Sonos "Room optimisation"
Discussion
It's science and it is called room eq.
Your room shape and furniture absorb, and reflect various frequencies. Deadening some and amplifying others.
With music the ideal setup is where all frequencies, from low (bass) to high (trebble) are equal in volume (flat curve on a graph). So all the sounds that make up your music get to you at the volume levels they were recorded at.
With room eq , test tones are played and you usually measure them from your listening position with a sound meter. In this case you are using your phone which can be a fairly reasonable substitute.
The software then looks for frequency bands that are too low or too high and then adjust the sound levels at those frequencies to try and flatten the graph - get everything equal.
On my Denon amp this reduces overly boomy bass and winds the trebble and volume back on the rear speaker that is nearest me. Makes a nice difference.
Your room shape and furniture absorb, and reflect various frequencies. Deadening some and amplifying others.
With music the ideal setup is where all frequencies, from low (bass) to high (trebble) are equal in volume (flat curve on a graph). So all the sounds that make up your music get to you at the volume levels they were recorded at.
With room eq , test tones are played and you usually measure them from your listening position with a sound meter. In this case you are using your phone which can be a fairly reasonable substitute.
The software then looks for frequency bands that are too low or too high and then adjust the sound levels at those frequencies to try and flatten the graph - get everything equal.
On my Denon amp this reduces overly boomy bass and winds the trebble and volume back on the rear speaker that is nearest me. Makes a nice difference.
RogerDodger said:
On my Denon amp this reduces overly boomy bass and winds the trebble and volume back on the rear speaker that is nearest me. Makes a nice difference.
We bought a chunky Denon 7.1 AV amp just before christmas that came with an audyssey mic and funky tripod to autoset up the levels also.. didn't have time to run it at the time but think i will dig it out now after your positive comments. thank you 
PixelpeepS3 said:
We bought a chunky Denon 7.1 AV amp just before christmas that came with an audyssey mic and funky tripod to autoset up the levels also.. didn't have time to run it at the time but think i will dig it out now after your positive comments. thank you
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