Hi Experts,
Need your help in setting up Bass Management for my Home Theater setup. I have seen/read Gene and all other experts talking/writing regarding bass management. I understand that I should set my towers as Small and set crossover frequency appropriate. I know this much and I have been using this way.
First here's my current setup. Klipsch RP-8000F fronts, RP-504C Center, Klipsch SA-140 front Dolby, Paradigm Surround 3 as surrounds, Sonance in walls as rear height speakers, Paradigm PDR-100 Sub and Denon X-3700h receiver. I have used Paradigm Monitor v9 for long time and recently retired them and bought Klipsch (for a change). Please note that my Sub is a small sub (27hz - 120hz), it cant go down to 20 as suggested for home theaters. (Will buy SVS PB-2000 Pro soon!). My fronts has frequency response 32hz-20k hz.
Last weekend, I played with my home theater system tweaking bass settings, I have downloaded 5hz to 100hz Flac bass test sound file from THX site and tested. Here are my findings.
1. My fronts are set to Small , crossover set at 40hz, Bass setting LFE - I couldnt hear bass until 5 seconds into the sound test file (it increments by 5 hz)
2. My fronts are set to Large, Bass setting LFE. - its perfect, I hear bass from start of this clip. I observed when I'm listening some old tracks and other music, I lost bass effect.
3. My fronts are set to Large, Bass setting LFE+Main - its perfect again, I heard bass from start of this clip. I observed when I'm listening some old tracks and other music, I hear bass, seems this is perfect for my setup.
Based on my observation, I have following questions.
1. In case 1, I lost bass effect because of my small sub? (if you see specs, my sub starts at 27hz whereas RP-8000f at 32hz)
2. I left my fronts as Large, Bass setting to LFE+Main as I felt this is perfect for both music and movies for my current setup, is this okay to use like this?
Please shower some knowledge and suggestions.
Thanks in advance,