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<blockquote data-quote="PollyCranopolis" data-source="post: 2827193" data-attributes="member: 553423">Question, and 880 rant..Had my 880 for about 6 months now. Love it. Question is regarding the auto EQ. I&#039;ve heard some refer to this option as being some sort of auto RTA? What exactly is a RTA? I&#039;ve heard strong opinions both for it, and against it. I personally love the way it adds richness and fullness. I&#039;m often not able to turn the volume up, or get the speakers as &quot;loud&quot; with auto eq enabled, but that full-range sound it gives me is music to my ears. I also find it fairy quirky sometimes to set correctly (I attribute this a good bit to the quality of the mic). Seems like a change in outside temperature +/- 10 degrees will make the levels set 1-3 clicks apart with multiple attempts. I&#039;ve recently put all my 4 chan power to my fronts (CDT 61-A&#039;s) with about 200w per side while I get the materials together for my Rainbow SLC install. I&#039;ve had to be REALLY careful after setting the auto eq with this setup, as the frequencies still need adjusted a little to keep the mids from bottoming out. Though volume is still not excruiciatingly &quot;loud&quot; auto eq&#039;ed, even with 200 per side, the added full range sound I&#039;m getting is frick&#039;in incredible. In addition I have time alignment set to my drivers seat, decent EQ curve set, BMX at 1, BBE at 0. I can&#039;t wait to hear my Rainbows installed with proper deadening. I just hope I will be able to get the most out of auto eq with these new speakers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PollyCranopolis, post: 2827193, member: 553423"] Question, and 880 rant.. Had my 880 for about 6 months now. Love it. Question is regarding the auto EQ. I've heard some refer to this option as being some sort of auto RTA? What exactly is a RTA? I've heard strong opinions both for it, and against it. I personally love the way it adds richness and fullness. I'm often not able to turn the volume up, or get the speakers as "loud" with auto eq enabled, but that full-range sound it gives me is music to my ears. I also find it fairy quirky sometimes to set correctly (I attribute this a good bit to the quality of the mic). Seems like a change in outside temperature +/- 10 degrees will make the levels set 1-3 clicks apart with multiple attempts. I've recently put all my 4 chan power to my fronts (CDT 61-A's) with about 200w per side while I get the materials together for my Rainbow SLC install. I've had to be REALLY careful after setting the auto eq with this setup, as the frequencies still need adjusted a little to keep the mids from bottoming out. Though volume is still not excruiciatingly "loud" auto eq'ed, even with 200 per side, the added full range sound I'm getting is frick'in incredible. In addition I have time alignment set to my drivers seat, decent EQ curve set, BMX at 1, BBE at 0. I can't wait to hear my Rainbows installed with proper deadening. I just hope I will be able to get the most out of auto eq with these new speakers. [/QUOTE]

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