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Post by ballardstar on Sept 4, 2017 22:18:52 GMT -5
I have to say I am enjoying my MC-700 for the most part! There are obviously things I wish it did & had but overall, when the music or movies are just playing.... It does it pretty dang good. So after running the "new and improved EMO-Q" over a dozen times thinking I am either crazy or doing something very wrong I have to ask.... What am I missing? EVERYTIME I have run the test, I am getting somewhat varied crossover points / settings.. The one constant is EMOQ wanting my Subwoofer crossover at the max of 250hz. I have never seen any other product do this, Lonnie or someone in the know please advise. 
My system consists of the Tekton Design Pendragon theater w/ dual Tekton Cinema Subwoofers in a well built 20x20 dedicated theater. |
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Post by hilodb1 on Sept 7, 2017 19:03:33 GMT -5
Interesting as Emo-Q for me does not alter any settings for my subwoofer. Even after running Emo-Q several times I still get the same x-over point that I set (65hz) and all eq setting are at 0. its like its not doing any EQ'ing on my subwoofer.
What firmware version are you on? I'm on v2.9.0
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Post by ballardstar on Sept 27, 2017 10:17:42 GMT -5
Interesting as Emo-Q for me does not alter any settings for my subwoofer. Even after running Emo-Q several times I still get the same x-over point that I set (65hz) and all eq setting are at 0. its like its not doing any EQ'ing on my subwoofer. What firmware version are you on? I'm on v2.9.0 I am on the latest beta firmware. I can see no reason for my LFE crossover to be any higher than 60-80hz. Reading through the manual they talk about more "going on in the background" so I hate to mess around with settings but its just not correct. |
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Post by MattBrown on Jan 8, 2018 20:11:53 GMT -5
Hi, I just ran into the same issue running Emo-Q for the first time with my new Hsu ULS-15 MK2.
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Post by cyyyr05 on Apr 28, 2019 6:49:57 GMT -5
a little report on the EmoQ of the MC700
After configuring my front / center speakers in "Large", my Surround in "small" crossover 100hz and Sub crossover 250hz, I retouched the values because I have bookshelf by putting the front / central in "small" 60hz / 80hz and surround at 80hz!
I had a satisfactory result with excellent dynamics but I found that it lacked something at the level of sound amplitude and spatialization!
After 2-3 months of use in this configuration I decided to redo an EmoQ calibration leaving the result, retouching only the foot distances and the surround levels of 1.5db ....... I left frontal / central in "Large", the Surround in "small" and the Subwoofer at 250hz because I read in the loundge it was necessary to let crossover at 250hz!
The result is just amazing with the music, in 2.0 "image" stereophonic is superb !!
The treble, medium, are perfectly reproduced and the subwoofer brings deep non-trailing bass ....!
I discover this MC700 from a new angle concerning Hi-Fi
To listen to the result on a 5.1 movie I watched my UHD Audio demo test with "Jurassic World fallen kingdom", the result is simply huge with a breadth of the soundtrack and a spacialization that I was looking for since I had the MC700
Even without putting the volume high the result is excellent, .... about the sound reproduction this pre / pro with the basic values gives really for his money especially with a power amplifier that allows a good electrical reserve!
Too bad the HDMI 4k (1-3) are also unstable with a 4k video signal otherwise it would be unbeatable in its price range!
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Post by rob80b on Apr 29, 2019 8:22:28 GMT -5
I appear to be late for the party.....but my EmoQ appears to be rather spot on with all my Dyns set to small and a crossover of 80hrz...only needed to adjust the Velelodyne sub's distance which I see is a common occurrence. Borrowed a 3D version of Mad Max Fury Road just to check the 3D, which I'm not a big fan of (3D that is)......I've previously played the movie a few times with the UMC-1 but now with MC-700 in the chain, even with just 5.1, I was so immersed with sound quality...zero distortion even at silly levels, I sat through the entire film once more.... it was an all new ball game. : )
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Post by cyyyr05 on Apr 30, 2019 11:41:10 GMT -5
I would like to calibrate my MC700 with manual EmoQ, but with this OSD from another time I did not understand the path ....
Someone could explain me the protocol to follow
thank you so much
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Post by rob80b on Apr 30, 2019 14:29:08 GMT -5
I would like to calibrate my MC700 with manual EmoQ, but with this OSD from another time I did not understand the path .... Someone could explain me the protocol to follow thank you so much There's manual, EmoQ and then manually adjusting EmoQ....and yes the users guide is rather sparse (page 20), if non existent, on manually doing your own EQ and manually adjusting EmoQ may get rather confusing as "0" actual starts from where EmoQ placed its equalization. Either way you'll need a descent sound meter and a program with an accompanied calibrated microphone. As for the OSD.....it does appears rather straight forward...but I'm from another era where anything on screen was science fiction... lol I'll take a look later this eve and come up with some translations. : ) |
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Post by cyyyr05 on Apr 30, 2019 19:24:27 GMT -5
I would like to calibrate my MC700 with manual EmoQ, but with this OSD from another time I did not understand the path .... Someone could explain me the protocol to follow thank you so much There's manual, EmoQ and then manually adjusting EmoQ....and yes the users guide is rather sparse (page 20), if non existent, on manually doing your own EQ and manually adjusting EmoQ may get rather confusing as "0" actual starts from where EmoQ placed its equalization. Either way you'll need a descent sound meter and a program with an accompanied calibrated microphone. As for the OSD.....it does appears rather straight forward...but I'm from another era where anything on screen was science fiction... lol I'll take a look later this eve and come up with some translations. : ) it's ok, I have a sound meter |
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Post by rob80b on May 1, 2019 11:09:12 GMT -5
it's ok, I have a sound meter But with... "Eleven user-programmable fully parametric equalizers per channel provide exceptional manual control over room acoustics." ...one would need more than a meter...unless it can be tuned per frequency...would be a rather tedious task without visual feedback.  Believe I read the sub only has a 4 band....but as my Velodyne DD12 has its on built in equalization EmoQ left my sub more or less alone .... I had previously manually calibrated it as flat as possible but with 8 bands ....  Also being able to visualize the polarity/phase made a huge difference in eliminating cancellation of the base frequencies. Similar calibration (but not quite) but out of phase to the mains...big drop out near the crossover frequencies.  I've found the current EmoQ on the MC-700 does a fairly to pretty good job all round... |
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Post by cyyyr05 on May 1, 2019 14:32:13 GMT -5
I've found the current EmoQ on the MC-700 does a fairly to pretty good job all round... I also find that the result EmoQ is very good but it was to see how far could go EmoQ manual |
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Post by getafterit on May 20, 2019 19:22:54 GMT -5
Does the MC-700 have the ability to manually adjust the bass and treble levels? I have the T2 towers and am not going to be running a subwoofer. I would think there should be the ability to manually adjust. If so, can someone post the steps on how to access it?
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Post by rob80b on May 21, 2019 15:49:32 GMT -5
Does the MC-700 have the ability to manually adjust the bass and treble levels? I have the T2 towers and am not going to be running a subwoofer. I would think there should be the ability to manually adjust. If so, can someone post the steps on how to access it? If you do not have a copy download the manual from the product page, specs and downloads... you'll go into the "Parameter Menu" to manually adjust the parametric equalizer controls...instructions start at around page 19. cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2572/6926/files/BASX_MC-700_User_Manual_v11-1.pdf |
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