Re: Sierra 1 & bass distortion?
I will add my .02 on Audyssey.
My Marantz AVR with Audyssey MultEQ set my Sierra-1 NrT's to Large. It recognized my 12" Rythmik sub and set distance/level for it. It set the Bass setting to "Mix". Well, I thought setting the Sierra's to Large was fairly typical as they go pretty low in the bass. I left it as set by Audyssey to give it a chance. I thought it sounded OK, but did not knock me over. After looking up the bass "Mix" setting in the manual I discovered that although the sub was calibrated, it was not being fed any bass. All the bass was being sent to the Sierra's. HUH?? How crazy is that?! Of course I fixed the settings. Sierra's set as Small, 80Hz X-over, "Yes" for sub. Sounds much better now.
Never trust these auto setup systems. Manually tweak things so the system works correctly.
Ed
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