Denon AVR X500 - Clarifying Doubts

[elangoas]

I played with even Sony bluray player .....same result

Hope you connected the bluray to AVR via HDMI...

 

[Rajkumars]

Hope you connected the bluray to AVR via HDMI...

Yes I used HDMI but same results....

 

[elangoas]

Yes I used HDMI but same results....

Trying to understand your issue better.. What did you play on bluray player? Audio CD's?

Then my Wharfedale is the problem as I faced the same problem playing Avatar bluray thru HDMI in Sony bluray .... Very little bass....

I sense there is something wrong with crossover settings... What is your center/surround speaker? Do you have a sub?

Please list your speakers settings as seen on AVR on screen display...

 

[Rajkumars]

Trying to understand your issue better.. What did you play on bluray player? Audio CD's?



I sense there is something wrong with crossover settings... What is your center/surround speaker? Do you have a sub?

Please list your speakers settings as seen on AVR on screen display...

center wharfedale 220c set as large
fronts wharfedale 220 set as large
subwoofer set as No
as of now i am using in stereo mode....
will add rears later ..... after knowing what is the actual issue
i am planning to buy wharfedale 225 for fronts which goes to 45Hz low
where as 220 goes only to 56Hz
Any suggestions welcome.....

after solving the issue i will buy Denon AVR x2200w

 

[Rajkumars]

Some observations .... Mid to high range frequencies help for hi fidelity.... Where as low frequencies help in filling the room.... Which is what I am missing .....

 

[elangoas]

center wharfedale 220c set as large
fronts wharfedale 220 set as large
subwoofer set as No
as of now i am using in stereo mode....
will add rears later ..... after knowing what is the actual issue
i am planning to buy wharfedale 225 for fronts which goes to 45Hz low
where as 220 goes only to 56Hz
Any suggestions welcome.....

after solving the issue i will buy Denon AVR x2200w

I would suggest you to take your BS for an audition with higher series AVR and check yourself if any improvement...

FS will need more power..

 

[Rajkumars]

I would suggest you to take your BS for an audition with higher series AVR and check yourself if any improvement...

FS will need more power..

Will try...
Wharfedale 225 is a Bookshelf (not a FS) with a 6 1/2 inch driver ....which is not yet released in the market I think as there is nothing about it online now.

 

[elangoas]

Will try...
Wharfedale 225 is a Bookshelf (not a FS) with a 6 1/2 inch driver ....which is not yet released in the market I think as there is nothing about it online now.

Sorry buddy.. My bad.. I thought higher numbers indicate FS from the series..

 

[Rajkumars]

I would suggest you to take your BS for an audition with higher series AVR and check yourself if any improvement...

FS will need more power..

I connected my 12" passive subwoofer to a F&D subwoofers output which can go max. up to 20 W ..... It produced deep bass .....which filled my 20x15 feet room.

But when I connected the same subwoofer to the output of front left of Denon , it produced very little bass just like wharfedale 220 even after pumping the volume very high .

 

[sunny_16977]

i too have bought Wharfedale 220 series speakers last month,

Diamond 220 BS
Center 220C
Surround : Wharfedale 10.DFS
SW : Velodyne Impact 10
AVR : Denon X1000

Got it installed 3 back, im still playing with the settings as this is my first experience with a HT, to get richer output while playing songs i use Multi CH Stereo so that all my speakers plays the Music.

 

[Rajkumars]

i too have bought Wharfedale 220 series speakers last month,

Diamond 220 BS
Center 220C
Surround : Wharfedale 10.DFS
SW : Velodyne Impact 10
AVR : Denon X1000

Got it installed 3 back, im still playing with the settings as this is my first experience with a HT, to get richer output while playing songs i use Multi CH Stereo so that all my speakers plays the Music.

Nice .,.... how is the bass coming from only Wharfedale 220s

 

[rayvonnee]

Bookshelf speakers will not produce great bass, its just fine, Maybe you are expecting too much bass from the speakers, I too have bookshelf speakers and definately there is a need for subwoofer for certain tracks. You must definitely try taking your speakers for an auditon with other avr or maybe a stereo amp as mentioned previously, thats the only way you would know if your avr is incompetent or your speakers are not actually going very low. Also do check the wiring from your avr to speakers hope its good quality(i dont mean expensive but something decent)

 

[sunilkm]

In my opinion 220 produces decent bass for its size and expected out of a BS.

 

[Rajkumars]

Bookshelf speakers will not produce great bass, its just fine, Maybe you are expecting too much bass from the speakers, I too have bookshelf speakers and definately there is a need for subwoofer for certain tracks. You must definitely try taking your speakers for an auditon with other avr or maybe a stereo amp as mentioned previously, thats the only way you would know if your avr is incompetent or your speakers are not actually going very low. Also do check the wiring from your avr to speakers hope its good quality(i dont mean expensive but something decent)

BTW I connected my passive subwoofer to front left of the AVR ....but there was no deep bass....

I am wondering if denon was not able to make my subwoofer produce deep bass then how can it help in producing decent bass from 220s ....

I need to connect my Wharfedale 220s to other amp and check its stamina....

Thanks for the info...

 

[Rajkumars]

In my opinion 220 produces decent bass for its size and expected out of a BS.

You are right ..

but I have heard few bookshelves which produce great bass

Unfortunately they are not available now...

 

[rayvonnee]

Try Resetting the AVR and see if it works for you, else you can try with some other amp.

 

[sunny_16977]

i m too not satisfied by the bass performance of my BF's, but its understood as they r Bookshelves, will upgrade to FS soon