Hi there folks
Well, after searching high ‘n’ low and having read (and in many cases re-read)
ALL of the articles here on
AHs regarding Bass Management and Subwoofer calibration/integration, I still can’t seem to arrive at a conclusive answer to my dilemma.
But a little background to my prob first. I’m not exactly a noob and have had plenty of Home Theatre kit since the late 90’s. About 2½ years ago, I got into building media centre PC’s and HT-PC systems etc., but I’ve kinda gone full circle and ended up back where my interest in all things HT began; now integrating a high-end PC into a dedicated Home Theatre system (see sig for basic spex).
To cut a long story short, since I last bought my HT kit about 4 years ago, technology has moved on, and although I’m up-to-spec with most of it I’m getting confused regarding my sub and integrating it into the system. I’m following all the suggestions/advice applied throughout the many articles published on
AHs (and many other sites) but am finding that my subs final settings are far from perfect.
The prob I’m having relates to the crossover, which I currently set at 80hz via the receiver. Having the subs crossover set at max (200hz) & connected via the Line Level input, I’m finding frequencies around 70-100hz are well overblown (tested time and again with various software & the legendary Radio Shack SPL). Further testing suggests that the sub is still outputting quite a lot of audio/SP well above the 80hz crossover point, and the only way I have so far seemed to cure this is by going against collective HT wisdom and bringing the subs crossover filter into play and setting it to just above the receivers crossover point (approx 85hz)
With both the receiver
AND subs crossover in the mix, I’m obviously well confused with respects to this seemingly contradicvtory situation and have been pounding my brain for a reason why this should be happening. Therefore I’m graciously hoping that some of you HT aficionados here on
AHs will be able to offer advice or even answers. Any help at all would be deeply appreciated and if you need more in-depth details from me please feel free to ask away. Please accept my sincere thanks in advance
Last but not least, congrats to
AHs admin and mods in putting out a great site and forum for Home Theatre and Audiophiles alike. I’ve learnt plenty over the past few weeks and thanks to all that advice, I’ve more or less ‘calibrated’ my new HT system to a far superior level than any of my previous set-ups have ever been.
My best regards to all and thanks for reading,
DC