Quote Originally Posted by Lexmark3200
Brian,

Thanks for the post....here is the problem I have....sure, I can cycle through the CH SEL level adjustments until I reach subwoofer, but that just changes the OVERALL calibration for the sub (0, +1, 2, 3, 4, etc)....TERRENCE mentioned something about being able to change the subwoofer level for INDIVIDUAL FORMATS like DTS and DOLBY DIGITAL....is there a feature to do this? Right now, my sub, fronts and surrounds are all at "+6" on the calibration settings....
Hi Lex; Your question like many others you've asked is a real good one. I think there are some receivers out there that allow separate calibrations for D.D. and DTS. I do not remember who has this feature. If your receiver had it, it would have indicated such in the manual. I am pretty sure my brother's Marantz 5400 does not have that feature.

I do not know if I can personally help you here so I will try to give you a possible solution(s). If your sub has to be l0 db higher playing DTS for the bass, than the +6 figure on your receiver for the subwoofer output must be greater by some amount other than +6. I think one solution might be that for those who got a specfic calibration with a RS meter would have to use the RS meter with the same means of testing that arrived at the orginal +6 on that meter which I gather was 75db and increase the output on your receivers sub-out to 85db and note if that reading was +7 or higher. When you play future DVDs with DTS, you will set that output to the increased value. When you are finished with a disc, return the subwoofer section output of the receiver to +6.

The above could become a slight "pain in the ass". A simple solution would be to get to the receivers +6 sub-put setting and increase the bass on a DTS disc till if just satisfies you. Suppose you did this and you hit +8 as the satisfying ouput. Use than in the future when playing DTS and when your finished, go back and reset your sub-out on your receiver to +6.

Perhaps down the road when receivers have these new auto adjusting devices with a mic. this might be a thing of the past. It would also be better if possible that DTS record their movies on the bass end to the Dolby Digital standard, but I do not know if that is possible to do with its codec and if so, would it work properly.

Hopefully, some others might answer your question like Terrence, Brian and I believe on this board there is Doc Greene. I personally do not use any of these calibration methods, RS meters and the such. I play by ear and my sub set-up is more like the SVS passive sub- separate amp set-up which is a story onto itself. Kelsci