The Outlaws’ Guide to the Marantz AV7005
The Audyssey Dynamic EQ and Audyssey Dynamic Volume settings later in this sub-
menu will not be accessible unless “MultEQ XT” is set to one of the three Audyssey
options. All of these settings (MultEQ XT, Dynamic EQ, and Dynamic Volume) can be
set differently for each input, allowing different equalization curves (or no equalization at
all) to be applied to different sources.
Audyssey
Dynamic EQ
is a function which adjusts frequency response and surround
levels based on a user-selected volume setting and the source material being played.
This adjustment serves as a compensation for human perception and room acoustics at
lower volume levels. If “Dynamic EQ” is turned on, the “Reference Level Offset” setting
can be changed from 0dB (the default value) to 5dB, 10dB, or 15dB. Marantz
recommends 5dB for sources with a very wide dynamic range, such as classical music.
They recommend 10dB for musical sources such as jazz (which also have a wide
dynamic range) and for TV content. The 15dB setting is recommended for pop/rock
music or other material that is mixed at a high level or has a compressed dynamic
range. Turning Dynamic EQ on without changing the reference level offset will produce
noticeably louder audio with many sources.
The last option in the
Audyssey Settings
sub-menu is “Dynamic Volume.”
Dynamic
Volume
is a system which monitors the volume of program material and adjusts the
volume level to compensate for passages that are significantly louder (such as TV
commercials). Audyssey Dynamic Volume cannot be used unless Audyssey Dynamic
EQ is already engaged. Audyssey Dynamic Volume offers three levels of compression:
Light, Medium, and Heavy.
The settings for Audyssey Dynamic EQ and Audyssey Dynamic Volume can be
adjusted in the
Audyssey Settings
sub-menu or directly from the remote using the
“DYN EQ/VOL” button. Each time this button is pressed, the AV7005 will toggle through
a series of settings. The first is setting both Dynamic EQ and Dynamic Volume to “off.”
The others will all engage Dynamic EQ and scroll through the four Dynamic Volume
options (Off, Heavy, Medium, and Light). The Dynamic EQ settings (including Offset)
and Dynamic Volume settings are all stored separately for each input.
The
Audyssey DSX
processing mode can provide additional speaker channels, either
height channels or wide channels as described on page 37. DSX sounds for Dynamic
Surround Expansion. The “A-DSX Soundstage” sub-menu includes several settings that
determine how Audyssey DSX functions. The “Audyssey DSX” setting determines
whether DSX will use height channels (“ON-Height”), wide channels (“ON-Wide”), or
there are no wide or height speakers connected (“OFF”). For wide speakers, the “Stage
Width” setting offers adjustment from -10 to +10. A higher setting for “Stage Width”
increases how much of the surrounds are merged with the fronts to derive a signal for
the wide speakers. For height speakers, the “Stage Height” setting also offers
adjustment from -10 to +10. A higher setting for “Stage Height” determines how much
DSX attempts to expand the influence of the front speakers into the height speakers.
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