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Beolab 18 / avant seeking advice on setting up sound

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jpnijman
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jpnijman Posted: Wed, Apr 1 2015 1:30 PM

Hi, 

I did the first setup of the bl18 with the avant using the assisted speaker calibration. However in this first setting it seems the beolab 18 are somehow overruled by the center speaker of the tv. So I m playing/testing around with different speaker groups/roles but since I have little experience with this I was hoping someone could give me some pointers on how to go about this. 

The setup is like this: tv in the middle 2.8 m from main listening position with a beolab 18 about 1,3 m on both sides of the tv. All on stand. 

I have currently configured two speaker groups using assisted speaker calibration: 

TV: BEOVISION AVANT - CENTRE (Centre, -5.0 dB) Beolab 18 (Left front, 0.0dB) Beolab 18 (right front-1.0 dB) 

Group 2: Beolab 18 (left front 0.0 dB) Beolab 18 (right front, -1.0 dB) 

One of the things I'm wondering is why the speaker level in group 2 is different for instance? 

Hope someone can give me some advice on how I can improve this and what to pay attention to. 

Many thanks in advance

With kind regards,

Joris 

keynesparis6
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Hello, 

I think I have some similar problem here. I've got a BV11 with a pair of BL17. I'm also using the assisted speaker calibration and am wondering how to setup the dB part for the loudspeakers- that is, BL17 for front left and front right and BV11's two front speakers. 

All items are on stand and the sweet spot is 2.5m away from the BL17. Is there any rule at all on how to set the dB level for the BL17 ? 

Thanks! 

Keynes 

 

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rob08 replied on Thu, Jan 14 2016 8:09 PM
Hi, I don't have an answer to your problem but is interested in the assisted speaker calibration. I have a mk1 bv11 and haven't noticed such a function. Is it only a part of newer mks?
keynesparis6
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Menu>settings>sound> either speaker group or connect speakers. On my (last generation) BV11, I can use some assisted speaker mode where the set up of a new speaker/speaker group goes through generic steps. One of them allows to set the dB level of each speaker :) 

Keynes 

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jpnijman:

Hi,

I did the first setup of the bl18 with the avant using the assisted speaker calibration. However in this first setting it seems the beolab 18 are somehow overruled by the center speaker of the tv. So I m playing/testing around with different speaker groups/roles but since I have little experience with this I was hoping someone could give me some pointers on how to go about this.

The setup is like this: tv in the middle 2.8 m from main listening position with a beolab 18 about 1,3 m on both sides of the tv. All on stand.

I have currently configured two speaker groups using assisted speaker calibration:

TV: BEOVISION AVANT - CENTRE (Centre, -5.0 dB) Beolab 18 (Left front, 0.0dB) Beolab 18 (right front-1.0 dB)

Group 2: Beolab 18 (left front 0.0 dB) Beolab 18 (right front, -1.0 dB)

One of the things I'm wondering is why the speaker level in group 2 is different for instance?

Hope someone can give me some advice on how I can improve this and what to pay attention to.

Many thanks in advance

With kind regards,

Joris

Hi Joris

I have the same setup

My advice is to manually do the speaker distances and not the assisted setting.

The speaker distance is the distance from your listening position and not from the television

Do you have rear speakers? Are the 18s rears?

If they are fronts I would make the BV speaker one whole speaker as a centre

If they are rears as they are in my setup I'd make the BV speaker as left right centre and the 18s as rear left and right.

In the first setup I'd make the BV speaker 0 db and the 18s as +1

In the second id make the BV as 0 db as the same as the rears

I would hesitate to make any speaker as a minus db

Keep the ones you want neutral as 0 and the ones louder in the plus ranges
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