What EQ settings do you guys use for watching movies?

**yromj** · December 13th, 2003 18:07

It took me a while, but I finally realized the biggest disadvantage of using my DVD player as my CD player. The EQ settings that I use for movies and for music are vastly different. If I had two seperate sources, my receiver would remember the settings, but since I don''t I''m currently trying to find a "happy medium". This also got me curious as to what settings you guys have for your EQs for movies.

Thanks,

John

**Phatbass** · December 13th, 2003 18:15

I don't use EQ's personally. If i did they would be active and set up with an RTA (real time analyzer) to achieve a more linear response. Nothing would be set more than +-3 to make sure no damage is done to the speakers, and i would filter out any subsonic frequencies ie under 20hz. I would definitely use 31 band eqs. It is impractical, but if I had a ton of money, better speakers, better electronics and a acoustically treated room, I would put in eqs.

**AzBarber** · December 13th, 2003 20:57

This is really subjective.

I like a small amount of extreme high emphasis to help make up for some hearing loss. I also like a small amount of extreme low emphasis for movies, especially action movies.

Totally flat sounds a little boring to me.

But that's just me. YMMV.

Az

**crazyoldfart** · December 13th, 2003 21:00

It tune my system to reproduce theincoming signal as accurately as possible and leave it that way. If the producers or directors of the material do things to it I don't like, I probably won't listen to it again. The only thing I alter after calibration is the level of the center channel and the sub for certain movies. I always return the level settings back to the reference when the movie is over.

**apcarandang** · December 13th, 2003 21:01

I would make speaker placement changes and maybe some room treatments first before using any EQ. Unless you have a good testing equipment to measure the changes you made, most of the time you will end up with worst than you started with.

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**HAN** · December 13th, 2003 23:46

I believe in and use low frequency EQ for my subwoofer. Makes both movies and music much better... (I had a nasty nasty 40Hz peak before using EQ.)

As for higher frequency EQ, my feelings are as mentioned already. Speaker placement and room furnishings/configuration (along with choosing the right speakers to begin with) gives more than satisfactory results for me.

**Corporate_Goon** · December 14th, 2003 00:09

I roll the treble off a bit for music and movies 'cause my speakers and receiver are both on on the brighter side of neutral, but that's all I do. Everything else I just leave at neutral.

Sometimes if I'm watching an action movie with friends I turn up my sub a bit.

**HAL 9000** · December 14th, 2003 00:14

No EQ - it should not be needed on a properly setup system. I have never heard a movie mix on a dubbing stage that sounded bad enough to need any EQ.

**yromj** · December 14th, 2003 03:39

So what I'm hearing is that you guys (the ones w/ receivers) leave the internal set totally neutral for both music and movies. Cool. That's what I need to know.

Thanks,

John

**Phatbass** · December 14th, 2003 16:33

You don't have to, it may be pleasing to your ears to have it on. In that case I would recomend it for you. Experiment with it to see what you like. I thought you were talking about external eq's. The ones in the reciever are there for evening out some bad room acoustics.