How To Set Speaker Levels with an SPL Meter 

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Reference

Options setting changes the volume of the speakers in that particular input.

No

Of course

@@Kpaceguy which one lol

There isn't too much you can do but whatever your front speaker is reading at -12db, set all your other speakers to match so at least everything is at the same volume

Mentioned it in the review video. And most all people who have a meter will know to slow it down so you can read it

It was a trailer at the time

@rtyhhytyty REW recommends using your own SPL meter not the umik

@@Kpaceguy can u pl tell how to use the rew calibration with spl meter .All are showing the rew calibration with minidsp

Can we connect toptes spl meter to a laptop for rew calibration

@@rtyhhytyty no

@@Kpaceguy can u suggest any other brand that have this option

As I am using Definitive Technology Super cube 6000

Volume on the sub itself should have been set to the half mark before calibration. If you're using the crossover in your receiver, turn the crossover dial to LFE or MAX. Whatever the highest you can set the crossover so you dont overlap. Run calibration after that and then do your SPL test.

What is the difference between the Auto cal and the manual cal by SPL meter?

@@Kpaceguythank you very much for your quick response 🙏🏻

Yes

Use 80% of the way to max volume

Thanks I'll try that

Depends how high they are

@@Kpaceguy +2 or 3, maybe 4

@@doyouluvit not too bad

Mine are too they only read 75db with all at +3 , 4, 5 +

What exactly is your question?

I would like to know how I can calibrate the speaker levels on this Sony avr?

@Joseph Picado I don't remember off the top of my head but I believe I showed it in the videos I made of it

Doesn’t have a reference volume settings been having this avr for over a year bc and I haven’t yet calibrated it the way I would like to so frustrated!!

@Kpaceguy I remember you did the calibration but with the mic but not calibrating each speaker level like you did

Nope I set them higher

@@Kpaceguyhow many more db do you set your atmos? 3 db like your center?

@Coffeedad Just depends how hard they are to hear and how far away they are. Sometimes 4 to 6db more so that they're the same volume as everything else.

Same as the center. 83-85

@@Kpaceguy You heard of Techno Dad n Joe n Tell, right? They put out a Spatial Audio Calibration Disc, which in my opinion, has taken my system to the next level. I rewatched the first John Wick movie (the basement scene with a sledgehammer breaking up the concrete) yeah, I’m still smiling!

@@wendellwendellb339 of course I have.

@@Kpaceguy Look into it, you might like it, it will test your entire system!

@@wendellwendellb339 Where do you get it? Downloaded file?

I like a little extra kick

@@Kpaceguy I changed mine to 80db and it sounds so much better especially my atmos. You don’t have to turn the volume up at all like I had to before.

@@Albeno94 Both produce the exact same result. There is zero advantage to calibrating to the wrong level. It's equivalent to calibrating your car speedometer to be inaccurate. It doesn't change the car's performance. Similarly, the amp still has the same gain and the preamp still has the same output capability.

Little extra boom. 75 is reference

@@Kpaceguy ah ok I see. So I assume now your reference is -5 instead of 0?

@Snapps240 I don't ever get to reference. It's too loud lol. I still calibrate at 0

@@Kpaceguy I definitely agree with you on that!!! Lol

This is bad advice. It doesn't provide extra kick. The amp still has the same gain and the preamp still has the same output capability. All it does is cause the volume display to show an incorrect number.

1st. Not all receivers are the same, so your settings are not the same as mine. Like you mentioned. What anthem calls one setting may be a different setting in yours. 2nd. I have a "how to" playlist that has more in depth video that go through all the receiver settings, what they mean and how to set them up. Those videos are more what you're looking for. Link in description

@@Kpaceguy I don't have a auddessy mic at all to do the proper calibration for my speakers and my front stage my speakers are cerwin vega VS 120 series is my left side and right side and for the center channel is a cerwin vega and all of my speakers 7.1 are set to +9 and +10 levels and +9 is set for my front stage and +10 is set for my rears and I am running 4 power amplifiers to run all of my 7 speakers and when I go to the speaker level setup I don't get the hissing sound like yours does but I get clipping noise coming from my speakers and when I go to get the sound to go through the center channel the sound is coming from the left side only and not the center and I really honestly need to know what to do to fix this problem and my power amplifiers are hookup to the preout puts on the back of my pioneer vsx-1016txv receiver and I need your help

@@Kpaceguy it's like a popping sound