Bass Out - Subwoofer, Front, Both?

[math wizard]

I have a Yamaha RX-V2500 driving Polk RTi10 Fronts and a Polk PSW 404 subwoofer. My question concerns the bass out setting on the receiver. If the bass out setting is set to BOTH (bass out of the fronts and sub) will special LFE signals from DVD's be sent to the fronts also or just the sub? I'm concerned if the 7 inch woofers on the RTi10's are able to handle that type of signal without blowing. Currently, I have the RTi10's set to small with a crossover of 80hz. I would love to set them to large and have the bass come from them as well as the sub (to me this sounds better). Any advice on this will be greatly appreciated.

 

[AVRat]

LFE only runs through sub-out using the receiver's bass management. Set to BOTH, the bass below the other speakers' x-over points are redirected to the sub & fronts. Speakers will handle whatever frequency range they're designed for irregardless of the source of the signal. The LFE signal is a separate signal that falls below 120 Hz. It's funny, if you look at the specs of the 10/404, the 10's response goes lower than the 404. In your case it may be better to run the 10s large until you can purchase a better sub.

 

[supervij]

Hey there. In my case, I've got fronts that go down to 35 Hz, while my sub goes down to 23 Hz (or so the documentation says). That's pretty far down for both of them. Should I consider changing my LFE Out to Both? Or will that work the mains too much? (I'd try it out for myself, but I'm out of town for the holidays.)

cheers,
supervij

 

[Warpdrv]

Hey supervij
I would say you can relieve your mains of the lower end duties, and set your crossover higher (80hz maybe a bit lower) as just because they go that low, doesn't mean that they aren't pushing the limits when the get there... Set 'em to small and try out different crossover settings, test with spl meters and chart your FR to see where your the best response is on paper.

Buying a set of speakers these days, the newer trends are headed towards very good performance mid & high range so you don't need to have FR all the way to down low, where a dedicated well designed sub will can handle the grunt work.

Subs are really taking off, and the performance is extrodinary these days, for not a ton of money... some products are really reaching into the depths while still maintaining very good, if not awesome sound quality...

That is if you care to invest in a good quality product...

 

[supervij]

Well, considering the lack of love Athena speakers get from audiophiles to begin with, I guess I didn't make a great investment. But they're my first speakers, and perhaps it's just my ignorance, but I love the sound.

I do have them set to small, and the crossover set to 80 Hz, and never bothered trying out different crossovers much. I did try 60 Hz once, and it was likely just my imagination that it sounded fuller. But 60 Hz is the lower limit of my centre speaker, so 80 made more sense for HT anyway. Thanks for the suggestions!

cheers,
supervij

 

[daptek]

Help with RXV-1700 with Polk DSW Pro 500 setup

Newbie here.... I just hooked up an RX-V1700 with RTi10's from Polk audio as well as a DSW Pro 500 subwoofer from Polk audio too. It is connected to the LFE on the subwoofer.

So far I doesn't seem to be getting any output through the SWFR. I'm watching Star Wars IV on HD from brighthouse networks here in Orlando but nothing. Tried the Auto setup from the RX-V1700 and when it finishes for SWFR it says none.


Help please!

 

[MDS]

Maybe the level on the sub was too low and the auto-setup didn't detect it. Just go into the menus and manually set it.