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Speaker Question: Sub can help main speakers?

 
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DonLogan
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:14 pm    Post subject: Speaker Question: Sub can help main speakers? Reply with quote
Setting up a 5.1 home theatre system. The A/V receiver, using the
"large' settings can send everything (ignoring LFE) to l&r and lows,
specified by the crossover parameter, to the sub. Or "small" send
everything above the crossover to l&r and below crossover to sub.

I guess there are many theories associated with this issue. I'm
leaning to the "main speakers, relieved of deep bass duties, will
offer improved dynamics and reduced intermodulation and harmonic
distortion".

Seems reasonable. Horses for courses. Any other thoughts?
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Todd H.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:37 pm    Post subject: Re: Speaker Question: Sub can help main speakers? Reply with quote
DonLogan <navajo@neonfeather.com> writes:

Quote:
Setting up a 5.1 home theatre system. The A/V receiver, using the
"large' settings can send everything (ignoring LFE) to l&r and lows,
specified by the crossover parameter, to the sub. Or "small" send
everything above the crossover to l&r and below crossover to sub.

I guess there are many theories associated with this issue. I'm
leaning to the "main speakers, relieved of deep bass duties, will
offer improved dynamics and reduced intermodulation and harmonic
distortion".

Seems reasonable. Horses for courses. Any other thoughts?

Your thinking is right on.

In addition, you leave additional headroom for the main speaker amps
to play with when relieving them of low frequency duties.

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Ethan Winer
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:37 pm    Post subject: Re: Speaker Question: Sub can help main speakers? Reply with quote
Don,

Quote:
I'm leaning to the "main speakers, relieved of deep bass duties, will
offer improved dynamics and reduced intermodulation and harmonic

distortion". <

Yes, exactly. Get a killer sub and your entire system will play much louder
and much more cleanly.

--Ethan
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GregS
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:08 am    Post subject: Re: Speaker Question: Sub can help main speakers? Reply with quote
In article <i98rm25eigj3fnbv4stcka0sr29gigb1mp@4ax.com>, xxx wrote:
Quote:
Setting up a 5.1 home theatre system. The A/V receiver, using the
"large' settings can send everything (ignoring LFE) to l&r and lows,
specified by the crossover parameter, to the sub. Or "small" send
everything above the crossover to l&r and below crossover to sub.

I guess there are many theories associated with this issue. I'm
leaning to the "main speakers, relieved of deep bass duties, will
offer improved dynamics and reduced intermodulation and harmonic
distortion".

There will also be less chance the wooffers will burn out or bottom.
They can be small.

greg
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