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Making Better Bass, Part 3: The Failed Dual-Subwoofer Experiment

Josh Zyber — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 16:00:29 +0000

I recently went to a lot of trouble getting the best bass response from one subwoofer. In theory, adding a second subwoofer could improve my results even further. Not the way I did it, unfortunately. As I recounted in previous posts, I found the Room EQ Wizard software to be an invaluable tool for seeing...

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Making Better Bass, Part 2: Subwoofer Phase

Josh Zyber — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:00:43 +0000

In my quest to improve bass response in my home theater, first I had to move the location of my subwoofer. After that, I found myself doing something I’d never paid much attention to in the past: adjusting the subwoofer’s phase knob. Technically, it wasn’t a knob I used. The SVS SB-4000 doesn’t actually have...

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Making Better Bass, Part 1: The Inordinate Frustration of Subwoofer Placement

Josh Zyber — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 12:00:57 +0000

Achieving good bass response is by far the most difficult part of setting up any home theater audio system and the solution is rarely as simple as buying a big or powerful subwoofer. Finding the right spot in the room to put that subwoofer can make a world of difference. Ironically, a bigger sub may...

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Dolby Atmos Beyond 7.1.4 – Part 4: Is Eight Enough?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 12:00:48 +0000

After cobbling together a complicated D-I-Y system that uses three A/V receivers to derive six height channels of Dolby Atmos audio, how much further could I expand my surround sound experience? Let’s go to eight! In previous articles on this subject (start here), I’ve described how I integrated two additional AVRs into my home theater...

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Dolby Atmos Beyond 7.1.4 – Part 3: Hacking Audyssey

Josh Zyber — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 19:00:14 +0000

Last year, I started a very complex project to expand my Dolby Atmos surround sound system to incorporate extra height speakers, more than most consumer A/V receivers support. One of the drawbacks I encountered in doing so was that Audyssey EQ room correction interfered with the process and had to be turned off. There is...

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Gearing Up for Atmos

Josh Zyber — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 19:00:42 +0000

I’ve been planning to upgrade my surround sound system to Dolby Atmos ever since the format was first announced for home use. Due to a variety of delays, some financial and some personal, I put off the installation of an Atmos-capable A/V receiver until after Christmas this year. Now, finally, the time has come to...

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Mid-Week Poll: Do You Use Auto Room Calibration for Audio?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 13:00:14 +0000

It used to be that the idea of calibrating a sound system was a mystical science that few attempted beyond flipping between preset modes on a stereo or surround sound receiver. These days, the process is a little better understood. All home theater receivers feature built-in calibration test tones, and many today offer auto room...

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These Go to Eleven

Josh Zyber — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:00:53 +0000

As you probably already know, Dolby’s ProLogic IIz audio decoding process adds height channels to the surround sound experience in a 5.1 or 7.1 home theater. Not to be outdone, competitors DTS and Audyssey have developed their own formats that bring us up to 11.1 channels of sound. The question I have is: Do we...

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