It all started with a new LED TV, which has replaced my old tube Grundig. I was very disappointed with the thin sound. Luckily the television offered two RCA outputs Audi and I could hang the TV on my audio receiver. With the large floorstanding speakers that was ever an extreme progress. However, in films were often the voices too quiet and difficult to understand. Did then rumgehört times with friends and they recommended an AV receiver with voice-lift and at least one center speaker to me. As AV Reveiver soon the Yamaha RX-V673 turned out, he had all the necessary features, looked good and was affordable. I had an old, but good Quadral speakers in the basement, which I only once was misused as a center and was surprised at how good that makes this. This 3.0 system includes voice-lift that everything was already viiiiel better and I was not long before I thought about a 5.x system. For me, the surround sound was more important than the subwoofer, so I thought that my standing speakers would offer as enough. I have researched around forever and at some point I said to myself, if properly and then ordered in addition to the rear speakers to Yamaha NS-W700 with, but it got very good reviews and is affordable.
Although I had looked at the extent before, but was still surprised at how big and heavy the sub is, as the DHL man standing in front of the door. So unpacked and examined, the good part. The piano black finish is indeed very smart, but I think also very sensitive to dust. As part of quality looks, only the plastic base on which the body is not fit somehow so completely to rest. The upper bedienend I find very pleasant, so no one has to stoop always behind the sub. The reverse is also running very high quality including all the connection options for input and output of other boxes. According to the manual of my receiver and the subs a simple mono RCA cable should be enough for the connection, which I still took home with me luckily. There are otherwise no cable included.
So I thought connecting, calibrating, get going. Said and done, the sub was not found during calibration. So again check wiring, possibly other input on the sub test ... but nothing. If not found, nor is what clay-out of the machine. Disappointment spread. Eventually, however, I noticed when calibrating a tone that gave the sub and I thought Eureka, I have it. In effect, the output volume was too low, so that the receiver will not recognize the sub. Of course I did not know how loud the sub and since I do not have the booth wanted to tear off during calibration, I had only slightly turned up the volume control of the subs. So, further turned and lo and behold he was recognized! Oh man, but could also attract attention sooner. I then chucked a few films, to adjust the volume and frequency acquisition. And I got the first (positive) shock when in a scene from Prometheus rumbled the whole apartment. ;) Wow, I had not expected. When setting but I did my damn hard that I had imagined slight. Sometimes you can tell from the Sub nothing and the next time, he rolled a clothes on the left, so very unbalanced. I read to me then times the FAQ of hifi-forums.de for setting a subwoofer through and there was really everything very well explained. I probably had too much to rely on the automatic settings of the receiver and accordingly produces a bass hole in the frequency domain, which I mistakenly tried to compensate on the volume. Therefore, only came once nothing and then it ballerte no longer to go. Therefore, the tip when the receiver supports it, then make the settings there and not on the subwoofer itself. The receiver had my column speakers recognized as large, which implicitly means that these are also used for the bass reproduction of low frequencies. The best way is on the receiver all the boxes in small and then the crossover frequency of Subs manually. This setting causes the receiver would decide as to when it passes to the SUB. These must be placed on the SUB crossover frequency to the largest possible value, as indeed from now the receiver cares. Since I could not find a lower frequency range for my column speakers, I have tested the crossover frequency 80Hz times with what is probably a fairly typical value. Lo and behold, the bass hole was gone, I was able to adjust the overall volume of the Sub relatively accurately and then integrated extremely well into the soundscape.
And with extremely good I mean that because at one time were sounds that I have not previously seen. Sure, he expanded the frequencies down significantly. But I never imagined that there still may soooo much. The whole tone range is now much smoother and more dense. Not only the very low frequencies, but also the middle. I thus feel that the front speakers (the standing speakers) and the Center are much clearer in their playback. Overall, the sound experience is now much wider and with more content than without the sub. So I did not expect really in shape, especially that such a sub is not to locate the source, the whole room is filled with a uniform sound. I always thought that as a SUB is responsible only for the very low tones, but that it can thus form a punchy and differentiated sound foundation, as I remain truly off the spit. A hum I can with me not understand, even if I fully turn up the volume (of course if just nothing coming out of the sub, do not want to blow up the booth yes). Skeptical I was before also because of my foot bottom. I live in an apartment with a wooden floor, which is indeed filled with quartz sand, but still has some cavities. I had feared that the possibly unsightly reactions associated with the Sub leads, but it is not luckily that.
Where there is light, there also must be some shade. In movie mode, I am extremely excited in the audio operating mine is but too much bass. The sound is nice warm, I but punchy. Since I have to check again the settings, I am also not yet risen through all the depths of the options on the AV Reiver. Irritates me for example that the SUB plays along, if I put the receiver in 2-channel stereo mode. I'd expected. Sure, you can exhibit it explicitly, but I suspect that there must be a better way.
Another point is the automatic standby function. This should bring the SUB automatically from standby if appropriate tones of matching frequency sound. On SUB there are the settings (OFF, low, high), off logically means that the function is disabled, and low and high off the sub in a different respective volume, in my opinion, with a higher sensitivity is high. However, the SUB activated in two settings usually after a few minutes and then comes not back again. Ie. Standby Autimatik currently works for me is not really satisfactory. That seems to some research but a common problem with subwoofers to be (also from other manufacturers). I have to read it again more.
Conclusion: I am from the SUB to a few compromises very enthusiastic, VA. on the tight and punchy sound, which he puts under Movies. Something I had previously not really expected! In front of me gets Yamaha NS-W700 also a clear recommendation!
