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Posted by Martin Ubilluz (Member # 3769) on 07-07-2006, 06:29 PM:

ok so some idiot mesed with our apm levles and in the house every thing sounds fine except the center channle voices. i just cant get them right the voices dont sound right they are very high pitch and it sounds like they are hissing at the end of the sentinces or at higher vocies the center channles on my apms are tweaked with LC,HC, MC does any one know how the power to them should be distributed witch should get more and less

-thanxs

Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 07-07-2006, 06:53 PM:

No, no rules of thumb and no do-this-by-ear tricks. That can only be really fixed with an audio spectrum analyzer.
If you have similar auditorium, you could try copying the settings, but even that won't really fix the problem. Time to place a service call. And hack off the fingers of the guy who played around with the equipment.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 07-07-2006, 06:54 PM:

Sounds more like somebody screwed with your EQ settings, not your amps. Either that, or if your system is bi-amped, maybe the amp driving the woofer is turned off or busted. Go stick your ear next to the woofers and see if they are working at all. If not, check that amp to make sure it has power, then check the wiring to that woofer.

You really need a tech to come in and check it over. The techs here will probably give you some ideas, but without test equipment it's going to be tough to get it to sound right.

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 07-08-2006, 12:16 AM:

Yep, Its tech time for his theater!

Posted by Martin Ubilluz (Member # 3769) on 07-08-2006, 03:51 AM:

thanks