340SE center

[Gov]

First off, try moving the center forward to the front edge the the stand.

Hi Curtis, it is actually flush with the front edge. It is stitting on MoPads. Pictures are not the best, but I can take more ifr necessary.

[curtis]

Hi Curtis, it is actually flush with the front edge. It is stitting on MoPads. Pictures are not the best, but I can take more ifr necessary.

OK...I have a better perception now.

Hey...are you going to sell the ornaments on top of the center as a sound enhancement?

[Gov]

OK...I have a better perception now.

Hey...are you going to sell the ornaments on top of the center as a sound enhancement?

Everything is for sale if the price is right

[davef]

Dave,

Initally I was incorrect. My auto EQ put a +8dB on the 125Hz band and a minus 0.5dB on the 250Hz. At -5dB MV from reference, I was getting about 87dB on the SPL meter for dialogue from my 15' listening position. I was using "The Wolf" scene in Pulp Fiction BD for the test. It sounded a bit edgy/honky especially when Sam Jackson was speaking. I lowered the 125Hz band to +4dB from +8 and engaged THX post processing. This seemed to help.

I did try it with the EQ completely off and it sounded much brighter and tinny. Did not like the sound much that way. It did help the dialogue issue though.

It is my understanding the most male vocals fall in the 125Hz area so I guess this would make some sense.

Looking forward to any further comments, thnx

+8dB is a LOT of boost. Please let me know exactly how far back you are sitting from the center speaker.

[Gov]

+8dB is a LOT of boost. Please let me know exactly how far back you are sitting from the center speaker.

I am 14' away

[Gov]

I slid the center speaker a bit forward so that the front baffle is now hanging over the shelf about 1/2 inch. I reran the EQ and I am still getting +8dB boost in the 125hz band again. Just for reference, I am getting a +5dB for the L/R main speaker.
So, is my receiver getting pushed a bit to much at near reference because of the large boost? Or could it just be a room thing because I have no acoustic treatments

[Gov]

Just an update to this......I lowered the 125hz Eq band from +8 to +5dB and changed the receivers crossover from 80Hz to 100Hz. This seemed to take care of most of my problem Dialogue sounds more natural now through the 340SE. Kinda weird that it helped.

[scape]

what encoding is this from? if your avr is upmixing stereo to include a center, then this may be part of the problem. is the source material that you hear distortion from 5.1 dolby? and is your avr engaged in this mode? (it should display this on the front)

[Gov]

what encoding is this from? if your avr is upmixing stereo to include a center, then this may be part of the problem. is the source material that you hear distortion from 5.1 dolby? and is your avr engaged in this mode? (it should display this on the front)

I was using the "Pulp Fiction" Blu-ray as a test because I had noticed it during several dialogue scenes in the movie. I am bitstreaming "DTS HD Master" via HDMI from my PS3 to my Pioneer SC-05 receiver. The SC-05 does no additional processing just passes the audio thru to my 340's

[millerwill]

Any up-date on when the Tower Center will ship?