Changing treble, bass, or phase

The digital surround processor provides sophisticated treble and bass controls, to allow you to adjust the broad balance of the system to correct for the acoustics of your listening room, or for a misbalanced recording.

The controls are more subtle than conventional tone controls, and take advantage of digital signal processing techniques to provide a more natural adjustment of the frequency response.

You can also change the absolute phase of the signal, to compensate for recordings which are out of phase.

In each case all the outputs of the digital surround processor are given the same frequency adjustment, to ensure a correct surround effect.

If you have a Meridian DSP Loudspeaker these menus appear on the speaker menus. For more information see the speaker user guide.

To change the treble

Press > or < until the display shows Treble +1.5 the current treble; for example:

Press A or V to change the treble.

The treble control tilts the frequency of the response over the entire frequency range to make the sound brighter or dimmer. It can be adjusted between ±10dB in 0.5dB steps. Normally settings between +1.0 and -2.0 will give the most natural results.

To change the bass

Press > or < until the display shows

Bass

+0.5

the current bass setting; for example:

 

 

The bass control allows you to adjust the bass response in the room by ±5dB in 0.5dB steps. Normally settings between +3.0 and -2.0 will give the most natural results.

Press A or V to change the bass.

To change the absolute phase

Press > or < until the display shows

Phase

+

the current phase; for example:

 

 

Press A or V to change the phase.

 

Customising the digital surround processor

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Meridian Audio 565 Changing treble, bass, or phase, To change the treble, To change the bass, To change the absolute phase

565, 565 specifications

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