Hi, yesterday I set my system with brand new Onkyo 696. My first decision was Marantz SR5013 but I wasn't able to get ARC with LG OLED C9 and some other thing were very bad (bluetooth, display, setup menu, lack of bass...). With 696 I had no issues with LG OLED ARC. On LG you just have to have turned on 'Pass through' option together with eARC set to 'on'. After that it works flawlessly.
Previously I had 10 years old Onkyo TX-SR508 that had Audyssey. Marantz SR5013 also had Audyssey calibration and after that I was able to use Dynamic Eq and Dynamic Volume was always set to 'Light', and I was more than happy with this settings and how it sounded.
Now, this 696 model has no Audyssey calibration but AccuEQ calibration that looks much behind Audyssey. It only uses one point for calibration. I expected something better in 2019 in comparison to what I had 10 years ago in terms of calibration...
Can somebody more experienced with this 'modern' Onkyo receivers with AccuEQ explain how to get similar 'dynamic' effect like I had before wit Dynamic Volume set to 'Light'? Can I set this options manually or this I get immediately after I turn on AccuEQ?? I'm happy how it currently sounds but maybe there is a way to sound even better. I read some other posts where people were complaining that Onkyo 686 lacks dynamic.. what this exactly means?
Other thing that's strange... I have PSB Alpha speakers with Energy S.10.3 sub (5.1, bi-amped) and after avery Audyssey calibration in more points on old SR508 and new marantz SR5013 speaker level of all speakers was set in minus (-), -5db for fronts, -7 for surround and -12 for sub. I always had to raise level manually for central speaker and for sub to have the effect that I personally like.
The thing is, with Onkyo 696 and after AccuEQ calibration level of fronts left was 0 db, front right -1 db, center and surround remained at 0 db, and sub was +3db. This looks strange because a day before I made Audyssey calibration with the same set but with Marantz SR5013. Is this normal or strange or this is because of the new receiver and the new 'way' of calibration (AccuEQ) that probably works differently? There is a huge gap between the values I got with Audyssey in comparison to AccuEQ and this makes me think that something is wrong. Please help.
After AccuEQ was completed it set my speaker crossover to 40hz and I raised this to 80 Hz. Is this OK or it should be left at 40?
And why is there no option to define the size of the speakers? Large/Small.
After Audyssey my fronts were always put on Large and I had to manually put them on small. There is no this option available. Why?
Additionally, volume level scale confuses me. Before on my old SR5013 it was very loud when volume was set on 50 and maximum that I was using without distortion was 60 (it was very loud with strong bass). Now when I put on 20 you can barely hear anything. 50 is just fine but not very loud. 70 is loud but you can go even higher. Is there any possibility to have it as before (it's a mental thing where 50 means that you are somewhere in half of it's power possibilities). When I see 70 or more I'm afraid that something bad will happen even if I don't hear distortion
Thank you!