Large or Small setting

[jpaget]

I did a quick search for this but couldnt find it and I have to jump in the car. I was hoping someone could chime before I got home.

Sould I set my speakers to large or small? I've got Klipsch RF-62s and a new SVS PB10-NSD [8)]. I believe I read they should always go to small, but I believe the Klipsch are rated down to 58hz or thereabouts. Opinions?

[edmcanuck]

Small. Always small. Particularly with that sub which will handle bass infinitely better than your floorstanders could ever dream of.

Read this (http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/setup/loudspeakers/bassmanagementbasics.php) for more info.

[majorloser]

Set all the speakers to "small" and the crossover to 80 hz.

[Adam]

In general, I agree with the others for movies...you'll probably want to set them to small. I'd recommend that you experiment, though, and find what's best for you.

In your other thread, I believe that you mentioned that you're running a 2.1 system and have your SPL meter and set-up DVD all ready to go. In my system, I prefer having my mains set to small when I'm running 5.1 sound. However, when I'm just listening to stereo music, I prefer to have my receiver run my mains as "large" and also output bass to my subwoofer (I don't know if all receivers let you do that), and then I adjust the crossover on my sub. My bookshelf speakers are rated down to 53 Hz. I just happen to prefer the way my system sounds for music when my bookshelf speakers run full range, so I suggest that you check out the different settings available to you.

[jpaget]

Thanks everyone, I am going to do some calibrating tonight and experiment a little bit. ;)

[bryantm3]

if your towers can go down to 20Hz or lower than setting them to large is fine. personally, mine go down to 30 Hz and i leave them set to large. my subwoofer is terrible and only goes down to 35 Hz so it all depends on your equipment.