How I Setup Audyssey Using the MultEQ App on My Denon X4500H - Step by Step Instructions

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• JO

  @joentell · 6 years ago (edited) · pinned

  This is how I setup Audyssey MultEQ XT32 using the MultEQ App on my Denon X4500H. Step-by-step approach. Tips &amp; Tricks.<br>Step 1: Place your speakers optimally in your room and apply treatments.<br>Step 2: Download the MultEQ App for iOS and Android for $19.99<br>Step 3: Plug in the setup mic and the cardboard stand<br>Step 4: Follow the instructions on that<br>Step 5: Do all the measurements. Don’t cut it short.<br>Step 6: Double check results for obvious errors.<br>Step 7: Decide whether you want to use Dynamic EQ and Dynamic Volume.<br>Step 8: Save original measurement.<br>Step 9: Make a copy of the original file and make changes to copies.<br>Step 10: Set treble roll-off.<br>Step 11: Turn off Midrange Compensation<br>Step 12: Set a custom house curve aka target curve.<br>Step 13: Limit the filter frequency range to about 500hz-700hz.<br>Step 14: Set all speakers to “small”.<br>Step 15: Set crossovers to 80hz or higher to start.<br>Step 16: Set Audyssey to Reference, not Flat.<br>Step 17: Turn off all extra sound processing “enhancements.”<br>Step 18: Listen to familiar music and set bass and treble tone controls to your liking.<br>Step 19: Turn off ECO mode.<br>Step 20: Set 4 Quick Select profiles on your remote.<br>Bonus: Enjoy your system!<br><br><br>Enter to win the PSB M4U 8 Wireless Active Noise Cancelling Headphones: <a href="http://bit.ly/PSBM4U8Giveaway">http://bit.ly/PSBM4U8Giveaway</a><br>Shop for PSB Speakers on their website: <a href="http://bit.ly/PSBSpeakers">http://bit.ly/PSBSpeakers</a><br>Shop for PSB Speakers on Amazon: <a href="https://bit.ly/PSBSpeakersonAmazon">https://bit.ly/PSBSpeakersonAmazon</a><br><br>Buy the Denon X4500H on Amazon: <a href="https://bit.ly/DenonX4500H">https://bit.ly/DenonX4500H</a><br><br>Disclaimer: The Affiliate links above earn me a commission if you purchase using those links. This is at no additional cost to you.

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• B4

  @B4G3L5 · 6 years ago

  Lol, my wife says that bonus tip is on point! <br>Every single time we sit down for a movie she says, &quot;One day. One day maybe we&apos;ll be able to sit and watch a movie without you ever having to adjust a setting or have you &apos;fix&apos; something.&quot;<br>Haha, she&apos;s so right. Even when I&apos;m happy with how smooth things run, there&apos;s always SOMETHING I tweak in the first 5 minutes of watching. Whether it&apos;s the picture mode on the TV or the audio codec not being pushed to the receiver for some reason. Or maybe the LFE is too much or the dialogue isn&apos;t crystal clear. Lol, it&apos;s always something. <br>Great video though! I&apos;ve been waiting a year for someone to make a tutorial video on how to use the Audyssey app. Thank you for breaking everything down but in terms that we understand. Have a good one!!

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• ZE

  @zenbuddha3818 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Dude, after 4 years this video still kicks ass! I used all of these settings 2 years ago and haven&apos;t changed anything, really. There are only 2 things I found with the app that I improved.<br>1. Set your speaker volume levels by your own ear. Just take a picture of the screen with your phone before you start. I found movie tracks way too front heavy, don’t br afraid to increase your rears and rear heights 3 to 6db. Also, add a db or 2 to your subs. If your room setting has speakers close to you, turn them way down or if super far away, dont be afraid to increase volume. The mix that results covers your entire room equally, and you&apos;re lost in the sound field, which is what you want.<br>2. I measured the speakers myself with a tape measure and found I got more accurate sound. Auddessey was close.<br><br>I have 2 Martin Logan subs, so I calibrated with their app as well. My Denon 4700 has a 2nd speaker preset I use for music, Auro 3D does an excellent job with music.<br><br>Would have been lost using the app without this video. Thank you!

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• SO

  @SomethingSomethingFrank · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOExjOa9w6M&amp;t=272">4:32</a> &nbsp;DynamicVolume is an excellent feature. I used to take your view that I want the full dynamic range, but the problem with that is the quiet sounds a too quiet certainty below reference level volume, and so you&apos;re missing out of subtle cues in a track. The &apos;Light&apos; option is excellent, it raises the floor without doing much to the ceiling I believe, and to my ears sounds the most balanced and even. It&apos;s all personal preference, but I personally wouldn&apos;t go beyond &apos;Light&apos; for DV.

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• GZ

  @gzamora25 · 6 years ago

  I needed this in my life Joe. I downloaded and paid the $20 for the app a year ago and had no idea how to use it. Thank you kind sir.

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• AR

  @artsfols · 5 years ago

  Best of several videos I&apos;ve viewed on the subject. &nbsp;Packs in a lot of information, yet concise and clear. &nbsp;Thanks very much.

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• TO

  @tonyrobles9070 · 2 years ago

  Thanks so much for taking the time to make this awesome video Joe!<br><br>Especially for people like me who are learning and setting up a 9.2.4 home theater for the first time! 👍

• GR

  @great100m · 6 years ago

  Nice tutorial. &nbsp; Explains a lot of features in a practical manner. &nbsp;As usual, your descriptions are excellent, crisp, and brief w/o being too technical or getting off subject. &nbsp;Suggest that you leave the screen flashes up a bit longer, in my case I had to stop the video several times and go back to what you showed (I use YPAO and needed to &quot;translate&quot; from Audyssey).

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• DA

  @darthwarren4599 · 5 years ago (edited)

  Just setup my reciver with this and oh man now i have a real movie theater in my setup

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• MA

  @maciejfratczak4136 · 1 year ago

  Thank you so much for your priceless comments!

• LE

  @lesmatthews459 · 6 years ago

  Another perfect timing!! My new AVR -S750H just arrived and will be setting it up in the next few days. I will be back to this video several times I am sure! Thanks Joe!!

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• PA

  @pabloosvaldopenizzotto1098 · 5 years ago

  Hi Joe, today I have run a new Audyseey set for my Denon AVR 1611 pointing out the mic towards the speakers instead of towards the sealing. The result was totally different form the beginning. I have been using this AVR since 2013 and never gets totally satisfied with the results. Bass always was to boomy and now with this small change in the process the bass are more tight and precise. &nbsp;I have always thought about doing this way and as you mentioned this in your video it was bouncing on my head for a while until I tried it out. &nbsp;Thank you for your videos!!

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