Denon/Marantz Audyssey MultEQ Editor App Allows Full Customization of Sound

Denon and Marantz Audyssey MultEQ Editor app puts complete home theater customization at your fingertips.  Free at last, free at last!

Denon and Marantz have launched a new Audyssey MultEQ Editor app, allowing home theater enthusiasts to refine and customize the set-up of their systems for even better surround sound. The latest Denon and Marantz audio video products use Audyssey MultEQ for simple, accurate one-touch set-up and calibration of the system to the room in which it’s used. The Audyssey technology detects the size, type and configuration of speakers used, and also measures their response in the room for optimal performance – whether running a simple 5.1-channel set-up or a full-blown Dolby Atmos/DTS:X immersive surround system.

We have always had reservations about Room EQ especially above the room transition frequency (300Hz to 500Hz) that makes it very difficult for auto-EQ systems to be effective and not cause more harm than good.  A few systems on the market such as DIRAC and Athem ARC allow user adjustability to limit correction above a pre-desired point.  We are happy to see Audyssey is now joining the ranks and doing the same.  We are particularly excited about this as Audyssey now gives you the power to focus its efforts on where room correction is most effective and needed the most - the bass frequencies.

Audyssey EQ Editor App - screenshot taking from mobile device

This is done via the new Audyssey MultEQ Editor app which allows end users to go ‘under the hood’ to view and adjust the settings made by the automatic set-up. They can take full control of every aspect of the configuration, allowing detailed tuning and customization of the sound. That means users can adjust the performance more precisely to cope with any specific problems in their room, and tailor the surround experience to their personal preferences. With this comprehensive app and some of Denon and Marantz’s latest receivers, home cinema enthusiasts can at last not just harness the incredible power of Audyssey MultEQ to simplify the set-up of their home theater, but take total control of the way their home cinema sounds.

Audyssey EQ Editor App - screenshot taking from mobile device

Chris Kyriakakis, Chief Technology Officer, Audyssey Laboratories, Inc., states:

“The Audyssey MultEQ Editor app enables users to enjoy reference sound that is free of room acoustics problems and also apply their own listening preferences. We are very pleased to be working closely with Denon and Marantz to deliver this unique capability for fine tuning these AV Receivers.”

This app allows users to:

• View the Audyssey MultEQ speaker detection results, to check and modify the configuration, and adjust for any unusual speaker set-ups
• View before and after results of the Audyssey calibration, making it easy to identify room problems and see just what changes the system is making
• Edit the Audyssey target curve for each channel pair to suit individual tastes
• Adjust the overall EQ frequency roll-off for each channel pair
• Switch between two high-frequency roll-off target curves
• Enable/Disable midrange compensation to make the sound brighter or smoother, perhaps making dialogue even clearer or taming those hard-edged soundtracks
• Gives the home theater enthusiast even greater control over the performance of their surround sound system
• Save calibration results for ‘piece of mind’, ready for instant re-loading should one ever need to reset their system

The Audyssey MultEQ Editor app, available for iPhones and iPads via the iTunes store, and for Android devices via the Google Play store, can be purchased for $20 US. As it requires specific hardware inside the product to function, the following models are able to use the app (product availability varies depending on regions):

• Denon AV Receiver: AVR-X6300H, AVR-X4300H, AVR-X3300W, AVR-X2300W, AVR-X1300W, AVR-S930H, AVR-S730H, AVR-S920W, AVR-S720W. Selected upcoming 2017 Denon Network AV receivers will support the app as well. 
• Marantz AV Receiver: AV7703, SR7011, SR6011, SR5011, NR1607. Not compatible with Marantz models other than those listed above. Selected upcoming 2017 Marantz Network AV receivers will support the app as well.

*Not compatible with Denon models other than those listed above (sorry fellow AVP-A1HDCI or AV8802A owners).

We look forward to re-evaluating Audyssey with this new app and see how it can transform the home theater experience.  If you are already a user, please comment how effective the app is in the related forum thread below.