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Originally Posted by gosman
I have a Denon AVR-5800 with only the audio in settings. So how did you come up with the bass increase settings on your Denon. Share your research please!
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I was afraid that someone would ask that question. Don’t you just love Denon’s Manuals? Actually, I was asked the same question on another board and I still have the same problem that I had then; I do not remember for sure. (To quote “
Boston Legal” it must be the “
mad cow thing.”)
Since the 3300 is now sitting in my closet, I have no way to duplicate what I used to do to backup what I am about to say, but here goes!
Section 10 in the 3300’s manual, called "Surround", describes (I think, you cannot tell by reading it) what you have to do to set the levels on an individual input basis. Note that you must first set the system levels using the internal settings as you probably have done many times in the past. If you then trim the individual input levels the master settings will still be fine. The
Catch 22 is that if you adjust/trim the individual input levels then go back later for some reason to readjust any of the master settings, then your individual settings all go back to default. (You cannot believe how long it took me to realize this bomb!) One other comment before I discuss what I think I remember is that for some reason all 6 input levels of the 5.1 analog input were all factory set to be exactly 6dB lower than all the other inputs. (Another reason I chased my tail for a week trying to understand why analog sounded so much lower in level!)
Now…….First you must have the OSD on, and the channel in question (5.1 analog) selected. After pushing the “CH SELECT” button you should be able to see each speaker’s level all referenced to the master’s “reference level” typically “0” +/- a few dB. (These numbers should match the original master level settings; all inputs are all the same.) As I mentioned, in my case, all 5.1 channels were 6 dB below the master level settings. At this time you should be able to change all the channel levels up to the same level as the master settings (added 6dB in my case). Then I increased the LFE input 15dB more (because I had my speakers in the P1400 all set to small, if they had been set to large then 10dB would have been the magic number).
I hope that I have remembered correctly. This is the only way that I know to make the 3300’s analog input to have at least a minimal amount of bass management. I don’t know why, but I have a feeling that there are a lot of 5.1 analog users out there is HT land that are missing a bunch (technical term) of bass and not even know it!
Good luck!