · February 2005

OK, now I have the Rti10's in the front and a CSi5 as my center along with a powered sub that came with my RM7200. I kept the rears from my RM7200 for now and will upgrade to the FXi5 in the near future. My receiver is a yamaha and it has the YPAO mic for automatically setting up your speakers. I am not sure this is all that great. What else can I do to get all my speakers on the same wave length, so to speak. I heard about buying a signal meter that radio shack has and that will set up my speakers correctly so in short, are these my only two options.

Frank Z · February 2005

http://www.audiophilia.com/hardware/spl.htm

Click here to view previous threads about calibration & SPL Meters.

danger boy · February 2005

using a SPL meter is really easy. everyone should own or borrow one. it's worth it's price 1000000 times over.

Frank Z · February 2005

Anyone interested in buying my $40,000,000.00 SPL Meter?

dorokusai · February 2005

Is that the one that you keep in your pants? You might want to use a BIN.

Frank Z · February 2005

Yep......it's up for grabs too!!:D

***EDIT***
Wife just envoked Right of First Refusal!! Pants mounted meter is no longer available.:(

KLD2246 · February 2005

Thanks guys, I may have got more information then I needed but it was all in fun. I will get me one from RS and see how it goes.

AsSiMiLaTeD · February 2005

Remember that the thing on your Yamma isn't just a sound level adjustment, it's also a parametric equalizer (at least I think), which means it does more than just measure and set sound levels...

Having a SPL meter is always a good thing, but I don't think you'll get much better than what the YPAO does, unless it's not functioning correctly...

If you use the SPL meter and get way different results, then you should check your YPAO thing and make sure it's working...

Calibrating New System

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