mini-update: I successfully loaded my first preset, where I used a +4db shelf centered at 30hz, and then boosted some more with EQ at 20/22/24/26/28/30. I started with +3db at 20, and successively lower by .5 for the remaining. I put my receiver back at -13.5 or whatever it was. The shelf flattens at about 67hz. My brief testing was interesting, albeit with great trepidation because of how late it was. I am going to boost back the receiver gain some more, maybe 1.5-2 db, and try again, where I might have to lower the Crown's EQ boosts (or leave them be). By adding the shelf, but reducing by 4.5 overall in the receiver, I think I am now relatively lacking from about 45-75 hz, but OTOH I didn't get to stretch the system's legs.
I wonder if I can rename my presets, instead of "preset X" or whatever. It's very easy! Wayne from my y splitter thread really helped me a lot with the y input setup. That saved me from a lot of potential pain. The manual doesn't really explain what it does, for me anyways, and I'm too scared to hurt anything to experiment without understanding what's going on.
Oh yeah, I forgot, Midnight, you know what the heck the sub synth does for me? Of course, I had to remove the black tape from display, and reapply tint. After cycling power, I was happy to see that the Crown does default back to my last chosen preset (otherwise, ugh!). You were absolutely right about the speakons: after I use them, that's all I would want to use. Safer, impossible to have strands or even bananas shorting each other, easier. I think they should be standard on consumer amplifiers!
I have never yet triggered the Crown fan AFAIK. BTW, I know they are stackable, and the vents/fans are plenty, but if I installed rubber/vinyl feet on the bottom, that can't possibly make it worse . . . could it. . . only help, right? Just curious.
rmk, I was wondering if you could possibly expound on your thoughts with Audyssey Dyn vol/eq? I can see myself trying to find a second preset for slightly lower volume than what I typically use the system at. So I started wondering if my attempt at that would basically be a caveman approximation for what that Audyssey tech can do already. Thanks.
Here is a really awful screenshot of my first mouse clicking, where 3hz never comes out to 3hz (this is not my preset, and I did add a shelf). But, the 2hz intervals do, strange . . . The page below does not show what I can do with input setups, xover setups, etc. Very cool, totally free software.