Acibrix

On 2/22/2018 at 12:56 PM, SME said:

Most of the BEQ configs posted here apply different filters to each channel *in the soundtrack*.  That means that the filters must be applied before bass management (in which the bass for each main channel and everything from the LFE channel is summed and sent to the sub woofer).  As such, using the PEQ built in to your subwoofer is not likely to yield the best results, and in many cases, it won't be clear which settings you should use.  The benefit of the NanoAVR is that it is installed before your AVR in the device chain, and therefore, it is capable of applying processing to the channels in the soundtrack before bass management.

Another point is that I don't know how big your room is, but these BEQ filters require a lot of capability below 20 Hz to take full advantage of.  While the PB16 can certainly play below 20 Hz, its capabilities are quite limited compared to many of the systems people here use for that sort of thing.  Of course, a lot depends on how your room behaves, but you might want to consider at least a second PB16 if not a more substantial DIY system if you want to get more out of BassEQ.

I do have two PB16s (extended mode)  in the front and 2 PB13 (extended mode) in the back within a 20x16 room,  I learned about DIY after i got these subs and the rest of my 7.4.4, i could have gotten more for my money. So now I am just trying to learn and tune everything in. I did try and use jriver media player with some of the BEQs, but only with digital content. The settings was a great experience, definitely filled the hole of what was missing in Pacific Rim. Just confuse as to which nanoavr I needed to get.

On 2/18/2018 at 3:54 PM, Kvalsvoll said:

I don't know the Nanoavr products, but checking the mindsp web pages it seems the HD can do the job. Since it is digital in-out on hdmi, it will not have any negative impact on sound quality, part from the user setting up bad eq points. But check that you can actually use it, I believe it does not process TrueHD or DTS.

We usually do BEQ by applying eq on the sound track in the movie file directly, which means it can be played back just like any other movie. But this requires equipment and knowledge do do it.

If your bass-system has a dsp with parametric eq, you can use this to accomplish much - if not most - of the improvements. If the system has presets, you can program one or two presets with ulf bass boost, and select the most suitable one for the movie you want to watch. A simple approach, much more user-friendly. This will work very good on movies that requires modest bass eq, such as Oblivion, The later Star-Wars.

Thanks for your response, i will try that. Before I posted, I read through most of this forum and saw the nano avr was previously recommended in earlier years.  My current setup is yamaha rx-a3060 with a svs pb16 ultra. The pb16 does have on board PEQ slots for me to activate, but seems I can only go down to 20hz via the app. But no presets on the yamaha.  I will try to figure out the simple approach before buying something i don't need.

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum. Thank you for everyone who contributed to this forum it has been very helpful. I would like to take advantage of these BEQs, which nanoavr is recommended? Nanoavr DL, HD, HDA or whatever i may not know about? I currently have a 7.4.4 setup with some bass management after playing with REW.  I am still a noob and these devices have very little guides on the web except via decoding some on the forums. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks